Arthur Abraham

Arthur Abraham
Statistics
Real name Avetik Abrahamyan
Nickname(s) King Arthur
Abrahammer
Rated at Middleweight
Super Middleweight
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Reach 183 cm (72 in)
Nationality Armenia
Germany
Born February 20, 1980
Yerevan, Armenia SSR, Soviet Union
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 46
Wins 42
Wins by KO 28
Losses 4
Draws 0
No contests 0

Arthur Abraham (born Avetik Abrahamyan (Armenian: Ավետիք Աբրահամյան) on 20 February 1980) is an Armenian-German professional boxer residing in Berlin. Abraham is the former IBF Middleweight Champion from 2005 to 2009, making ten successful defences of his title, the fourth most in middleweight history. He is the current WBO Super Middleweight Champion.

Personal life

Arthur Abraham was born in Yerevan on 20 February 1980 to parents Grigor and Sylvia Abrahamyan.[2] His family members call him "Avo", short for Avetik.[3] His little brother, Alexander, is also a professional boxer[4] and his older brother, Christian, owns a furniture shop.[5] He moved to Germany with his parents and brothers at the age of 15. He became a citizen of Germany in August 2006. As a teenager, Abraham showed an interest in cycling. He became the North Bavarian and Franconian Youth Champion. However, after watching an exciting Mike Tyson fight, Arthur was inspired by Tyson's intensity and wanted to become a boxing star too. In 1999, Arthur and his brothers returned to Armenia for military service. After 2002, all the brothers had finished their military service and returned to Germany in 2003.

Arthur has a fiancé in Armenia.[6]

Abraham plans on opening a boxing school in Armenia following his future retirement.[7] He will also have foreign language classes for students at the boxing school, such as English and German. "If a boxer knows no foreign language, he cannot have success internationally," Abraham noted.[8]

Amateur career

Abraham boxed as an amateur in Bamberg and later in Nuremberg. He was an International Junior Welterweight German Champion in 1997 and a three time Senior Light Middleweight Armenian Champion in 2000, 2001 and 2002. His final amateur record was 81-3-6 (48 KO).

In 2003, Arthur and Alexander competed alongside promoter and manager Wilfried Sauerland and his head coach Ulli Wegner. Arthur was a sparring partner for IBF and WBA Super Middleweight Champion Sven Ottke, whom was in the preparations of a title defense. Wegner was so impressed that he began to train Arthur personally.

Professional career

Middleweight

Abraham started his professional career on August 16, 2003, being promoted by HyeFighters. Sauerland-promoted Abraham had many impressive early victories. 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).

In July 2005, Abraham defended his WBA Inter-Continental title against the highly regarded Briton Howard Eastman. Eastman had previously only lost to American William Joppy and former Undisputed Middleweight Champion Bernard Hopkins.

IBF Middleweight Champion

On 10 December 2005, in Leipzig, Germany, Abraham won the vacant IBF Middleweight title against Kingsley Ikeke by a 5th round knock-out. The IBF belt had previously been vacated by undisputed champion Jermain Taylor after a bout with Abraham was denied in October that year.

Abraham defended his title on 5 March 2006 with a unanimous decision against Australian Shannan Taylor. Two months later, Abraham won a second title defense against Kofi Jantuah, also on points.

On 23 September 2006, Abraham won a decision against undefeated contender Edison Miranda despite having his jaw broken in two places in round four. Miranda took advantage of this by fighting dirty. Miranda was docked five points for landing repeated low blows as well as intentionally headbutting Abraham. However, even without the five points deducted, Abraham would have still won the fight (final result: 114:109, 115:109, 116:109). Abraham's jaw was operated on the night after the fight. He had 22 screws inserted into two titanium plates. After the Miranda bout, Arthur was praised for his ability to finish the fight despite his injury.

Abraham defeated Canadian Sébastien Demers by KO in the third round after two minutes and fifty-seven seconds. Abraham was clearly physically superior than his opponent. Arthur won his fifth title defense by defeating fellow Armenian Khoren Gevor by 11th round knockout from a powerful left hook.

