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vs.

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was a

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championship fight for the WBA

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championship. The bout was held on May 14, 2011, at

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, in

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and was televised on

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. In the co-featured non-televised portion of the card, heavyweight world contender Cristobal Arreola took on Nagy Aguilera of the Dominican Republic.

Background

In his first match of the tournament Abraham faced

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in October 2009 at

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defeating him via knockout in the 12th round. He then lost his next fight by disqualification due to hitting

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while he was down in the 11th round. He then lost to

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for the vacant WBC Super-Middleweight title in his third fight of the tournament, losing by a shutout unanimous decision. Ward defeated

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on November 21, 2009 for his WBA Super Middleweight Championship in his first of the Super Six World Boxing Classic. After,

announced his exit from the Tournament.

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was selected as his replacement and challenged the WBA Super Middleweight champion. Ward defeated Green by a shutout unanimous decision on June 19, 2010.

Referee and Judges

The referee for the fight was Luis Pabon, and the judges were

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, Ingo Barrabas, and James Jen-Kin. Luis Pabon had previously been referee for the Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey fight in April 2011.

The fight

Ward started out slow with Abraham, trying to find a way to penetrate his tight defense. After a competitive first few rounds, Ward seized control of the fight, using his ring savvy and instincts to control Abraham. Although Abraham was somewhat passive at times, he gave an earnest effort and frequently threw combinations that were mostly blocked by Ward. Abraham hurt Ward a couple of times in the final round, but it wasn't enough to finish Ward, who won a lopsided unanimous decision.

Main card

Confirmed bouts: * Super Middleweight Championship bout:

vs.

:Ward defeated Abraham via unanimous decision (120–108, 118–110, 118–111). * Heavyweight bout:

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vs.

Nagy Aguilera Nagy Aguilera De La Rosa (born May 28, 1986) is a Dominican Republic, Dominican professional boxer. He is perhaps best known for his upset first-round knockout win over former World Boxing Council, WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev. Profess ...

:Arreola defeated Aguilera via technical knockout at 1:58 in the third round. * Heavyweight bout:

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vs. Bowie Tupou :Tupou defeated Quezada via knockout at 0:53 in the seventh round.

Preliminary card

* Middleweight bout: Dominik Britsch vs. Ryan Davis :Britsch defeated Davis via technical knockout at 2:22 in the fifth round. * Super Middleweight bout:

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vs. Byron Tyson :Estrada defeated Tyson via knockout in the first round. * Light Middleweight bout:

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vs. Danny Figueroa :Molina defeated Figueroa via unanimous decision. * Light Welterweight bout: Ty Barnett vs. Andrey Klimov :Klimov defeated Tyson via technical knockout at 1:12 in the third round. * Super Flyweight bout: Matthew Villanueva vs. Frank Gutierrez :Villanueva defeated Gutierrez via technical knockout at 1:12 in the first round. * Light Middleweight bout: Arman Ovsepyan vs. Arthur Brambila :Ovsepyan defeated Brambila via technical knockout at 2:44 in the first round.

International broadcasting

References

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