By Jason Kim: Photo credit: Craig Bennett/Goossen Tutor Promotions – Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KO’s) has lost back to back fights in the Super Six tourney as he limps into his semifinals bout against WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KO’s) at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California.

Abraham is a huge underdog in this fight and few fans are giving him much of a chance in this fight. Abraham, however, has a number of excuses for his losses to Andre Dirrell and Carl Froch in the tourney, and feels that he’s got the power and the determination to take Ward out.

In today’s press conference to promote the fight, Abraham said “We will win on May 14th and then we’ll win the final.”

If Abraham can beat Ward, he will have figured out the problems that has been holding him back in his last two fights. If Abraham can do that, then he should have no problems beating the Carl Froch vs. Glen Johnson winner. The chances of that happening are remote, though. Abraham has problems with letting is hands go until late in his bouts and doesn’t seem to be able to fight hard for more than 20 to 30 seconds of every round.

Abraham allows his opponents to outwork him for 2 ½ minutes of ever round and that’s a huge problem. Through his inactivity, Abraham ends up giving away too many rounds and is forced to try and rally late in his fights to attempt to score a come from behind knockout.

That may work against lesser fighters in the super middleweight or middleweight division, but against the best fighters in the super middleweight division, Abraham is having problems. He’s got to work harder than he’s been if he wants to beat Ward in May. It seems to be a problem that’s beyond Abraham’s control unfortunately.

Abraham says “I will use my heart, my fists, my body and my hands to defeat Andre.”