On 8 December 2007, Abraham defeated Wayne Elcock to make his sixth title defense by technical knockout 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 29 March 2008, Abraham defeated American Elvin Ayala via 12th round KO after connecting with a devastating left hook that sent his opponent crashing to the canvas face first. This was Abraham's 7th successful title defence.

Abraham in Bamberg in October 2008 posing with championship belt

Abraham-Miranda II

On 21 June 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 8 November 2008, "King Arthur" Abraham (28–0, 22 KOs), 28, defeated Raúl Márquez (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 14 March 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. Oral's coach threw in the towel after several knockdowns.

Super Six

After failing to secure a match-up with WBO and WBC Champion Kelly Pavlik or WBA Champion Felix Sturm, Arthur announced that he would change his weight class to compete at super middleweight. Abraham participated in the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament for the WBA and WBC Super Middleweight titles. Fellow participants were: WBA Champion Mikkel Kessler, WBC Champion Carl Froch, Andre Dirrell, Andre Ward and Jermain Taylor.

In his first match of the tournament, Abraham faced Jermain Taylor in 17 October 2009. Arthur was previously supposed to fight Taylor for the undisputed middleweight title, but the fight fell through. Abraham defeated Taylor via a devastating knockout in the 12th round. Taylor was hospitalized with a severe concussion, suffering short term memory loss, unable to remember details of this bout. Taylor was replaced with veteran Allan Green in the tournament. After being released from the hospital, Taylor released a statement saying that he's doing just fine and wanted to congratulate Abraham on his victory and wish him well in the tournament.[9] Former Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson was in attendance and was impressed by Abraham's intensity and determination.[10]

As of the end of 2009, The Ring has ranked Abraham as the 14th best boxer in the world.[11] On 5 March 2010, Abraham was ranked #8 in the world by Yahoo! Sports.[12]

On 27 March 2010, Arthur lost his next fight by disqualification due to hitting Andre Dirrell after he slipped in the 11th round. At the point of the disqualification, the scores were 97–92, 98–91 and 97–92 all in favor of Dirrell.[13] However, Abraham was coming back in the last couple of rounds and could have potentially still won by knockout. Also, various observers of the fight, including former Light Heavyweight Champion Henry Maske and fellow Super Six participants Mikkel Kessler and Allan Green, felt Dirrell exaggerated his reaction after getting hit.

On 27 November 2010, Abraham lost to Carl Froch in his third fight of the tournament, which was also for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight title. Abraham was dominated from start to finish, losing by a unanimous decision. The scores given by the judges were 119–109, 120–108 and 120–108, which reflected the one-sided nature of the bout.[14]

Abraham qualified for the semifinals, having one win out of three fights. But first, Arthur had a pre-fight with Croatian contender Stjepan Božić. Abraham won by technical knockout in the second round due to an injury in Božić's hand. On 14 May 2011, Abraham faced undefeated American Andre Ward in the Super Six semifinals for the WBA Super Middleweight title. Abraham lost by unanimous decision. Ward went on to defeat Froch in the finals and won the Super Six World Boxing Classic tournament.

Comeback

On 30 October 2011, Abraham originally announced that he intends to return to the middleweight division in 2012[15] but later decided to remain at super middleweight.[16]

In his first comeback fight on 14 January 2012, Abraham defeated Argentinian Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias via technical knockout in round five and won the vacant WBO European Super Middleweight Championship. After Abraham landed several hard combinations that put Farias down three times in the fifth round, referee Manuel Maritxalar stopped the fight.[17] On 31 March 2012, Abraham defeated former EBU Super Middleweight Champion Piotr Wilczewski by a lopsided unanimous decision to retain his WBO European title. Wilczewski was docked a point in the seventh round and was down in the eleventh round, though it was ruled a slip.

