{"id":10408,"date":"2011-05-11T11:04:34","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T15:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=10408"},"modified":"2011-05-11T11:04:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T15:04:34","slug":"arthur-abraham-talks-ready-for-war-against-andre-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=10408","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Abraham Talks: Ready for War Against Andre Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=10408\" href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=10408\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-626\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"Arthur Abraham header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Arthur-Abraham-header11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Former world champion Arthur Abraham says he\u2019s well prepared both mentally and physically to defeat reigning WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward LIVE on SHOWTIME at 10PM ET\/PT (delayed on the West Coast) at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On being an overwhelming underdog: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This totally makes no difference to me. At the beginning of the tournament everybody picked Kessler. Then when I knocked out Jermain Taylor in the first round of the tournament all of a sudden I was the favorite to win the whole thing. Now it\u2019s Ward\u2019s time. But only until Saturday. Then the cards will be reshuffled! This is the beauty of boxing. One punch can change everything, in the most true sense of the word. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>One whether he\u2019s relying on one punch:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No. I\u2019m physically in good shape. By fighting Bozic in February, I was able to maintain my rhythm. With my trainer Mr. Wegner, I\u2019ve developed a good strategy. I must be more active than last time and put pressure on Ward from the beginning and wear him down. And I\u2019ll do that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What the fans can expect on Saturday:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is definitely a make or break fight. For me it\u2019s everything. I can accomplish big things here: redeem myself with my fans, move to the Super Six finals, and win the world championship \u2013 the first German world champion since Schmeling to win the title in America. This is something the people will long remember.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\">Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\">Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Family-Secret-Forris-Day-Jr\/dp\/B004GLZ4YG\/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1\">Order the Horror Thriller FAMILY SECRET Now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former world champion Arthur Abraham says he\u2019s well prepared both mentally and physically to defeat reigning WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward LIVE on SHOWTIME at 10PM ET\/PT (delayed on the West Coast) at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. On being an overwhelming underdog: This totally makes no difference to me. At the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[57,63,105],"class_list":["post-10408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-andre-ward","tag-arthur-abraham","tag-boxing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10408"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}