Abraham stops Farias in fifth round

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altArthur Abraham floored Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias three times on his way to a fifth-round knockout.

Former IBF middleweight beltholder Arthur Abraham scored three knockdowns in the fifth and final round of Saturday night's knockout of Pablo Oscasr Natalio Farias in Baden-Arena, Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Abraham rose to 33-3 with his 27th knockout to rebound from an eight-month ring absence since his last loss by unanimous decision against WBA beltholder Andre Ward.

Farias fell to 19-2 with 11 stoppages in his second straight loss.

Lem Satterfield can be reached at lemuel.satterfield@gmail.com

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