Arthur Abraham

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Arthur Abraham

Statistics
Real name	Avetik Abrahamyan
Nickname(s)	King Arthur Abrahammer
Rated at	Super middleweight
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nationality	German Armenian
Birth date	February 20, 1980 (1980-02-20) (age 29)
Birth place	Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	31
Wins	31
Wins by KO	25
Losses	0
Draws	0
No contests	0

"King" Arthur Abraham (born on February 20, 1980 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian-German professional boxer residing in Berlin, Germany. He has been undefeated as IBF Middleweight World champion.

Biography

Sauerland-promoted Abraham bested Ian Gardner , Hector Velazco and contender Howard Eastman in the build-up and won the vacant title on December 10, 2005, in Leipzig, Germany against Kingsley Ikeke by a 5th round knock-out. On September 23, 2006, Abraham won a decision against undefeated contender Edison Miranda despite having his jaw broken in two places. Miranda was deducted five points by landing repeated low blows as well as intentionally headbutting Abraham in the 5th round. After the Miranda bout, he was praised for his ability to finish the fight despite his injury.

Abraham defeated Canadian Sébastien Demers and made the fifth defense of his title by defeating fellow Armenian Khoren Gevor by 11th round technical knockout.

On December 08, 2007, Abraham defeated Wayne Elcock to make his sixth defense of his title by TKO in the 5th round.

During two of his matches, Arthur Abraham was accompanied by live performances of the Scorpions and is currently accompanied by the track "Ready For The Fight" by The Young Punx.

On March 29, 2008, Abraham defeated American Elvin Ayala via 12th round KO after connecting with a devastating left hook which sent his opponent crashing to the canvas face first. This was Abraham's 7th successful title defence.

Abraham-Miranda 2

On June 21, 2008, the fight took place at a catchweight of 166 lbs. Abraham's IBF middleweight title was not on the line. Abraham immediately backed Miranda up with hard right jabs before backing off himself behind a high, tight guard. A Miranda right hand landed off the gloves of Abraham as he came out more measured than he had the first time around. Abraham set in to work the body but a stray shot brought a low blow warning from the referee. Miranda made the fight throughout the second round as Abraham did little in the way of punching. Thudding body shots landed on Abraham, but Miranda could get little past the gloves upstairs. A low blow landed from Miranda in the final thirty seconds that brought a brief halt to the action; Abraham calmly caught his breath before returning to his defensive posture.

Abraham waved Miranda forward after another barrage of shots bounced off his gloves before landing two body shots and a hard right hand for his best work of the bout. Miranda drew a warning for holding and hitting before another right hand from Abraham buckled his knees. Abraham stepped back rather than following up, choosing to maintain a methodical game plan. The game plan was sound. In the first minute of the fourth round, a perfectly timed right hand-left hook sent Miranda to the floor. Miranda rose, clearly hurt, and this time Abraham would not fail to press the advantage.

Another left hook would drop Miranda along the ropes and Miranda would again rise but his legs were clearly gone and the end was at hand. Abraham would land a final striking right hand for the round's third knockdown as the referee leapt in to halt the action before Miranda could attempt to rise again.

On November 8, 2008, "King Arthur" Abraham (28-0, 22 KOs), 28, defeated Raul Marquez (41-4-1, 29 KOs), 37, by a 6th round technical knockout, at the Bamberg's Jako Arena, the 8th defense of his IBF middleweight boxing title. He retained his IBF-Title on March 14, 2009 against Lajuan Simon, his first fight over 12 rounds since his legendary battle against Edison Miranda. The 10th and last defense of his middlweight title took place in Berlin against Turkish-German boxer Mahir Oral, Abraham won this fight by a 10th round technical knockout.

Super Six

After failing to secure a match up with WBO/WBC/RING champion Kelly Pavlik he announced that he will change his weight class to compete at super middleweight. Abraham is participating in the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament for the WBA and WBC super middleweight title. In his first match of the tournament he faced Jermain Taylor in October 2009, and defeated him via a devastating knockout in the 12th round. Abraham's next bout will be against Andre Dirrell who recently lost a split decision to Carl Froch for the WBC super middleweight title.

