Ulli Wegner, the coach of Armenian undefeated super middleweight Arthur Abraham, is questioning the validity of Andre Dirrell's back injury. They were scheduled to fight in the second stage of ''Super Six World Boxing Classic'' on March 6. Dirrell withdrew with a back injury. The fight was postponed to March 27.
Last week, super middleweight Andre Dirrell (18-1, 13 KO’s) injured his back while training this week for a fight to be on March 6th at the Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California. Dirrell decided to take three weeks off to rehabilitate his injured back. “I’m familiar with back injuries myself after damaging my back not too long ago” he said.
Uli Wegner told BILD, "How can he [Dirrell] already know that he'll be 100% fit by March 27? When someone gets injured he can't say the exact date of his recovery. Camp Dirrell just want to play mind games with us, but this won't give them any advantage. Arthur is staying focused and won't get thrown off track.”
Abraham, who is the current leader following the knockout win, had moved his camp to the United States on Feb. 8 in anticipation of the Dirrell fight. “Of course, I was disappointed when I first heard of the postponement,” Abraham said. “But I am happy to take on Dirrell on March 27. I want him to be in top shape so that he has no excuses once I am done with him.
“My training has gone very well thus far. I am in great shape, and I will defend my tournament lead against him,” he added.
