Chris Eubank Jr beats Arthur Abraham to retain IBO belt

By Daily Sports on July 16, 2017

Chris Eubank Jr retained his IBO world super-middleweight title by beating former two-weight world champion Arthur Abraham with a unanimous points win.

Eubank Jr, 27, produced a fine display to win by margins of 118-110, 118-110 and 120-108 at Wembley Arena.

It was only the sixth defeat of Abraham's 52-fight career.

Eubank Jr will now take part in the inaugural World Boxing Super Series - an eight-man tournament featuring some of the biggest names in the division.

WBA champion George Groves and fellow Britons Callum Smith and Jamie Cox are also in the competition, which has a $50m (£38m) prize fund.

Eubank Jr will fight Turkey's Avni Yildirim in the Super Series quarter-finals in the autumn, with semi-finals in January and a May final in a tournament which organisers say will "change the world of boxing."

Abraham, 37, has beaten Britain's Paul Smith (twice) and Martin Murray in his career and lost on points to Carl Froch in November 2010.

But the German, who has held world titles at middleweight and super-middleweight, was outclassed by the younger man.

Abraham, 37, was fighting in the United Kingdom for the first time in his 52-fight careerEubank took his record to 25 wins and one defeat and felt he made "a statement" with the victory. He told ITV Sport: "He's the most durable opponent I've faced. I hit him with every punch in the book. "I'm happy with the performance. I got to show my skills, I got to go the 12 rounds and get the experience in." (BBC)

•Photo shows Chris Eubank Jr.

Source Daily Sports

Posted July 16, 2017


 

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