After Last Night’s Big Win From Arthur Abraham: Ranking Today’s Top-10 Super-Middleweights

By James Slater – German superhero Arthur Abraham simply had to win last night, lest his great career be left in limbo. Well, “King” Arthur got the job done against a good young, fresh fighter in Robert Stieglitz, winning an exciting, closely-fought 12-rounder by scores of 116-112 twice and 115-113. Abraham improved to 35-3(27) and he now holds the WBO title at 168-pounds – this the second weight class he has ruled in.

Abraham also opened up the door for some big, intriguing fights at super-middleweight. A talent-rich weight class, 168 boasts some fine fighters, even the odd mega-star/possible all-time great of the future.

That said, who are the ten best at 168 today:

1: Andre Ward, 25-0(13).

2: Carl Froch, 29-2(21).

3: Lucian Bute, 30-1(24).

4: Andre Dirrell, 20-1(14).

5: Arthur Abraham, 35-3(27).

6: Robert Stieglitz, 42-3(23).

7: Sakio Bika, 30-5-2(21).

8: George Groves, 15-0(12).

9: Edwin Rodriguez, 21-0(14).

10: Kelly Pavlik, 40-2(34).