(Photo Credit: Jim Laurie) By Dan Ambrose: Former heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson has advice or WBO super middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) in his title defense this Saturday night against unbeaten #1 WBO Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) and that’s to knock the 24-year-old fighter out when the two of them face each other on HBO Championship Boxing at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Abraham-Ramirez will be fighting on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Tim Bradley card.
Abraham, who is based in Germany, will be coming over to fight on this Top Rank promoted fight card against one of their youngest prospects in Ramirez. Getting a win over the home A-side fighter could be difficult for Abraham unless he takes the judges out of the equation completely by knocking Ramirez out. You’ve got to figure that the crowd will be firmly on Ramirez’s side despite the fact that he’s not American.