Was supposed to get on a plane last week. Cancelled a Gym he had set up in California according to Steve Kim.
I think they sorted it all out, basically the judges were set to be changed to less neutral and he wasn't happy. I think he's there now.
Abraham is a broken man. His confidence must be shattered. Feel a little sorry for him to be honest. If he fights Ward, he is going to have been on the end of three crushing defeats in a row, after becoming used to bossing all of his fights throughout his career. What a massive hit to the ego that would be.
i'm actually really looking forward to this fight, abraham has nothing to lose. I don't see him trying to pick his shots as much as he did against froch so i see him either getting the k.o or more likely getting stopped. I hope he can pull it off.
To be fair I can see his point regarding the officials. He's had one fight at home, one away (in which he felt ripped off) and one on neutral ground in which he was thrashed. If he's travelling to Ward's hometown the least he can expect is a non-Cali referee and judges - especially bearing in mind Ward has been at home all the way through. The problem is that Cali have some good officials, like the Caiz's and so on - why not just get Bayless to do it instead?
theres also the drug testing issue from the german side. All fights in Germany on ARD have full drug testing. The Yanks barley **** in a cup.
for sure, I wouldn't have blamed him for pulling out I'd have little respect for ward (although not entirely his fault.
How on earth do you do one of these "barley pisses." These crazy Americans - can't they just stand up and unzip their fly like everyone else?
