News - Arthur Abraham

Hunger for success is not the only determining thing if you want to become a world champion. There's also a little bit more. I am also hungry. I haven't tormented myself for three months to now concede my title. I am the champion, and many fans in Germany and Armenia are keeping their fingers crossed for me. I don't want to disappoint them. As a world champion you are on top, a popular person, but this is over very fast if one loses. I know this, and, therefore, I am as hungry for success as my opponent. read more ...

IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham has responded to comments made by Steve Benbasat, the co-manager of Edison "Pantera" Miranda, that Abraham is a 'one-dimensional' fighter. "My punching power is one dimension," said Abraham. "Miranda will get to feel the rest in the ring." Abraham's trainer Ulli Wegner added "These boys probably don't know what they have in front of them. Arthur is unique and maybe has the hardest punch in the middleweight read more ...

World champions Arthur Abraham and Markus Beyer both retained their titles in very different ways on Saturday night at the Stadthalle in Zwickau, Germany. IBF middleweight champion Abraham (20-0, 17 KOs) won an impressive, but hard fought twelve round unanimous decision over Kofi Jantuah (30-2, 19 KOs). Abraham seemed content to let Jantuah fire away early on, blocking most of the powerful Ghanaian's punches. As the bout read more ...

Wilfried Sauerland, promoter of IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham, has made a public $1.2 million offer to the camp of newly crowned WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm, for an August 19 title unification showdown between Sturm and Abraham. "The boxing fans in Germany want to know who the true middleweight champion is," said Sauerland. "We offer this attractive fight to the fans because Arthur is ready.....we've always held read more ...

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 ...