{"id":61412,"date":"2016-07-07T01:31:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T06:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=61412"},"modified":"2016-07-07T01:32:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T06:32:10","slug":"arthur-abraham-fighting-words-but-will-it-be-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=61412","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Abraham: Fighting Words, but Will it Be Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\" http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=61412\" rel=\" http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=61412\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-59259 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/AA.jpg\" alt=\"AA\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Ulli Wegner has hit back at claims questioning Arthur Abraham\u2019s (44-5, 29 KOs) motivation prior to his WBO International Super Middleweight title fight with Tim-Robin Lihaug (15-1, 8 KOs) on July 16 at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>Lihaug\u2019s trainer Thomas Hansvoll had called into question Abraham\u2019s desire, stating that he believed the former two-weight World Champion \u2018had lost his hunger\u2019 and after years at the top of the sport was \u2018not so interested anymore\u2019.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Wegner has disputed these remarks, and says Abraham is hungrier than ever as he looks to regain the World title he lost to Gilberto Ramirez, starting with a victory over the rising Scandinavian star Lihaug.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019The loss to Gilberto Ramirez has only made Arthur more determined,\u2019\u2019 said the 74 year-old star coach. \u2018\u2019Now he is without a World title, the hunted has become the hunter. He feels a new kind of motivation, and we will see that in the ring on July 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Obviously it was a big blow to lose the title in Las Vegas, but now we must work together to reach the top again. I believe he has what it takes to become World Champion again, if I did not, I would be the first person to tell him to retire. Anyone who knows me knows I am always honest in my assessments, and I can tell you this is not the end of the road for Arthur.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>While optimistic for the future, Wegner realises another defeat could signal the end of Abraham\u2019s illustrious career. \u2018\u2019Anything but a win would be disastrous for Arthur,\u2019\u2019 he says. \u2018\u2019But we\u2019ve trained well and I\u2019m confident his hand will be raised.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tiJJOVK7qiE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ulli Wegner has hit back at claims questioning Arthur Abraham\u2019s (44-5, 29 KOs) motivation prior to his WBO International Super Middleweight title fight with Tim-Robin Lihaug (15-1, 8 KOs) on July 16 at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin. Lihaug\u2019s trainer Thomas Hansvoll had called into question Abraham\u2019s desire, stating that he believed the former two-weight World [&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":[15433,15434],"class_list":["post-61412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-arthur-abraham-fighting-words","tag-but-will-it-be-enough"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61412","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=61412"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}