{"id":9852,"date":"2011-04-27T15:19:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T19:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9852"},"modified":"2011-04-27T15:51:53","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T19:51:53","slug":"andre-ward-arthur-abraham-on-shakey-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9852","title":{"rendered":"Andre Ward &#8211; Arthur Abraham On Shaky Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9852 \" href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=9852 \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3109\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"andre ward header\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/andre-ward-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>The Super Six World Boxing Classic semi-final clash between WBA Super-Middleweight Champion Andre Ward and former tournament point leader King Arthur Abraham will be called off \u2013 if the Californian Boxing Commission refuses to honour an existing agreement over neutral officials. \u201cContrary to what has been previously agreed on, the Californian Commission all of a sudden insists on installing a Californian judge as well as a Californian referee. That is totally unacceptable,\u201d Hall-of-Fame-Promoter Wilfried Sauerland said. \u201cThis turnaround comes as a huge and unpleasant surprise. Two months ago, everybody involved agreed that this tremendous fight would be served by neutral officials. We agreed to have one judge from California, one from Europe and one from neither Europe nor the US. The referee is supposed to be neither American nor European either. Unless this issue is sorted, King Arthur will not leave the country. We have put his flights on hold.\u201d <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old German is currently shaping up on a small German island in the Baltic Sea. He was scheduled to leave for Los Angeles this weekend. \u201cKing Arthur is more than happy to challenge Ward in his backyard,\u201d Sauerland added. \u201cBut we demand neutral officials as agreed on. We have learned our lesson from the Kessler-Ward fight. Back then the Californian Commission insisted on having a Californian referee. His performance was \u2013 to put it mildly \u2013 a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Sauerland added: \u201cThis is not some beach bar brawl but the semi-final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, a sensational tournament that has captured global attention. 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