Former middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (31-2, 25KOs) will make his return on February 12 in a ten round contest at WE Rhein-Ruhr Sporthalle in Muelheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

The first ring appearance for "King Arthur" since suffering a bad defeat to WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch in November.

The frontrunner to fight Abraham is Croatian boxer Stjepan Bozic (24-4, 14KOs). Bozic was stopped by Dimitri Sartison in six rounds as they fought for the vacant "regular" WBA 168-pound belt. The doctor stopped the contest because Bozic's eye was swollen shut. The only other stoppage loss on his record came to hard puncher Vitaliy Tsypko in 2006. Tsypko caught him early in the second round and did not let off the hook.

Abraham's return is being held outside of the Super Six Boxing Classic. He faces the tournament leader, WBA champion Andre Ward, in the semi-finals possibly in May, boxingscene.com reported.