ARTHUR ABRAHAM BECOMES GERMAN
Armenpress
Sept 05 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS:Arthur Abraham, Armenia-born IBF
boxing champion has become a German citizen. The documents have been
handed over to him at the resident’s registration office in Berlin
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The 26th year old boxer had to relinquish
his Armenian nationality instead.
Arthur Abraham said : "I was born in Armenia, my roots are there –
but I grew up in Germany. Here I made something of myself. Therefore
I owe everything to Germany. I like living here. Germany is my home
and that’s final."
The champion is going to defend his title on 23rd September in
Wetzlar. The defense against the Colombian Edison Miranda having been
planed for last Saturday in Oldenburg had to be postponed because of
Abraham’s illness.