The countries of the Caucasus are famous for boxers and wrestlers of world renown, you can't argue with this fact. The biography of the famous boxer Arthur Abraham is proof of this. Abrahamyan Avetik Grigorievich is his real name, and in sports circles he is also known under the nickname King Arthur.
Abraham Arthur was born in Yerevan on February 20, 1980. Armenian and German (because he became a German citizen since 2006), the famous boxer is a titled IBF world champion and WBA intercontinental world champion.
Passion for boxing
The biography of Arthur Abraham is very interesting and exciting. There is a lot to be said for this man. In his youth, Arthur was engaged in cycling, and quite successfully - he was the winner of the Armenian championship. A serious passion for boxing came after the family moved to Germany, when Arthur was 15 years old. As his family recalls, after seeing Mike Tyson fight on TV, Avetik wanted to become like him and went to the boxing sports section himself.
In the late 90s, the athlete returned for some time to Armenia, where heTrained in boxing with coaches Armen Hovhannisyan and Derenik Voskanyan. In the period from 1999 to 2003, Artur won the title of Armenian amateur champion 3 times, but did not compete at the international level. At the same time, he served in the Armenian army and managed to get a higher education as a lawyer.
Pro middleweight career
In 2003, Abraham made his professional boxing debut against German boxer Frank Kari Roth. The beginning was successful - Arthur won the victory. From that moment on, the world began to learn about such a talented and strong boxer as Arthur Abraham. Photos of this athlete began to appear more and more often on the pages of newspapers and magazines. With 12 successful fights under his belt, he is fighting for the Intercontinental Championship title with Australian Nader Hamdan and wins by knocking out his opponent in the 12th round. Abraham defends this honorary title 3 more times.
World Champion
In 2005, boxer Arthur Abraham becomes the world champion among professionals in the middleweight, having fought with the Nigerian Kingsley Ikeke and sent him to a deep knockout. In 2006, the athlete defends his title twice more in the ring in fights with Shennan Taylor from Australia and Kofi Yantua from Ghana.
Defending the belt against Edison Miranda
In September 2006, Abraham Arthur defended the champion belt for the third time against Edison Miranda. In the 4th round, the boxer almost knocked out the opponent, but missedcounter blow, which led to a double fracture of the jaw. The fight was stopped, but the opponent was not disqualified. Failure to continue the fight would mean defeat for Abraham, so he made the difficult decision to continue the fight. Artur won the victory, which went to him very hard - he was operated on and returned to the ring only after 3 months. For the fourth time, Avetik defended his championship belt in a fight against Canadian boxer Sebastian Demers. He, in turn, by this time had already fought 20 successful fights and ranked 27th in the global ranking. In the third round, Abraham sends Demers into a deep knockdown, and then the referee decided to intervene and stopped the fight, the champion's victory was recorded by technical knockout.
Second meeting with Colombian Miranda
In June 2008, Arthur Abraham meets again in the ring with Edison Miranda. The fight was stopped without opening a score after the Colombian lay on the floor for more than a minute during the 3rd fall. But no titles depended on the outcome of this fight.
In 2009, Abraham again defended the belt in a duel against Lajuan Simon, who had not had a single defeat before. Abraham's 10th defense of the championship title held against Mahir Oral, a German of Turkish origin. The fight was tense, the opponent kept the defense well, although he often found himself on the floor. And at the beginning of the 10th round, Mahir Oral gave up.
2nd Middleweight in Super Six Boxing Tournament
Abraham was the championworld for almost 4 years, but without waiting for the desired fight for the unification of all middleweight belts among the champions of other boxing organizations, in 2009 he abandoned the championship belt and moved to the 2nd middleweight. This allowed him to participate in the Super Six World Boxing Classic, a prestigious tournament that made it possible to win the championship belt in 2 of the main 4 boxing organizations.
This tournament began for Abraham with a fight with American Jermain Taylor, who by that time had victories. The rivalry ended with a deep knockdown of the opponent. Abraham Arthur is the only leader of the prestigious tournament.
2nd fight - again with the American athlete Andre Dirrell. The initiative was either on the side of Arthur, or on the side of his opponent. In the 11th round, Arthur hit his opponent on the head, kneeling down, after which he was disqualified. The victory was awarded to Dirrell, which caused controversy in the boxing world.
3rd fight of the tournament, on the outcome of which the WBC champion belt depended, took place in November 2010 in Helsinki. The opponent was Briton Carl Froch. He was taller than Abraham and had an advantage throughout the battle. As a result, the fight ended with a clear victory for Carl Froch on points. Despite previous defeats, Abraham Arthur finds himself in the semi-finals of the tournament, where his opponent is Andre Ward, the reigning titled champion. The confrontation ends with Arthur's defeat.
Confrontation with Robert Stieglitz
Despite the setbacks in the Super Six,the boxer wins several successful victories for his sports career and, thanks to them, becomes a contender for the honorary title of WBO champion. His opponent was the reigning champion Robert Stieglitz. This meeting aroused great interest in sports circles and ended with Abraham's unanimous victory, although both opponents were very active in the ring. Boxers meet in the ring three more times. In the 2nd fight, Stieglitz returns the title of champion by technical knockout of the opponent. The 3rd duel between the opponents took place in March 2014 in Macdeburg, where Arthur Abraham wins the most important victory in his words.
Interesting things from the life of a boxer
Knockouts of Arthur Abraham and his belts are not all the achievements of the boxer. You can tell a lot more interesting things about him:
- Arthur Abraham was named German Boxer of the Year three times (2006, 2009, 2012).
- Awarded with medals of the Armed Forces of Armenia in 2007 and "For Services to the Fatherland" in 2011
- In addition to his professional boxing career, Arthur works as a commentator on the famous German TV channel ARD.
- Alexander, the younger brother of the athlete, is also a professional boxer.
- Arthur can be seen on screen in the feature film "Max Schmeling", where he plays boxer Richard Vogt.
- Boxer took care of a baby Persian leopard named Shiva, a sign with the inscription about this is installed on the leopard enclosure at the Berlin Zoo.
Here is such an interesting person in the worldprofessional boxing. For this man, boxing always comes first. Arthur Abraham always says, "I don't like weak opponents. I like strong ones. I box for the belt, not for the money." Well, there is nothing to add to these words, it remains only to wish Arthur good luck in the ring.
