German-based Armenian Arthur Abraham defeated Kingsley Ikeke by fifth-round knockout to claim the IBF middleweight title recently vacated by Jermain Taylor. After the victory Abraham, now 19-0, cried tears of joy in the ring. "Today my childhood dream became true. I am the luckiest human in the world!" In the fifth round, Arthur met Ikeke with hard shot to the head. Ikeke began to tumble toward the canvas and Abraham landed some final read more ...

One usually only finds 6'4 boxers in the heavyweight division. Making the 160lb. middleweight limit at this height can be difficult as Kingsley Ikeke knows. The "Valuev of the middleweights" was keeping to himself with loud Hip-Hop rhythms in his ears. No extra photos. No interviews. Later we found out the moody giant hadn't eaten for 30 hours. After weighing in, a cry of relief -- 159 lbs. Berliner Arthur Abraham, who also weighed in at read more ...

This Saturday night, Kingsley Ikeke will be in Germany to face Arthur Abraham in an attempt to fulfill one of his goals in the middleweight division by capturing the IBF title. It has been a long run for Ikeke to get to this point in his career. After numerous let downs, big fights that have fallen through, Ikeke is now set to prove to the world that he is a major player in the division and that there is a reason as to why he is the most read more ...

The middleweight division is starting to move. Bernard Hopkins, who dominated this weight class for the last decade, lost his four belts – WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO – in his fight against Jermain Taylor, who won the rematch, too. Taylor vacated the IBF title on October 10. This vacant IBF title is the prize of the fight between Arthur Abraham (18-0, 16 KOs) and Kingley “Sharp Knuckle“ Ikeke (23-1, 13 KOs) Saturday in Leipzig, Germany read more ...