YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 21, ARMENPRESS. Armenian professional boxer, WBO Super Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham will fight in “TUI Arena” of German city Hanover today November 21. “Armenpress” reports that his opponent is 33-year old British Martin Murray.

The weigh-in ceremony of the boxers took place yesterday evening: Arthur Abraham weighs 76.2 kg and Martin Murray - 75.4 kg.

The match will be available live on German SAT1 on November 21; it will begin at 22:20 (German time). Public TV Company of Armenia will broadcast it live at night at 1:20 (Armenian time) November 22.

Arthur Abraham (born Avetik Abrahamyan on 20 February 1980) is an Armenian-German professional boxer residing in Berlin. Abraham is the former IBF Middleweight Champion from 2005 to 2009, making ten successful defences of his title, the fourth most in middleweight history. He is the current WBO Super Middleweight Champion. Arthur Abraham was born in Yerevan on 20 February 1980 to parents Grigor and Sylvia Abrahamyan. His family members call him "Avo", short for Avetik. His little brother, Alexander, is also a professional boxer and his older brother, Christian, owns a furniture shop. He moved to Germany with his parents and brothers at the age of 15. He became a citizen of Germany in August 2006, in order to do that he had to drop the Armenian citizenship. Arthur Abraham is a stage name, so he had to draw a painting at the registration office to register it in his passport. As a teenager, Abraham showed an interest in cycling. He became the North Bavarianand Franconian Youth Champion. However, after watching an exciting Mike Tyson fight, Arthur was inspired by Tyson's intensity and wanted to become a boxing star too. In 1999, Arthur and his brothers returned to Armenia for military service. After 2002, all the brothers had finished their military service and returned to Germany in 2003.

Abraham plans on opening a boxing school in Armenia following his future retirement. He will also have foreign language classes for students at the boxing school, such as English and German. "If a boxer knows no foreign language, he cannot have success internationally," Abraham noted.