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Arthur Abraham
Real name	Avetik Abrahamyan
Nickname(s)	King Arthur, Arthur Abraham
Rated at	Middleweight
Height	5 ft. 10 in. (177 cm.)
Nationality	Armenian German citizen
Birth date	February 20, 1980 (1980-02-20) (age 28)
Birth place	Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	26
Wins	26
Wins by KO	21
Losses	0
Draws	0
No contests	0

"King" Arthur Abraham (born on February 20, 1980 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian professional boxer residing in Berlin, Germany. He is the current IBF Middleweight World champion.

1 Biography
2 Success
3 Professional boxing record
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] 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.

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 Abrahams 7th successful title defence.

His next fight on June 21st will be against former challenger Edison Miranda the bout will be at a catch weight of 166 pounds.

Abraham trains under Ulli Wegner in Berlin, Germany .

[edit] 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 seven times defended

[edit] Professional boxing record

26 Wins (21 knockouts, 5 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws [1]
Res.	Opponent	Type	Rounds	Date	Location	Notes
SC	Edison Miranda			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	Sebastien 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