Английская Википедия:Andre Ward vs. Arthur Abraham

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Andre Ward vs. Arthur Abraham was a Super Middleweight championship fight for the WBA Middleweight championship. The bout was held on May 14, 2011, at Home Depot Center, in Carson, California and was televised on Showtime. In the co-featured non-televised portion of the card, heavyweight world contender Cristobal Arreola took on Nagy Aguilera of the Dominican Republic.

Referee and Judges

The referee for the fight was Luis Pabon, and the judges were Stanley Christodoulou, Ingo Barrabas, and James Jen-Kin. Luis Pabon had previously been referee for the fight Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey fight in April 2011.

Build Up

Andre Ward

Ward defeated Mikkel Kessler on November 21, 2009 for his WBA Super Middleweight Championship in his first of the Super Six World Boxing Classic. After, Jermain Taylor announced his exit from the Tournament. Allan Green was selected as his replacement and challenged the WBA Super Middleweight champion. Ward defeated Green by a shutout unanimous decision on June 19, 2010.

Arthur Abraham

In his first match of the tournament he faced Jermain Taylor in October 2009 at Berlin, Germany defeating him via knockout in the 12th round. He then lost his next fight by disqualification due to hitting Andre Dirrell while he was down in the 11th round. He then lost to Carl Froch for the vacant WBC Super-Middleweight title in his third fight of the tournament, losing by a shutout unanimous decision.

Main card

• Super Middleweight Championship bout: Шаблон:Flagicon Andre Ward vs. Шаблон:Flagicon Arthur Abraham

Ward defeated Abraham via unanimous decision (120–108, 118–110, 118–111).

• Heavyweight bout: Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Arreola vs. Шаблон:Flagicon Nagy Aguilera

Arreola defeated Aguilera via technical knockout at 1:58 in the third round.

• Heavyweight bout: Шаблон:Flagicon Manuel Quezada vs. Шаблон:Flagicon Bowie Tupou

Tupou defeated Quezada via knockout at 0:53 in the seventh round.

Preliminary card

• Middleweight bout: Шаблон:Flagicon Dominik Britsch vs. Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Davis

Britsch defeated Davis via technical knockout at 2:22 in the fifth round.

• Super Middleweight bout: Шаблон:Flagicon Shawn Estrada vs. Шаблон:Flagicon Byron Tyson

Estrada defeated Tyson via knockout in the first round.

• Light Middleweight bout: Шаблон:Flagicon Javier Molina vs. Шаблон:Flagicon Danny Figueroa

Molina defeated Figueroa via unanimous decision.

• Light Welterweight bout: Шаблон:Flagicon Ty Barnett vs. Шаблон:Flagicon Andrey Klimov

Klimov defeated Tyson via technical knockout at 1:12 in the third round.

• Super Flyweight bout: Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew Villanueva vs. Шаблон:Flagicon Frank Gutierrez

Villanueva defeated Gutierrez via technical knockout at 1:12 in the first round.

• Light Middleweight bout: Шаблон:Flagicon Arman Ovsepyan vs. Шаблон:Flagicon Arthur Brambila

Ovsepyan defeated Brambila via technical knockout at 2:44 in the first round.

The Fight

Ward started out slow with Abraham, trying to find a way to penetrate his tight defense. After a competitive first few rounds, Ward seized control of the fight, using his ring savvy and instincts to control Abraham. Although Abraham was somewhat passive at times, he gave an earnest effort and frequently threw combinations that were mostly blocked by Ward. Abraham hurt Ward a couple of times in the final round, but it wasn't enough to finish Ward, who won a lopsided unanimous decision.

International broadcasting

Country	Broadcaster
Шаблон:Flag	Main Event
Шаблон:Flag	TV2
Шаблон:Flag	Das Erste
Шаблон:Flag	Sport 2
Шаблон:Flag	Polsat Sport
Шаблон:Flag	Sport TV
Шаблон:Flag	Digi Sport
Шаблон:Flag	Showtime

External links

• Ward vs. Abraham Official Fight Card from BoxRec