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Saturday Night Notes: Showtime picks up Abraham-Oral

Mahir Oral and his lion fist will be coming to Showtime on June 27 when he challenges IBF middleweight titlist Arthur Abraham. (via <a href="http://www.notifight.com/artman2/uploads/1/OralMahirArena1.jpg">www.notifight.com</a>)
Mahir Oral and his lion fist will be coming to Showtime on June 27 when he challenges IBF middleweight titlist Arthur Abraham. (via www.notifight.com)

June 27 just became a busier night for American boxing fans as far as televised fights go, as Showtime just moments ago ran a graphic saying they'd picked up the IBF middleweight title fight between Arthur Abraham and Mahir Oral in Berlin. This makes for three cards available for fight fans that night: Abraham-Oral on Showtime, HBO Boxing After Dark with Ortiz-Maidana and John-Juarez II, and the Top Rank PPV headlined by Juan Manuel Lopez.

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