Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (33-3, 27 KO’s) has been elevated to the #2 spot in the World Boxing Organization (WBO) rankings at super middleweight, and he hopes to get a title shot against the April 14th winner between WBO champ Robert Stieglitz and Mikkel Kessler.
It’s pretty much a given that the 31-year-old Abraham will be the lucky one to fight the winner of the Stieglitz-Kessler fight rather than someone like WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward, Carl Froch, Andre Dirrell, or IBF champion Lucian Bute.
It didn’t take much for Abraham to get pushed up the rankings above the likes of the Dirrell brothers, Kelly Pavlik, James DeGale, George Groves and Adonis Stevenson. Abraham has lost three out of his last five fights, but after beating little known fighter Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias by a 5th round knockout last January, Abraham is now in a prime position to get a title shot provided that he doesn’t lose his next fight on March 31st against a still to be determined opponent, Boxingnews24 reported.
