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German Abraham has boxing former DJ in a spin

File photo shows German former world super-middleweight champion Arthur Abraham attends a public training session in Schwerin, northern Germany, on August 20, 2013

Arthur Abraham retained his WBO super-middleweight world title late Saturday with a second successive victory over former British DJ turned boxer Paul Smith in Berlin. The 35-year-old champion, who was born in Armenia but moved to Germany with his parents at 15, won convincingly on points on all three judges' cards, just as he had in the first contest in Kiel last September. For 'King Arthur' it was his 41st victory of his career, against four defeats, and his third successful defence of the belt he regained from German Robert Stieglitz in March last year. Smith, emboldened by the vocal support of around 3,000 of his compatriots in the crowd, was the more aggressive of the two fighters from the opening bell, but by the fourth round Abraham had gained the ascendancy, delivering heavy blows to the body and face. For 32-year-old Smith it was his fifth career defeat against 35 victories. Abraham, who after he retires intends to open a boxing school in Armenia which will also provide language classes as he believes boxers cannot progress unless they speak a foreign language, could well face Stieglitz for the fourth time in his next defence.