Robert Stieglitz and Arthur Abraham to fight on August 25

[The_budweiser]

Robert Stieglitz and Arthur Abraham to fight on August 25 at o2 World, Berlin, Germany

 

Written by Sauerland boxing

 

Its official: Arthur Abraham is going to challenge WBO Super-Middleweight Champion Robert Stieglitz for his crown at o2 World, Berlin. Sauerland Event and SES-Boxing are proud to present this fight as the main event on August 25.

 

"I'm happy that this fight will take place at o2 World. I was hoping for another chance to show my skills in this incredible arena in front of as many fans as possible. I am looking forward to entertain them again, like I did back in 2009 with my last round knockout against Jermain Taylor," said Arthur Abraham.

 

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[WelshDevilRob]

Good match-up. Both are Top 10 contenders and will be interesting to see if Steiglitz has moved passed Abraham.

[Meathead]

This is interesting purely because Abraham is in it and its at 168lbs.

 

Stieglitz isnt a world class fighter, hes just a fighter who holds a title.

 

Sadly there are too many of those guys about these days.

 

If he loses to Abraham, a fighter whose run at 168lbs has been nothing short of an absolute train wreck, where does he go from there?

[brooklynbrawler]

Personally, I see Stieglitz doing well.

He IS an underrated, if unexceptional fighter.

He's a lot better than people give him credit for and if he beats Abraham, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

[davemurphy]

This is interesting purely because Abraham is in it and its at 168lbs.

 

 

Meat-

That's kind of what DOESN'T make me interested in it, to me AA has shown that he's simply not a player at SMW and I had thought his comeback was going to focus on trying to get back down in the middles again, where IMO he could still make some noise. There's fights I would love to see him in at MW, but at 168 then he simply becomes a gatekeeper/steppingstone and this becomes about Steiglitz trying to gauge himself vis-a-vis Ward,Froch, Kessler, and not truly a competitive contest.

[LondonRingRules]

Personally, I see Stieglitz doing well.

He IS an underrated, if unexceptional fighter.

He's a lot better than people give him credit for and if he beats Abraham, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

 

----- I've watched Stielglitz once, and he looks made for Abraham.

 

Lots of baloney writing the demise of Abraham, but after outspeeding and outboxing him, Dirrell turned yella and ran like a scalded cat as Abraham started reeling him in with big shots. Ward alternated running like hell from him when not wrapping him up and then listening to the home ref warn Abraham. Then Froch carefully maintained his distance from his power range, the only legit win over him.

 

Abraham is still the strongest supermid out there stature be damned, and he should be primed for a comeback in a legit officiated fight. We'll see about all those things, but could be a good fight because Stielglitz is no bum.