Arthur Abraham defends IBF titleMarch 16, 2009 - 16:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Arthur Abraham retained his IBF middleweight title with a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Lajuan Simon on Saturday.Abraham pounded Simon, who finished with a swollen left eye, but could not land a knockout punch. Simon moved well and took a lot of punches, but his counter punches were few and never really troubled the champion, who defended the title for the ninth time and improved to 29-0. The judges scored it 117-110, 118-109 and 117-110 for Abraham, a naturalized German who was born in Armenia. "I am pleased with my performance tonight," Abraham said. "He was not a bad opponent and he took a lot and he fought bravely. It was important to win." He was hoping for a unification bout against Kelly Pavlik, who holds the WBO and WBC belts. "After that I will move into the super-middleweight division," Abraham said. He traditionally has trouble making the weight limit in the middleweight division and 15 pounds in 10 days before the fight. Simon lost for the first time in 25 fights. He also has two draws. "He was stronger than I thought, it was an interesting experience. I will be back," bostonherald.com cited Simon as saying. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |