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03-30-2008, 04:16 AM
King Arthur slays challenger Ayala
From correspondents in Kiel, Germany
March 30, 2008 AMERICAN Elvin Ayala proved to be no match for IBF middleweight champion "King" Arthur Abraham who slayed his challenger with a twelfth round knockout.
Ayala, 27, is the self-styled "Wrath of God'', but he felt the full force of Abraham, taking several hits to the head before the champion caught him flush of the chin to leave the challenger crumpled on the canvas with just 25 seconds left in the twelfth.
"Kiel was bigger for me than New York, but now that's over, I am looking for a big fight in the United States later this year,'' said Abraham who is now hoping for a date at Madison Square Garden, New York, in June.
Abraham, the unbeaten 28-year-old champion, who now has 21 knockouts from 26 fights, had few problems in his seventh defence against Ayala who was left with a 18-3 record including eight knockouts.
"That's boxing,'' said Ayala after he was helped to his feet following his defeat.
"I came here to do a job and unfortunately it didn't come off, but that's my job. They call him King Arthur, but I am a king myself and I have to come back from this.''
After Abraham's last two routine defences against England's Wayne Elcock and Armenian Khoren Gevor, Ayala made the champion work hard with a courageous display, but ultimately gave the champion few problems.
The American put the champion briefly on the ropes at the end of the third round which sparked a furious assault from Abraham until the bell.
Ayala took two big blows to the head in the fifth and the champion soaked up the blows from the increasingly desperate American before putting him on the canvas with 30 seconds left in the round.
Abraham raised the pace in the sixth round as Ayala started to tire and again in the seventh, Abraham soaked up the punches before unleashing a flurry of combinations and landing several head shots.
In the tenth, Ayala pinned the champ in the corner, but again Abraham absorbed the shots and hit back with powerful punches.
It was all over in the twelfth when, with less than 30 seconds of the fight left, Abraham put Ayala in the corner and a upper cut to the chin left the challenger face down on the canvas.
Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in Kiel, Germany
March 30, 2008 AMERICAN Elvin Ayala proved to be no match for IBF middleweight champion "King" Arthur Abraham who slayed his challenger with a twelfth round knockout.
Ayala, 27, is the self-styled "Wrath of God'', but he felt the full force of Abraham, taking several hits to the head before the champion caught him flush of the chin to leave the challenger crumpled on the canvas with just 25 seconds left in the twelfth.
"Kiel was bigger for me than New York, but now that's over, I am looking for a big fight in the United States later this year,'' said Abraham who is now hoping for a date at Madison Square Garden, New York, in June.
Abraham, the unbeaten 28-year-old champion, who now has 21 knockouts from 26 fights, had few problems in his seventh defence against Ayala who was left with a 18-3 record including eight knockouts.
"That's boxing,'' said Ayala after he was helped to his feet following his defeat.
"I came here to do a job and unfortunately it didn't come off, but that's my job. They call him King Arthur, but I am a king myself and I have to come back from this.''
After Abraham's last two routine defences against England's Wayne Elcock and Armenian Khoren Gevor, Ayala made the champion work hard with a courageous display, but ultimately gave the champion few problems.
The American put the champion briefly on the ropes at the end of the third round which sparked a furious assault from Abraham until the bell.
Ayala took two big blows to the head in the fifth and the champion soaked up the blows from the increasingly desperate American before putting him on the canvas with 30 seconds left in the round.
Abraham raised the pace in the sixth round as Ayala started to tire and again in the seventh, Abraham soaked up the punches before unleashing a flurry of combinations and landing several head shots.
In the tenth, Ayala pinned the champ in the corner, but again Abraham absorbed the shots and hit back with powerful punches.
It was all over in the twelfth when, with less than 30 seconds of the fight left, Abraham put Ayala in the corner and a upper cut to the chin left the challenger face down on the canvas.
Agence France-Presse