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My Take
Arthur Abraham, born Avetik Abrahamyan in Yerevan and fighting out of Germany, is a boxer I respect for his durability more than his flash. Holding the IBF middleweight crown for four years and later the WBO super-middleweight title twice is no fluke; that's a champion who learned how to win and keep winning across two weight classes. The Armenian-to-German story, capped by honorary citizenship of Yerevan, tells me he never lost the connection to where he came from. A fifteen-year pro career from 2003 to 2018 is brutal mileage, and walking away with that hardware says plenty about his toughness.
Overview
Avetik Grigori Abrahamyan (Armenian: Ավետիք Գրիգորի Աբրահամյան; born 20 February 1980), best known as Arthur Abraham, is an Armenian-born German former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2018. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the International Boxing Federation (IBF) middleweight title from 2005 to 2009, and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super-middleweight title tw…
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Arthur Abraham
- Name (Japanese)
- アルツール・アブラハム
- Reading
- あるつーる・あぶらはむ
- Born
- February 20, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Monkey
- Origin
- Yerevan, Armenia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- boxer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- honorary citizen of Yerevan
- WBO World Super Middleweight Champion
- WBO World Super Middleweight Champion
- IBF World Middleweight Champion
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Boxer — see all → · More people from Armenia →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.