{"id":40959,"date":"2014-09-23T14:45:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T20:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=40959"},"modified":"2014-09-23T14:45:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T20:15:33","slug":"arthur-abraham-ready-for-war-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=40959","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Abraham: Ready for WAR &#8211; Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=40959\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=40959\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-40960\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"1e88a93c-96cf-45df-9be6-dd119f71cdce\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/1e88a93c-96cf-45df-9be6-dd119f71cdce-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>WBO World Super Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham (40-4, 28 KOs) and challenger Paul Smith (35-3, 20 KOs) treated fans to a public workout today at the CITTI-PARK shopping centre ahead of their world title fight on Saturday night at the Sparkassen-Arena in Kiel, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The challenger was up first joined by coach Joe Gallagher. \u2018\u2019This is the fight I have been dreaming of,\u2019\u2019 said Smith. \u2018\u2019Now I\u2019m here in Germany, I\u2019m not going to let this opportunity pass me by. This is my time! I will be bringing the belt back to England with me.\u2019\u2019<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Abraham received a hero\u2019s welcome when he entered the ring alongside legendary coach Ulli Wegner. \u2018\u2019I have not underestimated Smith,\u2019\u2019 said \u2018King Arthur\u2019. \u2018\u2018If anything, I have overestimated him. I always expect to face the best when I step into the ring and prepare accordingly. I\u2019m in top shape and ready to defend my title on Saturday night.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Polish cruiserweight Mateusz Masternak and former world title challenger Matthew Macklin could also be seen at today\u2019s public workout. Both men are in action on Saturday night on a bumper bill featuring a host of Europe\u2019s hottest boxing talents.<\/p>\n<p>The WBO World Super Middleweight showdown between Abraham and Smith will be available to watch live on Sky Sports. Tickets are available via eventim.de.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=39299\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">RSR is NOW Hiring Boxing Writers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WBO World Super Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham (40-4, 28 KOs) and challenger Paul Smith (35-3, 20 KOs) treated fans to a public workout today at the CITTI-PARK shopping centre ahead of their world title fight on Saturday night at the Sparkassen-Arena in Kiel, Germany. The challenger was up first joined by coach Joe Gallagher. \u2018\u2019This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10503],"class_list":["post-40959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-arthur-abraham-ready-for-war-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40959","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=40959"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}