Ikeke began to tumble toward the canvas and Abraham landed some final rights to seal the victory. In the fifth round, Arthur met Ikeke with hard shots to the head. The IBF belt had previously been vacated by undisputed champion Jermain Taylor after a bout with Abraham was denied in October that year. On 10 December 2005, in Leipzig, Germany, Abraham won the vacant IBF middleweight title against Kingsley Ikeke (23-1, 13 KOs) by a 5th round knock-out. Eastman had previously only lost to American William Joppy and former Undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins. In July 2005, Abraham defended his WBA Inter-Continental title against the highly regarded Briton Howard Eastman. He defeated Canadian southpaw Ian Gardner (18–1) for the vacant WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title, Hector Velazco (former WBO champion) and contender Nader Hamdan (36–1). The Sauerland-promoted Abraham had many early victories.
#ANTHONY TAYLOR BOXER HEIGHT PROFESSIONAL#
Professional career Middleweight Early career Ībraham started his professional career on 16 August 2003.
In 2003, Arthur and Alexander competed alongside promoter and manager Wilfried Sauerland and his head coach Ulli Wegner. His final amateur record was 81-3-6 (48 KO). In 2003, with Arthur and his brother Alexander returned to Germany, hoping to begin a professional boxing career. Abraham attempted to compete for Armenia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was unable due to his two years of military service. He was an International junior welterweight German champion in 1997 and a three time Senior light middleweight Armenian champion in 2000, 20. Amateur career Ībraham boxed as an amateur in Bamberg and later in Nuremberg. After 2002, all the brothers had finished their military service and returned to Germany in 2003. In 1999, Arthur and his brothers returned to Armenia for military service. However, after watching an exciting Mike Tyson fight, Arthur was inspired to become a boxing star too. As a teenager, Abraham showed an interest in cycling and eventually became the North Bavarian and Franconian Youth Champion. He moved to Germany with his parents and brothers in 1995 at the age of 15. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF middleweight title from 2005 to 2009, and the WBO super-middleweight title twice between 20.Īvetik Abrahamyan was born in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia on 20 February 1980 to parents Grigor and Sylvia Abrahamyan. Avetik Abrahamyan ( Armenian: Ավետիք Աբրահամյան born 20 February 1980), best known as Arthur Abraham, is an Armenian-German former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2018.
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