Arthur Abraham is confident that he will win the super six tournament

Do you share his confidence

 

I am confident that he will not!

 

To some extent, yes.

 

I do, but that does mean I think he will win it! Carl Froch recently said he feels Arthur probably won't be as strong as the other guys because he's the one moving up from MW, but I totally disagree with that!

Abraham is a beast, short but stocky, compact. He was clearly struggling to make 160lbs. He will be a better, perhaps even strnger fighter at 168lbs, maybe even faster as he won't be depleted so much!

While I do not think he will win it, I will be very surprised if Abraham is KO'd in the tournament. Arthur is very durable & can fight through the pain barrier, as demonstrated when he suffered a broken jaw against Miranda!

 

Abraham has devastating power does he not? And he has had trouble making 160 in his last couple of fights right? So do you guys think that his power will be even more devastating at 168? I think that's a possibility. I've only seen a couple of his fights.

But what he does have is an iron chin and devastating power and those two alone can get you far. But his hand speed is not that bad either.

 

I'd be surprised if he actually won the thing, but not surprised if he made the finals. It's tough seeing him win decisions over more active, speedier fighters with decent chins and stamina.

 

he and taylor have the most to prove in this tourney...which is why this opening round fight for them should be awesome. jt for obvious reasons...and aa b/c of all the noise over a pav/aa fight and the fact that his mw resume is pretty thin and now to step up to the top tier 168lb fighters (not stirring up why the two didnt fight). it will be interesting to see how his skill set transfers up to bigger, stronger, stepped up competition. no one knows how he will do. lord i can't wait for aa/jt

edit...yeah this is huge for all the fighters...but these two in particular

 

The only person I see beating AA is Taylor. and AA odds against Taylor are pretty good but i think Taylor is going to pull a win out of his ass.

 

I don't think he can win - Kessler, Ward, even Taylor are bad style matchups for him. And Froch is a better quality banger than the Miranda AA went life and death with.

BUT... he arguably has the easiest round robin schedule (Taylor/Direll/Froch). Can make the semis but would need ALOT of good fortune to win.

 

Sorry but I don't share the same confidence in him.

 

I give him a good shot of winning the Super 6. He is very good in every attribute power, speed, heart,chin, defense, etc. Plus, he has fought at 168 once already and he knocked out Miranda in the 4th round. He has a good chance of winning IMO.

 

Kessler will beat him and him vs froch is going to be the most brutal fight at 168 since Ben vs G-man

 

No, because it will be a short fight. No matter who will be in the ring with him - one flush hit and he's done...you can't take his hands flush without going down.

Back to topic: I hope he wins, but I doubt it. I see him making it to the semi-finals though. Imho he will lose the Taylor fight and win his two other fights by KO.

 

Abraham/froch = tortoise boxing.

 

He just looks too small for a SMW...and his reach might be a problem also coz he is not the most technically gifted boxer in The Super Six and he might have a problem catching his opponent.