Steve Farhood is live from Berlin. Michael Buffer is handling the ring entrances. Jermain Taylor is coming to the ring first. Taylor is entering to Michael Jackson's "Bad." The crowd sounds surprisingly behind him, clapping to the beat and cheering him on.
Arthur Abraham comes to the ring now to music by The Scorpions. The Scorpions are actually performing above the entranceway. The crowd is really into the band. Abraham descends from behind the screen in an elaborate robe with fur.
Michael Buffer is working on the intros now. Abraham is 30-0 with 24 KOs. Taylor is 28-3-1 with 17 KOs.
And here we go!
Round 1
They meet in the center. Taylor's style looks slightly different than when he fought Froch. He's not rocking back and forth as much. Abraham lands a good jab. Taylor tries to back him down with his strong jab. Taylor tries a left hook that gets partially blocked. Abraham is starting slowly as expected. He backs Taylor off with a wide right hand. The crowd starts an Abraham chant. Taylor lands a right to the body. Taylor ducks a right hook. Abraham lands a jab. Taylor gets out of the corner. Taylor lands two hooks to the body.
Spartan117: 10-9 Taylor
Uatu: 10-9 Taylor
Franchise: 10-9 Taylor
Round 2
Taylor gets the jab going again. Abraham's hooks are very wide and are getting blocked easily by Taylor. Taylor gets some more jabs between the gloves of Abraham. Taylor lands some hooks and one was way low. Abraham gets some time to recover and Taylor gets a warning. Abraham is using his own jab more now. Taylor keeps his going and mixes in an uppercut. Taylor lands a good left hook. This has been a good round for Taylor so far. Abraham gets in a left hook and Taylor backs off. Taylor gets against the ropes and Abraham goes to work. Taylor complains that the punches were in the back of the head.
Spartan117: 10-9 Taylor
Uatu: 10-9 Abraham
Franchise: 10-9 Abraham
Round 3
Taylor starts his jab again. Nothing from Abraham yet. Taylor keeps the jab going. Abraham unleashes a combo of hooks to the body. Taylor is wasting a lot of energy throwing his jab into Abraham's gloves. Abraham goes inside again and throws his combo of hooks. Abraham lands a great right hook. Abraham is starting to come alive. Taylor starts jawing with Abraham about punches to the back of the head at the end of the round.
Spartan117: 10-9 Abraham
Uatu: 10-9 Abraham
Franchise: 10-9 Abraham
Round 4
Taylor comes out swinging hard and backs up Abraham immediately. Now he gets back to his jab. Taylor lands a shot to the body that the ref called low. It didn't look low to me. Abraham works the body with a hook. Taylor's corner told him to use his right more, and it looks like he listened. Taylor gets backed up with some Abraham jabs. Abraham goes to the body once more. Taylor throws an uppercut, but Abraham blocks it. Abraham throws a four-punch combo to the body again. Very close round toward the end.
Spartan117: 10-9 Taylor
Uatu: 10-9 Taylor
Franchise: 10-9 Taylor
Round 5
Taylor throws some more jabs and one right to the body. There is some swelling starting over the right eye of Abraham. Abraham is starting to throw more punches now but almost all jabs. Taylor lands a good hook to the body. Abraham goes to his trademark combo to the body. Abraham lands a good right hand upstairs. Taylor dodges another combo from Abraham. They trade blows on the inside now, swinging wildly. Abraham lands a great straight right. Abraham's best round yet.
Spartan117: 10-9 Abraham
Uatu: 10-9 Abraham
Franchise: 10-9 Abraham
Round 6
Abraham is starting to go to work now. His punches look way wider than I've ever seen them. Taylor gets a left hand around Abraham's glove. Taylor keeps his jab going. Abraham gets a good right hand to the body. Taylor goes to the body again that Abraham calls low. The ref takes a point away. It looked like it was right on the beltline. Abraham gets in a good right hand. They trade in the middle of the ring but nothing landed for either fighter.
Spartan117: 10-8 Abraham
Uatu: 10-8 Abraham
Franchise: 10-8 Abraham
Round 7
Taylor lands a combo to the head and body. Abraham answers back with a hook upstairs and one good shot to the body. Taylor keeps throwing his jab. Taylor gets rocked with a big right hand. Taylor isn't throwing much other than his jab. Abraham lands three shorts to the body and one more with a right to the head. Abraham tries for a knockout punch but misses by a lot. Abraham lands a right hand and Taylor shakes his head. The crowd is on its feet now.
Spartan117: 10-9 Abraham
Uatu: 10-9 Abraham
Franchise: 10-9 Abraham
Round 8
Taylor has already thrown about 10 jabs in the first 30 seconds. Abraham drops his gloves below his waist now. Taylor throws a right hand but misses. Taylor misses two jabs as Abraham backs away. Not much coming from Abraham in the first two minutes. Taylor lands another jab. Abraham misses with a right hand. Taylor tries to sneak in another right hand. Abraham lands a flurry while Taylor is against the ropes. Abraham backs off for the last 10 seconds of the round.
Spartan117: 10-9 Taylor
Uatu: 10-9 Taylor
Franchise: 10-9 Abraham
Round 9
Taylor continues to throw the jab. Not much from either fighter yet in Round 9. Abraham gets through a crushing right hand, and Taylor is on wobbly legs. He's holding on to survive. He's trying to regain his composure in there. I'm surprised he survived. Abraham backs off now. Taylor lands a right uppercut on the inside. Taylor has his legs under him again. Abraham does almost nothing for the last 20 seconds of the round.
Spartan117: 10-9 Abraham
Uatu: 10-9 Abraham
Franchise: 10-9 Abraham
Round 10
Taylor keeps his jab going. Abraham goes back in defensive mode. Taylor's not throwing enough right hands to win these rounds. He's throwing the jab almost exclusively. Abraham throws some more wide hooks. Taylor gets backed into the ropes and eats some hooks from Abraham. Abraham is pouring it on now and Taylor is backing off. Good round for Abraham.
Spartan117: 10-9 Abraham
Uatu: 10-9 Abraham
Franchise: 10-9 Abraham
Round 11
Taylor lands a right to the body after a jab. Taylor starts throwing some more right hands. Taylor gets out of the corner and Abraham misses some wide hooks. Taylor goes back to the jab. Abraham lands a five-punch combo to the body while Taylor is in the corner. Abraham throws a flurry and lands at will. Taylor is in trouble in there. He's not doing enough to win any of these rounds, and Abraham should be well on his way to a decision victory.
Spartan117: 10-9 Abraham
Uatu: 10-9 Abraham
Franchise: 10-9 Abraham
Round 12
Taylor keeps his jab going and throws one to the body. The ref tells him to keep his punches up again. Nothing from Abraham yet. There isn't a sense of urgency from Taylor like there should be if he wants to win. Abraham lands a right hook. Abraham lands a right hand that backs him up into the corner, and they trade wild shots. Abraham lands a left hook and then another. Taylor throws a right hand but misses. Abraham lands an enormous right hand and Taylor is knocked out hard. The fight is all over. They are checking to see if Taylor is OK in there.
The winner by TKO at 2:54 in the 12th round... "King" Arthur Abraham.
Abraham says that "it was a great fight and a great KO, and Taylor is a good fighter, but I am better." He says he wasn't looking for the knockout, his main goal was only to win. He's asked if Taylor hits hard and he laughed and says no. He says his next plan is to go to America and "take America."
Taylor sounds really discouraged in his interview. He says he trained hard and of course he wanted a victory. He says he just got caught with a punch he didn't see.
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