The Canadian Press
Dec 9 2007
Arthur Abraham stops Wayne Elcock to retain IBF middleweight title
18 hours ago
BASEL, Switzerland – Undefeated Arthur Abraham stopped Wayne Elcock
in the fifth round to retain his IBF middleweight title Saturday
night.
The Armenia-born German knocked down Elcock in the second round and
then again in the fifth. The referee stopped the fight after Abraham
landed a flurry of punches to the Englishman’s head.
Abraham, 25-0 with 20 knockouts, has been eyeing a unification bout
against either Jermain Taylor or Kelly Pavlik next year in the United
States.
The 27-year-old Abraham’s only scare came in the third round, when an
accidental head-butt opened up a cut above his right eye. But Elcock
(18-3), was unable to take advantage.
"I’m happy that I won tonight," Abraham said. "It wasn’t an easy
fight."
An undercard bout between heavyweights Danny Williams and Oleg Platov
ended in a no-contest after a deep cut above Platov’s left eye caused
the fight to be stopped in the fourth round. Williams was denied the
victory because the cut was ruled to have been caused by an
accidental head-butt in the second round.
"That’s the rule, so you cannot disagree," Williams said.
The 34-year-old Englishman is 37-6. Platov, from Ukraine, is 26-1.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
