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Former middleweight champion, Berlin-based Armenian boxer Arthur Abraham has announced the date of his comeback: his next fight is scheduled for Jan. 14, 2012, reports the boxer’s press office. Recall, the 31-year-old had taken a five-month break from the ring.
Abraham is hard at work and, encouraged by his German promoter Wilfried Sauerland, keeping a strict exercise and diet regime to lose weight. He is currently tipping the scales at 175 lbs, and looking to compete at 165 lbs initially, before trimming right back to the middleweight limit of 160 lbs, reports Crunch Sports.
“In January I start my comeback. Not in the middleweight division, but at 165 lbs. This is agreed with the opponent. He’s still is not fixed, but it should already be a good man, and among the top ten in the rankings. We are in negotiations,” he said.
Initially, Abraham was adamant that he would remain at super middleweight. But now, after five moths of soul searching, he has decided to return to the division where he achieved his greatest successes.
“In a year I will become world champion again,” he claimed.