WBO Super Middleweight Champion

On 25 August 2012, Abraham won a twelve round unanimous decision over Robert Stieglitz to capture the WBO Super Middleweight Championship in a spectacular battle which made Abraham a two-division champion. Abraham became the second Armenian and the first German to win championships in two different divisions. The judges' scores were 116-112, 116-112 and 115-113. The bout took place in O2 World Arena, Berlin, Germany.[18] Abraham was named best boxer of Germany in 2012 by BoxSport magazine. His coach Ulli Wegner was also named the best coach of the year.[19]

Abraham defended his title against Mehdi Bouadla on December 15, 2012. He won via technical knockout in the eighth round.[20]

A rematch with Stieglitz took place on March 23, 2013 in Stieglitz's home of Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Abraham's eye rapidly swelled shut in the second round and he could soon no longer see. The referee waved him off at the start of the fourth round, resulting in his defeat.[21]

A rubber match with Stieglitz took place on March 1, 2014, with the WBO Super Middleweight title on the line once again.[22] Abraham won the fight by split decision.[23]

Fighting style

Abraham is an orthodox fighter who has a balance combination of size, power, stamina, decent speed, endurance, ring I.Q, and an iron chin. In addition, he is a very solid and efficient power-puncher with counter punching ability. His defensive skills are above average, Abraham stands upright while holding his arms and gloves high to protect himself, which is similar Winky Wright's defensive stance.

