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Andre Ward vs. Arthur Abraham

When: Saturday, May 14, 2011

Where: Carson, Calif.

What: Super Middleweight Division (tournament semifinal; for Ward's WBA 168-pound title)

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Andre Ward, Arthur Abraham, Carl Froch and Glen Johnson are all one victory from the tournament final en route to 168-pound supremacy. On Saturday, May 14, Ward will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight world title against European superstar Abraham to kick off the Semifinals of the groundbreaking tournament Live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

Ward (23-0, 13 KOs), of Oakland, Calif., has emerged as the tournament favorite after impressive triumphs in Group Stage bouts over Mikkel Kessler and Allan Green, as well as Sakio Bika. Ward enters the single elimination bout against Abraham as the tournament favorite.

Abraham (32-2, 26 KOs), of Berlin, Germany by way of Armenia, entered the tournament as a heavy favorite alongside Kessler. But after emerging from Group Stage 1 as the points leader with a knockout win over Jermain Taylor, Abraham is now trying to bounce back from consecutive tournament losses to Andre Dirrell and Froch in Group Stages 2 and 3, respectively. The winner advances to the tournament Finals against the winner of the Carl Froch-Glen Johnson Semifinals showdown.

Puerto Rican referee Luis Pabon will officiate the bout. The ringside judges will be James Jen Kin (California), Ingel Barrabas (Germany) and Stanley Christodoulou (South Africa).

In the co-featured non-televised portion of the card at The Home Depot Center heavyweight world contender and popular Southern California slugger Cristobal Arreola will try to stay on track for another opportunity of a world championship when he takes on Nagy Aguilera of the Dominican Republic.

The Semifinals of the Super Six World Boxing Classic will continue just one week later on Saturday, May 21, when Froch (27-1, 20 KOs) defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Middleweight title against Johnson (51-14-2, 35 KOs) at a venue to be named in the near future.

Andre Ward vs Arthur Abraham

The undefeated super middleweight champion bobbed, weaved, jabbed, moved around the ring, held on when he needed to and easily outboxed Arthur Abraham on the way to a unanimous decision against the Armenian-born German at the outdoor Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

Most important, Ward (24-0, 13 KOs), who has not lost since he was a 12-year-old amateur, defended his WBA belt for the third time and clinched a spot in the Super Six World Classic finals with his clinical, near shutout of Abraham, who lost for the third consecutive time, each loss coming in the troubled tournament.

Ringside judge Stanley Christodoulou gave Ward every round (120-108). Ingo Barrabas of Germany had it 118-110 and Dr. James Jen Kin 118-111, both for Ward, who threw an amazing 289 jabs and landed 178 of 444 total punches, according to CompuBox.

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