Unbeaten IBF middleweight champion "King" Arthur Abraham (28-0, 23 KOs) punished then stopped mandatory challenger Raul "El Diamante" Marquez (41-4-1, 29 KOs) on Saturday night at the Jako Arena, Bamberg, Germany. After some close early rounds, Abraham began to connect with hard shots in round three. Marquez landed some good body shots in the fourth, but the champion did inflicted damage at the end of the round and controlled read more ...

Experience will prevail over youth, Raul Marquez said, when he faces Arthur Abraham for the IBF middleweight title this Saturday in Bayern, Germany. It was Marquez' wealth of experience that earned him the title shot when he out-fought, out-boxed and out-slugged then-undefeated prospect Giovanni Lorenzo in June in a title elimnator in which only four out of thirty boxing pundits picked him to win. He will again be a huge read more ...

The IBF purse bid scheduled for today for middleweight champion Arthur Abraham's mandatory defense against Raul Marquez has been canceled. Sauerland Event and Warriors Boxing reached an agreement to do the fight on October 4 in Germany at a site to be named. Both fighters are coming off big wins in June. Abraham KO'd hard-punching Edison Miranda and Marquez schooled top-rated Giovanni Lorenzo at the Seminole Hard Rock read more ...