By Karl Freitag, May, 26, 2007
IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (23-0, 18 KOs) is back. "King Arthur" showed no effects from the broken jaw suffered in his previous fight as he knocked out previously unbeaten Sebastien Demers (20-1, 9 KOs) in round three on Saturday night at the JAKO Arena in Bamberg, Germany. In a bout that started after midnight due to network coverage of a major soccer match, Abraham went right to work beating Demers to the punch with good combinations to the head and body. Abraham finally dropped Demers with a brutal assault in round three and referee Ernest Sharif stopped it at 2:57.
In a highly anticipated IBF cruiserweight eliminator between unbeaten contenders, Marco Huck (19-0, 14 KOs) scored a twelve round majority decision over Vadim Tokarev (23-1-1, 16 KOs) to become the mandatory challenger. After an even first round, Huck found he was quicker than Tokarev and began to outwork him. The bout settled into a tactical battle as both fighters quickly grew to respect the other's power. Tokarev pressed the action, while Huck was busier. Huck was deducted a point in round nine for throwing an elbow. Huck pulled away in the last last three rounds, launching an aggressive assault, but Tokarev stayed with him to the final bell. Huck won 117-110 on two cards, with the third card even at 114-114.
2004 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist Aexander Povetkin (12-0, 10 KOs) again showed he is a force to be reckoned with after a two round blowout of former Canadian champion Patrice L'Heureux (20-3-1, 12 KOs). The wipeout was stopped at 1:02 of the second round with Povetkin mercilessly pounding L'Heureux to the canvas.
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