Professional boxing record

42 Wins (28 knockouts), 4 Losses, 0 Draws[24]
Res. Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
style="background: #ececec; color: grey; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/A Germany Robert Stieglitz 12 18/07/2015 Germany Defending WBO Super Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 42–4 United Kingdom Paul Smith UD 12 21/02/2015 Germany O2 World Arena, Friedrichshain, Berlin Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 41–4 United Kingdom Paul Smith UD 12 27/09/2014 Germany Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 40–4 Serbia Nikola Sjekloća UD 12 03/05/2014 Germany Velodrom, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 39–4 Germany Robert Stieglitz SD 12 01/03/2014 Germany GETEC Arena, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt Won WBO Super Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 38–4 Italy Giovanni De Carolis UD 12 26/10/2013 Germany EWE Arena, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen Retained WBO Inter-Continental Super Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 37–4 Namibia Willbeforce Shihepo UD 12 24/08/2013 Germany Sport and Congress Center, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Won WBO Inter-Continental Super Middleweight title.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 36–4 Germany Robert Stieglitz TKO 4 (12) 23/03/2013 Germany GETEC Arena, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt Lost WBO Super Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 36–3 France Mehdi Bouadla TKO 8 (12) 15/12/2012 Germany Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Nuremberg, Bayern Retained WBO Super Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 35–3 Germany Robert Stieglitz UD 12 25/08/2012 Germany O2 World Arena, Friedrichshain, Berlin Won WBO Super Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 34–3 Poland Piotr Wilczewski UD 12 31/03/2012 Germany Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein Retained WBO European Super Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 33–3 Argentina Pablo Farias KO 5 (12) 14/01/2012 Germany Baden-Arena, Offenburg, Baden-Württemberg Won vacant WBO European Super Middleweight title.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 32–3 United States Andre Ward UD 12 14/05/2011 United States The Home Depot Center, Carson, California For WBA Super Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 32–2 Croatia Stjepan Božić TKO 2 (10) 12/02/2011 Germany RWE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle, Muelheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 31–2 United Kingdom Carl Froch UD 12 27/11/2010 Finland Hartwall Arena, Helsinki 3rd Round Super Six World Boxing Classic.
For vacant WBC Super Middleweight title.
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 31–1 United States Andre Dirrell DQ 11 (12) 27/03/2010 United States Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan 2nd Round Super Six World Boxing Classic.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 31–0 United States Jermain Taylor KO 12 (12) 17/10/2009 Germany O2 World Arena, Friedrichshain, Berlin 1st Round Super Six World Boxing Classic.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 30–0 Turkey Mahir Oral TKO 10 (12) 27/06/2009 Germany Max Schmeling Halle, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin Retained IBF Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 29–0 United States Lajuan Simon UD 12 14/03/2009 Germany Ostseehalle, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel Retained IBF Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 28–0 Mexico Raúl Márquez RTD 6 (12) 08/11/2008 Germany Jako Arena, Bamberg, Bayern Retained IBF Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 27–0 Colombia Edison Miranda TKO 4 (12) 21/06/2008 United States Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida Retained IBF Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 26–0 United States Elvin Ayala KO 12 (12) 29/03/2008 Germany Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein Retained IBF Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 25–0 United Kingdom Wayne Elcock TKO 5 (12) 08/12/2007 Switzerland St. Jakob Halle, Basel Retained IBF Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 24–0 Armenia Khoren Gevor KO 11 (12) 18/08/2007 Germany Max Schmeling Halle, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin Retained IBF Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 23–0 Canada Sébastien Demers KO 3 (12) 26/05/2007 Germany Jako Arena, Bamberg, Bayern Retained IBF Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 22–0 Colombia Edison Miranda UD 12 23/09/2006 Germany Rittal Arena, Wetzlar, Hesse Retained IBF Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 21–0 Ghana Kofi Jantuah UD 12 13/05/2006 Germany Stadthalle, Zwickau, Sachsen Retained IBF Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 20–0 Australia Shannan Taylor UD 12 04/03/2006 Germany EWE Arena, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen Retained IBF Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 19–0 Nigeria Kingsley Ikeke KO 5 (12) 10/12/2005 Germany Arena Leipzig, Leipzig, Sachsen Won vacant IBF Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 18–0 Argentina Luis Daniel Parada TKO 5 (8) 01/10/2005 Germany EWE Arena, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 17–0 Guyana Howard Eastman UD 12 16/07/2005 Germany Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg, Bayern Retained WBA Inter-Continental Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 16–0 Argentina Héctor Javier Velazco KO 5 (12) 23/04/2005 Germany Arena Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen Retained WBA Intercontinental Middleweight title.
Won WBF Inter-Continental Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 15–0 Canada Ian Gardner UD 12 12/02/2005 Germany Max Schmeling Halle, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 14–0 Uruguay Roberto Mario Vecchio TKO 6 (8) 20/11/2004 Germany BigBox, Kempten, Bayern
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 13–0 Australia Nader Hamdan TKO 12 (12) 04/09/2004 Germany Grugahalle, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental Middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 12–0 Canada Dave Nash KO 2 (8) 03/07/2004 Germany Stadthalle, Hattersheim am Main, Hesse
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 11–0 Canada Mark Flynn KO 3 (8) 05/06/2004 Germany Chemnitz Arena, Chemnitz, Sachsen
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 10–0 Argentina Cristian Oscar Zanabria KO 5 (8) 17/04/2004 Germany Max Schmeling Halle, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 9–0 Croatia Branko Sobot TKO 2 (8) 27/03/2004 Germany Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 8–0 United States Steve Walker KO 2 (8) 28/02/2004 Germany Mehrzweckhalle, Dresden, Sachsen
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 7–0 Czech Republic Gabriel Botos TKO 2 (6) 31/01/2004 Germany Sportcenter Jumps, Weissensee, Berlin
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 6–0 Romania Alexandru Manea TKO 3 (6) 17/01/2004 Germany Rhein-Mosel-Halle, Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 5–0 Poland Cezary Piotrowski KO 4 (6) 13/12/2003 Germany Nuernberg Arena, Nürnberg, Bayern
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 4–0 Czech Republic Tomas Vican TKO 2 (6) 22/11/2003 Germany Erdgas Arena, Riesa, Sachsen
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 3–0 Germany Sladko Cizicz TKO 3 (4) 04/10/2003 Germany Stadthalle, Zwickau, Sachsen
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 2–0 Czech Republic Petr Rykala TKO 2 (4) 06/09/2003 Germany Messehalle, Erfurt, Thüringen
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 1–0 Germany Frank Kary Roth TKO 3 (4) 16/08/2003 Germany Nuerburgring race track, Nuerburg, Rheinland-Pfalz Professional debut.

