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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title from Roman Dzhuman and retained it twice. He is the younger brother of
Arthur Abraham.
Amateur career
Alexander Abraham boxed as an amateur for the boxing department of
1. FC Nürnberg
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and won several regional championship titles during this time in the
light welter and
welterweight
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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
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
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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
This is a list of Armenian boxers.
* William Abelyan
* Alexander Abraham
* Arthur Abraham
*Araik Ambartsumov
* Alexander Awdijan
*David Ayrapetyan
*Hovhannes Danielyan
* Vic Darchinyan
*Khoren Gevor
* Artur Gevorgyan
* Mekhak Ghazaryan
* ...
References
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1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Yerevan
Armenian male boxers
Armenian emigrants to Germany
Light-middleweight boxers
German male boxers
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