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Abraham retains WBO belt by beating Murray

Xinhua, November 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

Arthur Abraham successfully defended his WBO super middleweight belt with a split decision win over Martin Murray of England in Hannover on Saturday night.  

   Two judges were in favor of the America-born German judging it 115-112, 116-111, while one gave credit to Murray scoring it 115-112.

   Murray was the busier fighter throughout, producing more body shots and forcing Abraham on the back foot for long periods. The defending champ improved, catching Murray with a huge right in the seventh round.

   Murray returned the favor in the next, when Abraham did well to make the bell, but the challenger's hopes took a blow in the 11th when he had a point deducted for holding with Abraham in the ascendancy. 

   "He was a world class boxer, he was a sandbag, but we were better tactically and combatively," said Abraham, who improved to 44-4 (29 KOs) after defending his title for the fifth time. Murray dropped to 32-3-1 (15 KOs).  Endi