Agree, but he needs a solid win before he can fight Abraham. AA managment said his going to be fighting in the U.S in his next fight. So will see. Hope theyll put him on HBO against a solid guy before making a unification fight with the winner of Taylor-Pavlik.
this probably gonna be made at SMW. miranda cant make 160 anymore, and will be moving up to 168. taylor after the pavlik fight will be moving to 168 win or lose. pavlik will be moving up as well in the near future i think as he's gotta be killing himself making 160. AA could probably unify 160 when all those guys move up. or he could chase them to 168 for the big money fights. damn 168 will be stacked and will be as interesting as 147. calzaghe, kessler, bute, mundine, andrade, lacy, froch, miranda, taylor, pavlik. all the money fights are there.
yap...But I dont think Abraham will move up to 168. His not a big middleweight to begin with, so its pointless. I think HBO will probably put Abraham against Corey Spinks since Spinks did so well against Taylor.
His next fight will be in Germany because HBO's budget is tapped. He is expected to fight in spring 2008 in the US. Abraham: "I will be Super Champion, I will fight against Taylor. Then I'll move up to 168." (Source: spiegel.de, sorry for the lousy translation).
Spinks would be a horrible matchup for Abraham. With Abe's poor stamina and the resulting low workrate he needs a guy that will come at him with some reckless abandon so he can catch him with one of his flurries. A slick mover with fast hands like Spinks would really make Abraham look bad.
Taylor ducking him Abraham just fought another random. FACT: Every fighter Taylor has fought in title fights have been champs at some point.
How can Taylor duck him? Today morning was the first time I heard AA calling out JT. Though I see AA beating him - but first he has to be showcased on HBO or Showtime to raise he interest, so he has to fight in the US... If Sergio Mora wins convincingly against Kassim Ouma then let him fight AA. This would be a big money fight in LA (one of the biggest Armenian communities).
Miranda may be damaged goods at this point, a rematch with a healthy Abraham would most likely be a onesided beating, unless Miranda can break his jaw again (fat chance).