Success

as an amateur:

• 1997: International German master in the middleweight

as a professional:

• 2004: WBA Inter-Continental Middleweight Title, three successful defenses
• 2005: IBF title carrier, title so far 10 times defended

Professional boxing record

31 Wins (25 knockouts, 6 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws [1]
Res.	Opponent	Type	Rounds	Date	Location	Notes
Win	Jermain Taylor	KO	12(12)	2009-10-17	Berlin, Germany	1st Round Super Six World Boxing Classic Earned 3 Pts for Super Six World Boxing Classic
Win	Mahir Oral	TKO	10 (12)	2009-06-27	Berlin, Germany	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	Lajuan Simon	Decision (unanimous)	12 (12)	2009-03-14	Kiel, Germany	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	Raul Marquez	RTD	6 (12)	2008-11-08	Bamberg, Germany	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	Edison Miranda	TKO	4 (12)	2008-06-21	Hollywood, Florida	Catch weight of 166 pounds.
Win	Elvin Ayala	KO	12 (12)	2008-03-29	Kiel, Germany	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	Wayne Elcock	TKO	5 (12)	2007-12-08	Basel, Switzerland	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	Khoren Gevor	KO	11 (12)	2007-08-18	Berlin, Germany	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	Sébastien Demers	KO	3 (12)	2007-05-26	Bamberg, Germany	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	Edison Miranda	Decision (unanimous)	12	2006-09-23	Wetzlar, Germany	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	Kofi Jantuah	Decision (unanimous)	12	2006-05-13	Zwickau, Germany	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	Shannan Taylor	Decision (unanimous)	12	2006-03-04	Oldenburg, Germany	Retained IBF Middleweight title.
Win	Kingsley Ikeke	KO	5 (12)	2005-12-10	Leipzig, Germany	Won vacant IBF Middleweight title.
Win	Luis Daniel Parada	TKO	5 (8)	2005-10-01	Oldenburg, Germany
Win	Howard Eastman	Decision (unanimous)	12	2005-07-16	Nuremberg, Germany	Retained WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title
Win	Hector Javier Velazco	KO	5 (12)	2005-04-23	Dortmund, Germany	Retained WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title
Win	Ian Gardner	Decision (unanimous)	12	2005-02-12	Berlin, Germany	Retained WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title
Win	Roberto Mario Vecchio	TKO	6 (8)	2004-11-20	Kempten, Germany
Win	Nader Hamdan	TKO	12 (12)	2004-09-04	Essen, Germany	Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title
Win	Dave Nash	KO	2 (8)	2004-07-03	Hattersheim am Main, Germany
Win	Mark Flynn	KO	3 (8)	2004-06-05	Chemnitz, Germany
Win	Cristian Oscar Zanabria	KO	5 (8)	2004-04-17	Berlin, Germany
Win	Branko Sobot	TKO	2 (8)	2004-03-27	Magdeburg, Germany
Win	Steve Walker	KO	2 (8)	2004-02-28	Dresden, Germany
Win	Gabriel Botos	TKO	2 (6)	2004-01-31	Berlin, Germany
Win	Alexandru Manea	TKO	3 (6)	2004-01-17	Koblenz, Germany
Win	Cezary Piotrowski	KO	4 (6)	2003-12-13	Nuremberg, Germany
Win	Tomas Vican	TKO	2 (6)	2003-11-22	Riesa, Germany
Win	Sladko Cizicz	TKO	3 (4)	2003-10-04	Zwickau, Germany
Win	Petr Rykala	TKO	2 (4)	2003-09-06	Erfurt, Germany
Win	Frank Kary Roth	TKO	3 (4)	2003-08-16	Nuremberg, Germany

See also

• List of IBF world champions
• Reigning boxing champions

External links

• Official Website
• Professional boxing record for Arthur Abraham from Boxrec

References