Alexander "Alex" Abraham (born Alexander Abrahamyan on 14 July 1981 in
Yerevan, Armenia
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) is a former
Armenian-German professional
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residing in
Berlin, Germany
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. On 25 October 2008 he won the vacant EBU-EE
light middleweight
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Boxing
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title from Roman Dzhuman and retained it twice. He is the younger brother of
Arthur Abraham
Avetik Abrahamyan (; born 20 February 1980), best known as Arthur Abraham, is an Armenian-German former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2018. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the International Bo ...
.
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
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divisions. 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
Wilfried Sauerland (born 29 February 1940 in Wuppertal) is a German boxing promoter and manager. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2010.
Career
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together with his brother,
Arthur Abraham
Avetik Abrahamyan (; born 20 February 1980), best known as Arthur Abraham, is an Armenian-German former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2018. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the International Bo ...
. He won his first professional fight on November 22, 2003 against the
Czech
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Petr Rykala, winning by knockout in the second round. He only drew against
Senegal
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ese Sylvain Gomis in April 2005. In October 2008 he won the vacant EBU-EE light
middleweight
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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.
[
] 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
*
List of Armenian boxers
References
External links
*
1981 births
Living people
Boxers from Yerevan
Armenian male boxers
Armenian emigrants to Germany
Light-middleweight boxers
German male boxers
21st-century German sportsmen
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