Titles in boxing

Amateur career

International:

Professional career

Major World Titles:

Regional/International Titles:

Outside of boxing

Abraham has gained much popularity in Germany and appears regularly in various formats on German television. On 24 October 2009, he appeared in Cologne, Germany for an exhibition match against entertainer Oliver Pocher in a bouncy, castle-like "ring" and fought with huge, air-cushion-like boxing gloves.[25] On 9 April 2010, Abraham took to the dance show Let's Dance on RTL with partner Nina Uszkureit, but left after the first episode of the show in order to concentrate fully on his boxing career.

In the movie Max Schmeling, he played a supporting role of boxer Richard Vogt, Schmeling´s last opponent. Just as in real life, Ulli Wegner was in his corner.[26]

On 21 September 2008, Abraham and fellow boxer Vic Darchinyan were honored by Armenian President Serge Sargsyan during a 20th anniversary celebration of the nation's independence. Both men were awarded with medals "For the great services for Armenia" of the first degree.[27]

German actor and producer Til Schweiger invited Abraham to act in his film Crime Scene. Til and Abraham have been familiar with each other for a long time. Abraham is playing a pimp in the film. His character is a leader of a gang that controls the shadow business.[28]

Abraham was included in the panel of judges for the “Miss Germany” beauty pageant in 2012 and 2013.[29]

On January 9, 2013, the RA Ministry of Diaspora hosted a presser for Abraham. Minister Hranush Hakobyan praised Abraham as a role model and awarded him the "Poghos Nubar" medal.[30][31]

Abraham sent a letter of condolence on the death of Vladimir Yengibaryan to his family.[32]

Awards

See also

References

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  3. ↑ "Ashkhari Hayer: Arthur Abraham" (in Armenian). Shant TV. 29 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Alexander Abraham – Boxer – Boxing news. Boxnews.com.ua. Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
  5. ↑ Biofile with Arthur Abraham. Thebiofile.com (2010-11-24). Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
  6. ↑ Arthur Abraham Getting Married in Armenia. tarlani.com. June 17, 2011
  7. ↑ Arthur Abraham Back In Action On January 14th | HyeFighters – Armenian Combat Sports. HyeFighters (2011-11-17). Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
  8. ↑ Arthur Abraham wants to marry in Armenia – Tert.am – News | Armenia | Russia | CIS | World. Tert.am (2011-06-17). Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
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  11. ↑ The Ring Top 100 | Ringtv.craveonline.com | Blog. Ringtv.craveonline.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-16.
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  13. ↑ Boxing – More on Dirrell-Abraham. Fightnews.com (2010-03-28). Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
  14. ↑ FROCH WINS BACK HIS BELT | Sporting Life – Boxing News | Amir Khan, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao. Sporting Life. Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
  15. ↑ Arthur Abraham: Middleweight Run Starts in January – Boxing News. Boxingscene.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
  16. ↑ Arthur Abraham Will Stay at 168, Eyes Stieglitz's WBO Title – Boxing News. Boxingscene.com. Retrieved on 2012-03-27.
  17. ↑ HyeFighter Abraham KO’s Farias – Hyefighters.com. HyeFighters.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
  18. ↑ "Abraham outpoints Stieglitz, wins WBO super middleweight belt". ringtv.craveonline.com. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  19. ↑ "Arthur Abraham Named Boxer of The Year By BoxSport". www.boxingscene.com. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  20. ↑ "Arthur Abraham retains WBO belt". ESPN. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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  22. ↑ http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/10103706/robert-stieglitz-arthur-abraham-fight-march-3rd
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  25. ↑ Oliver Pocher vs Arthur Abraham October 23, 2009. Bleacherreport.com (2009-10-23). Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
  26. ↑ Arthur Abraham. boxen.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
  27. ↑ Arthur Abraham, Vic Darchinyan Honored in Armenia – Boxing News. Boxingscene.com (2011-09-21). Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
  28. ↑ Արթուր Աբրահամը նկարահանվել է կավատի դերում (ֆոտո) (in Armenian). sport.news.am. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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