Arthur Abraham wins Paul Smith

Liverpool boxer Paul Smith put in the performance of his career but lost out on points to German boxer with Armenian origin Arthur Abraham in their WBO super-middleweight bout. BBC news agency writes about this.

The 31-year-old caused the defending champion all sorts of trouble throughout the fight in Germany.

Abraham put in a strong last round and two judges gave it 117-111 and the third 119-109.

Afterwards Smith described the scoring as ‘disgusting’.

“That’s twice I have been on the end of a wrong decision and it has shattered my world,” he told Sky Sports.

So, Arthur Abraham retained his WBO super middleweight title.