Stieglitz gets his revenge, Helenius and Groves successful

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Robert StieglitzĀ is the new WBO Super-Middleweight Champion. The 31-year old
won against former titleholder Arthur Abraham in front of 7,000 fans at the
GETEC-Arena in Magdeburg, Germany by TKO in round four. Abraham suffered a
heavy swollen left eye caused by a big right hand in round two which
subsequently lead to the early ending of the championship bout.

Stieglitz started the fight very aggressive, forcing his opponent to hide
behind his defense, who followed his usual recipe of picking and choosing
his shots. Although the challenger was more active, it was Abraham who
landed the cleaner shots at the beginning. Round two painted the same
picture. It was obvious that both men had a game plan before entering the
ring and were not willing to let the other one force his own tactics on to
the fight. Midway through the second stint the two Germans exchanged some
vicious blows. One of these, a heavy right by Stieglitz caused a bad
swelling to AbrahamĀ“s left eye, which eventually led to the stoppage.

Even though Abraham could hardly see anything, he was not willing to give up
his beloved WBO Crown without a fight and battled through round three, even
landing some good punches toward the end of the round. But right after the
break, the ringside physician took a close look at AbrahamĀ“s injury and
advised referee Michael Ortega to end the fight, who stopped it immediately.

Right after the fight both men started talking about a third encounter
between the two of them. ā€œI am always ready and happy to give Arthur another
chanceā€, said Stieglitz. Abraham agreed with the new champion. ā€œNow the
score between us is even. We need a third, all deciding fight.ā€

Manager Wilfried Sauerland also believes that Abraham vs. Stieglitz III is
needed to find out who actually is the best. ā€œArthur lost because of an
unfortunate injury. Therefore common decency would be to have another
fight.ā€

Robert HeleniusĀ continued his successful comeback trail after his lengthy
spell on the sideline due to a shoulder injury. The ā€œNordic Nightmareā€ beat
BritainĀ“s Michael Sprott by unanimous decision and still holds his perfect
record of 19 wins out of as many fights.

Helenius, the WBOĀ“s number one ranked heavyweight, was in control for most
parts of the fight. The Finn kept his opponent at bay with his jab, taking
full advantage of his superior height and reach. However, during the first
few rounds the 29-year-old did not follow up with his powerful right hand.
ā€œMy shoulder is completely fine now. The problem was that my right hand
started to hurt a little bit,ā€ said Helenius. ā€œIt is probably also a mental
thing that I didnā€™t use my right that often.ā€

However he did start to throw some combinations halfway through the fight
and landed some very good left hooks. Although Sprott did put all on one
card during the last stint, it was not enough to seriously trouble the
prodigy of coach Ulli Wegner, who cemented his place at the top of the
leaderboard of the World Boxing Organization. In the end the judges gave him
the fight with scores of 98:93, 97:93 and 98:92.

George Groves once again showed his huge potential. The 24-year-old put on a
classy performance against Baker Barakat from Syria. The British
super-middleweight finished off his opponent after two minutes and 20
seconds of round two. A right power punch found its target and sent Barakat
tumbling to the floor. He did manage to get back up, but Groves saw his
window of opportunity opened and went straight back into attack mode as soon
as the referee let the fight continue. Only a few punches later however, the
bout was stopped. The man from Syria was not able to defend himself any
longer. Groves has now won all of his 18 professional fights and is still on
target for a potential word title shot.

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