This content is protected Here's the attest AA got by an impartial doctor after checking with the one who was designated to be the ringside doc for the fight - but some of you would still claim, that all those effin Germans are in cahoots together...
This content is protected If the guy is too sick to fight - Then he's too sick to do a faux photo shoot from his hotel room in his white puffy jacket looking ill. This photo tells me all I need to know - The fight was canned for a bull**** reason - Not enough PPV, him struggling with 160 - Whatever - But those photo's are a slap in the face. I have respect for him - In the ring he's a destroyer - But this is BS.
You should still blame the promoter and German healthcare for this fight not to have taken place yesterday...
I'm not calling for Abraham to be DQ'd - That is ridiculous. But it does knock a good deal of wind out of my enthusiasm for his career. Those photo's are out and out embarassing and shameful. Post all the Dr's certificates you like, it's going to look like he struggled with the weight, the PPV #'s were shithouse or some other weak as **** excuse. A shame, because by his efforts in the ring, I can't help feeling Abraham is the kind of guy that would have felt more ill from doing these photo's than from any flu.
Of course this is a knock to his career even to fans in Germany but it's better this way than a serious injury he may have suffered in the ring - he already went trough such rough moments vs. Miranda the first time around so his promoter plays it safe without caring for the fans but for his most valuable boxer. We on't like it this way but would have hate on the promotion and people around him if he ha stepped in the ring, maybe suffering a career-ending injury...as long as it's played within the rules of the IBF (and if I heard correctly, a total of 3 different doctors examined him) so let it be as the fight is rescheduled just 1 month later.
If Abrahams corner and promoter really cared about him - The Miranda fight would have been stopped. Huge heart aside - Abraham should NOT have fought with a jaw that badly broken. The photo's are a slap in the face. Had they said "he's sick, no fight" - I would have been disapointed. When I saw these photo's - I was angry. This is excuse making - No matter how you slice it. At least Guzman admitted it was making the weight that he struggled with.
Yes, it looks like the photos were staged (which is not very clever). But does that necessarily mean Abraham doesn't have flu? How do you show flu on a photo? :think
I agree with the prophet. Guzman was scared as **** to fight Nate. Campbell said that he would fight Guzman if was 180lbs but the chicken**** still shook in his panties and refused to come to the ring!
All I see is a bunch of Pavlik fans trying to make something out of nothing. Even if he were not sick or needed more time, none of you were paying for the fight like I was as my poll told lol. Stop complaining, the fight is next month. Pavlik fans lol...
Guzman wasn't scared of Nate. Stop sounding like a fanatic and act like a true fan. Guzman couldn't lose the weight, and couldn't rehydrate himself. You can get killed going into fights like that. You call him scared, but to me it was common sense not to fight. We all feel bad for Nate, but we don't need a fatality in the ring.