Beyer vs Bika & Abraham vs Jantuah live in Britain

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 08 May 2006, 12:59

Press release:

LIVE & EXCLUSIVE Boxing on Sportal.com
For just £9.99 you can catch some World Championship Boxing live from Germany on Saturday May 13th.

WBC Super Middleweight Champion Markus Beyer v Sakio Bika and IBF Middleweight World Champion Arthur Abraham v Kofi Jantuah provide the main bouts supported by fights featuring Marco Huck, Manuel Charr and Yoan Pablo Hernandez.

A limited number of 5000 'e-tickets' are available here now. You MUST subscribe from the computer you wish to view the event from.

This exciting event will be available to view worldwide with the exception of Germany.

Only british based computers will be able to see the event.

Btownjay · Post by **Btownjay** » 12 May 2006, 09:48

Hey guys... question...

Does this Bika guy pose any real thread to Beyer this weekend? I've never seen him fight and honestly know nothing about him at all. He seems to have decent power vs. questionable oposition.

Your thoughts?

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 12 May 2006, 09:55

Wonder if ARD's site is showing a live stream of it?

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 12 May 2006, 09:59

Btownjay wrote:Hey guys... question...

Does this Bika guy pose any real thread to Beyer this weekend? I've never seen him fight and honestly know nothing about him at all. He seems to have decent power vs. questionable oposition.

Your thoughts?

he cannot be too bad at middleweight as he pushed soliman pretty close who in turn pushed Winky pretty close...

I think he will be competitive but not quite good enough

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 12 May 2006, 10:10

Btownjay wrote:Hey guys... question...

Does this Bika guy pose any real thread to Beyer this weekend? I've never seen him fight and honestly know nothing about him at all. He seems to have decent power vs. questionable oposition.

Your thoughts?

I've been trying to find out the same, you can get 13/2 for a Bika win thats on paddypower.com

If you've got a spare tenner its worth a bet

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 12 May 2006, 10:18

He's fought a level below Beyer that's for sure, and the Germans have probably got it right as usual when carefuly picking Beyer's opponents: Beyer UD.

But the African/Aussie has won away from home ( Oz that is ) a few times, so wont be intimidated you'd think.

BTW - don't think I haven't seen such a poor clueless challenger as the one they dug up for Erdei last week in a long long time: really shocking - looked like a novice.

RobD · Post by **RobD** » 12 May 2006, 12:47

MightyWarrior wrote:He's fought a level below Beyer that's for sure, and the Germans have probably got it right as usual when carefuly picking Beyer's opponents: Beyer UD.

But the African/Aussie has won away from home ( Oz that is ) a few times, so wont be intimidated you'd think.

BTW - don't think I haven't seen such a poor clueless challenger as the one they dug up for Erdei last week in a long long time: really shocking - looked like a novice.

Murdoch was poor no doubt.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 12 May 2006, 14:11

MightyWarrior wrote:BTW - don't think I haven't seen such a poor clueless challenger as the one they dug up for Erdei last week in a long long time: really shocking - looked like a novice.

Worse than Alberto Colejanni?!

Btownjay · Post by **Btownjay** » 13 May 2006, 16:52

Guess it doesn't matter huh? Fights a draw due to a headbutt that caused a cut to Beyer.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 13 May 2006, 16:55

Sounds like an unsatisfactory ending, Beyer should just retire, unless Calzaghe catches up with him first and retires him.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 13 May 2006, 18:06

Abraham won an UD: Judge: Joseph Pasquale 117-109 | Judge: Phil Edwards 115-112 | Judge: Berit Andreasen 116-111

My T Sharp · Post by **My T Sharp** » 13 May 2006, 18:09

Freiheit wrote:Abraham won an UD: Judge: Joseph Pasquale 117-109 | Judge: Phil Edwards 115-112 | Judge: Berit Andreasen 116-111

Good, that Miranda fight is going to be a cracker.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 15 May 2006, 07:25

The scores after round 4 in the Beyer fight: Judge: Gary Ritter 40-36 | Judge: Massimo Barrovecchio 38-38 | Judge: Ian John Lewis 38-38

Lenny · Post by **Lenny** » 15 May 2006, 07:55

Was the cut enough to stop the fight in your opinion?

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 15 May 2006, 08:18

It was very legit. I read today that Beyer needed 50 stitches.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 15 May 2006, 08:34

Yes it was a very bad cut. I was only half watching but it looked to be shaping up for a tough night for Beyer too...

Abraham found himself in the middle of a nightmare on Sat night. He was gulping for air around mid way, and Kofi was taking everything he had to offer and punching back with interest.

But the crafty AA got out of jail: killed time as he strolled away, then launched bombs just when his opponent least expected it. But his punches just bounced off Kofi's chin: how he was ever knocked out previously, I'll never know. What a chin he has. And AA showed real metal too. Great fight to watch.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 15 May 2006, 09:12

Is the Ikeke bout starting to increasingly look like a styles make fights? Maybe Abraham isn't the world beater we once suspected.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 15 May 2006, 11:26

Freiheit wrote:The scores after round 4 in the Beyer fight: Judge: Gary Ritter 40-36 | Judge: Massimo Barrovecchio 38-38 | Judge: Ian John Lewis 38-38

hmmm, so we know who got the brown envelop then

kollege · Post by **kollege** » 16 May 2006, 18:31

Lenny Albert wrote:Was the cut enough to stop the fight in your opinion?

it was definetely a bad cut and the referee's choice (in fact it was the medical supporter dr. wagner who said the fight is over) was right. after the fight, beyer was taken to a local hospital and needed 50 stitches. but he came out that night and was at the party in his hotel although still having problems to see right. he had to wear a patch to protect his eye and looked awful.

i think it was good to have a second high-class fight this evening. even when it wasn't beyer's fault, it's always bad for the audience when a fight ends that way. abraham was the stronger one but learned that it's not always easy to win. he needed to work and it was amazing and more than respectable what jantuah did on saturday night!