
The top 10 middleweight champs of the 21st century
With Carlos Adames defending his WBC middleweight title this Saturday, Eric Raskin takes the opportunity to rank the 10 best middleweight champions of the 21st century.
Arthur Abraham: record, next fight and profile →

With Carlos Adames defending his WBC middleweight title this Saturday, Eric Raskin takes the opportunity to rank the 10 best middleweight champions of the 21st century.

Gilberto Ramirez has already made history as a Mexican fighter, and this weekend he’ll get a chance to replicate it in the ring. But what he has in mind beyond that could hold even greater implications for his country and its young fighters.

Gilberto Ramirez has a chance to become Mexico’s first cruiserweight world champion when he fights Arsen Goulamirian in Inglewood, California, on March 30.

Former middleweight and super middleweight world champion Arthur Abraham, 40-years-old, has officially announced the end of his boxing career and told News Armenia that he just wants to spend time with his family, children and parents.

Former WBA middleweight and super middleweight champ Felix Sturm, who recently was sentenced to three years in jail for tax evasion and doping, has in part appealed the verdict.

One of Germany’s most decorated boxers Arthur Abraham (47-6, 30 KOs) has tipped Vincent Feigenbutz (31-2, 28 KOs) to become Germany’s latest World Champion on February 15th when he takes on Caleb Plant (19-0, 11 KOs) for the IBF Super Middleweight World title at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Former WBA 160 and 168 lb champ Felix Sturm have been rumored to come back for a long time now but now finally it appears that the comeback is on. Sturm have announced on social media that he is coming back. Adnan Catic as his real name is, was last seen winning a disputed decision over Fjodor Chudinov in February 2016. Then came allegations of a positive doping test and Sturm complained about various wrongdoings during the test procedure. Furthermore the ex-champ also says he´s proven his innocence and is ready to resume his career.

The way things look now unbeaten cruiserweights Fabio Turchi, 15-0 and Tervel Pulev 11-0, will clash for the vacant EU title sometime during the fall. The EBU have set down the date of August 9 as the deadline for purse bids or agreements.

A showdown between heavyweights Otto Wallin, 20-0, and Robert Helenius, 26-2, could be on its way to happen in the early fall. Helenius, also known as the Nordic Nightmare, has been appointed as the official challenger to the EU title held by Wallin and a fight between them make sense but perhaps more for Helenius, who needs an important win to get back into bigger fights after a somewhat flat showing in his wide points loss against Dillian Whyte.

Baden-Arena, Offenburg, Germany - In a battle of super middleweight veterans, former two division world champion Arthur Abraham (47-6, 30 KOs) had his fair share of trouble in winning a twelve round split decision over Patrick Nielsen (29-3, 14 KOs), who was coming off a stoppage loss at the hands of John Ryder, to capture the WBO International title. The scores were 115-113 for Nielsen, 116-112 for Abraham, 116-112 for Abraham.