ARTHUR ABRAHAM MAY TAKE ON VERNON FORREST
PanARMENIAN.Net
16.03.2009 21:48 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Rumors of a possible clash between WBC junior
middleweight champion Vernon Forrest and Arthur Abraham, the IBF
middleweight champion – are indeed true. Sauerland Event, who
promotes Abraham, have reached out to Gary Shaw to make the fight
happen. If the fight can be finalized, it would happen in the summer
on Showtime. Abraham would travel to America for the fight.
Forrest looked very impressive in his last fight with Sergio
Mora. Weight issues are creeping up on King Arthur Abraham and his
performances are starting to suffer. He has at least two fights before
he moves up to super middleweight.
There is almost a sense of boxing irony here. Both Forrest and Abraham
were trying to secure a summer date with WBC/WBO middleweight champion
Kelly Pavlik. Neither was successful. Instead they are willing to fight
each other and Pavlik will likely face Mora, who Forrest dominated
last September. The winner of Abraham-Forrest would really push the
envelope on being the next logical opponent for Pavlik.
If the deal is finalized, there are some doubts as to how it will
affect Forrest’s title defense against interim-champion Sergio
Martinez. The two sides reached an agreement last week, and under
that agreement both fighters were given the option of taking one fight
[before actually fighting each other]. Forrest’s "pre-Martinez fight"
would have to take place before the end of April, and per the agreement
it had to be a ten-round contest. If the Abraham fight gets made,
Forrest would be forced to give up the WBC title and Martinez would
become the full champion, BoxingScene.com reported.