Alexander Abraham (boxer)

Alexander "Alex"[1] Abraham (born Alexander Abrahamyan on 14 July 1981 in Yerevan, Armenia) is a former Armenian-German professional boxer residing in Berlin, Germany. On 25 October 2008 he won the vacant EBU-EE light middleweight title from Roman Dzhuman and retained it twice.[2] He is the younger brother of Arthur Abraham.[3]

Alexander Abraham
Statistics
Real nameAlexander Abrahamyan
Weight(s)Light Middleweight
NationalityArmenian
Born (1981-07-14) 14 July 1981
Yerevan, Armenia
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights26
Wins25
Wins by KO17
Losses0
Draws1
No contests0

Amateur career

Alexander Abraham boxed as an amateur for the boxing department of 1. FC Nürnberg and won several regional championship titles during this time in the light welter and welterweight division. His greatest success was his victory at the International German Junior Welterweight Championship in 1997.

Professional career

In 2003 he was hired by Wilfried Sauerland together with his brother, Arthur Abraham. He won his first professional fight on November 22, 2003 against the Czech Petr Rykala, winning by knockout in the second round. He only drew against Senegalese Sylvain Gomis in April 2005. In October 2008 he won the vacant EBU-EE light middleweight title against the Ukrainian Roman Dzuman.

Retirement

Abraham announced his retirement on 7 February 2010 at the age of 28, due to an unexplained dizziness.[4] Although intensive examinations did not produce any negative results in advance, the stall of profibox promoter Wilfried Sauerland agreed with the boxer's request for a contract termination.

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2011-12-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2011-12-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Boxrec. "Alexander Abraham". Boxrec Fighter Page. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2011-12-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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