Abraham Sparring With Ottke For Dirrell Fight
February 5th, 2010
Two undefeated champions battled it out in the Max-Schmeling-Gym on Wednesday afternoon when King Arthur Abraham welcomed a special sparring partner. In order to prepare for the Super Six World Boxing Classic Group Stage 2 meeting with Andre Dirrell on March 6 (live on SHOWTIME® at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), coach Ulli Wegner had invited former WBA/IBF Super-Middleweight Champion Sven Ottke to challenge Abraham.
The “Phantom”, who retired undefeated in 2004, is known for his fast legs and special movements. “Sven can help Arthur in the preparation for Dirrell,” Wegner said. “Arthur will have to track Dirrell down. That´s why sparring with a fast, smart and clever fighter like Sven certainly helps.”
King Arthur has a special relationship with the famous German boxing idol. “I started my career at Team Sauerland with a sparring session against him,” he recalls. “Ulli Wegner liked what he saw and brought me back. The rest, as they say, is history.”
Ottke, now 42, sparred four rounds with Abraham on Wednesday afternoon. “I am happy to do my former coach and my former colleague a favour and help to prepare for the Dirrell fight,” he said. “It will be difficult for Arthur but I am sure he will win..”
Abraham enjoyed the special sparring in front of more than 20 German reporters. “It was a good session,” he said. “Things are going well in practice. I want to become a star in America and in order to accomplish my goal, I need to put on a convincing performance against Dirrell. I have a lot of respect for him. He is a strong fighter, but I want to defend my tournament lead.”
Abraham and Wegner will move training camp to Palm Springs on Monday. He will be joined by WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco Huck, who will return to the ring on March 13. He will fight in Berlin. “We look forward to going to America,” Huck said. “It will be a lot of hard work but it will be a great experience.”
The Dirrell-Abraham fight at the Agua Caliente Casino, Resort, Spa in Rancho Mirage, California is being promoted by Gary Shaw Productions, LLC, and Sauerland Event. Tickets are available at The Show box office, online at www.HotWaterCasino.com/TheShow or by calling 1.800.585.3737. Prices are as follows: Floor $180; Loge $140; Mezzanine $85.
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Bob
Dirrell is gonna smash him up. You dont know anything so go away you muppet.
Two nazis fightin one another. fantastic
This sparring secession can fool most people looking as Abraham is going to loose but I see him stopping Dirrel in 11 rounds
What a great day it will be when the King catches the runner and clincher Direll and knocks him OUT it will make my top most satisfying fight of the year
hey arthur if u beat somebody or anyb ody with good fight u gonna get support from u.s.a or anyone…u dont need to say it but show it
i fell out with dirrel because of his disgraceful antics in the froch fight…or non fight. I hope for this reason abraham takes his head off like he did taylor. (Taylor didnt deserve that)
hmm…actually ottke made a career out of running away in the ring. he gets a lot of stick from fans but he only really ducked beyer & calzaghe at supermiddle. he was still a very good boxer tho.
it’s inspired if it’s true. ottke was a master of that amateur hit & don’t be hit style. look at his fight with glen johnson. it wasn’t even close…just glen plodding after him getting tagged for 12 rounds. no-one ever made johnson look as bad as ottke made him look. dirrell’s got a more flashy american style but he still mostly runs & spoils…just like ottke. as i said…inspired.
Sven Ottke, really??? The sparing with AA is actually the hardest “fight” that dodger’s probably had
Abraham must be really hard up for sparring partners lol
Why would you spar with Ottke to prepare for Dirrell? its not as if they have a similar boxing style.
lol, sven ottke is a joke.
he should have got jean pascal in. SVEN OTTKE!!! had a career by not fighting anyone
I am sure Scott will be along in the next few days firstly with a story of how the super talented Dirrell will defeat Abraham then a follow up story of how John Ruiz is going to KO David Haye. We can also expect an article about Khans glass chin and how Froch will be schooled by Kessler. LOL