Month: July 2015

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Abraham overpowers Stieglitz in six

WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (43-4, 29 KOs) defeated former champion Robert Stieglitz (47-4-1, 27 KOs) by a sixth-round stoppage on Saturday night at Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany.
In their fourth fight, billed as the “Final Showdown,” the German fighter nicknamed “King Arthur” punished countryman Stieglitz with hard shots before dropping him with a right hand. Although Stieglitz beat the count, he was badly hurt and his trainer held up a towel in the corner to stop…

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Quigg quashes Martinez, Perez-Crolla draw

WBA super-bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) stopped Spain’s Kiko Martinez (32-6, 24 KOs) in the second round on Saturday at the Manchester Arena in Manchester.
The unbeaten British fighter dropped the former world champion twice in the second round before the referee stopped the bout.
Martinez charged forward and took the fight to the champion in the opening round while Quigg remained on the back foot. But that soon changed in the second round when the Bury boxer landed a…