Felix Sturm

Felix Sturm
Sturm in 2012
Statistics
Nickname(s)	The Fighter
Rated at	Middleweight Super-middleweight
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Reach	185 cm (73 in)
Nationality	German
Born	Adnan Ćatić (1979-01-31) 31 January 1979 Leverkusen, West Germany
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	49
Wins	40
Wins by KO	18
Losses	6
Draws	3
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Germany World Championships 2000 Tampere Light-middleweight

Felix Sturm (born Adnan Ćatić; 31 January 1979) is a German professional boxer.^[1] He is a former two-weight world champion, having held the WBO middleweight title from 2003 to 2004; the WBA (Regular, later Super) middleweight title from 2006 to 2012; the IBF middleweight title from 2013 to 2014; and the WBA (Super) super-middleweight title in 2016.

Amateur career

Highlights included:

• 1997 2nd place at Light Middleweight in German National Championships, losing to Jürgen Brähmer on points
• 1998 German National Light Middleweight champion, defeating Jorg Rosomkiewicz
• 1999 competed at the World Championships in Houston, United States; as a Light Middleweight. Results were:
  • Defeated Andrei Tsurkan (Ukraine) points
  • Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan) points
• 1999 German National Light Middleweight champion, defeating Jorg Rosomkiewicz
• 2000 1st place at Light Middleweight at European Championships in Tampere, Finland. Results were:
  • Defeated Karoly Balzsay (Hungary) points
  • Defeated Miroslaw Nowosada (Poland) points
  • Defeated Dmitri Usagin (Bulgaria) points
  • Defeated Andrei Mishin (Russia) 3-1
• Represented Germany at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
  • Defeated Dilshod Yarbekov (Uzbekistan) points
  • Defeated Richard Rowles (Australia) TKO 3
  • Lost to Jermain Taylor (United States) points

Professional career

On 27 January 2001, Sturm made his debut as a professional boxer facing Antonio Ribeiro from Angola. Six months earlier he had qualified for the Olympic Games in Sydney, but lost his fight to future middleweight champ Jermain Taylor.

After 16 successful matches, Sturm won the WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title on 10 May 2003. On 13 September 2003, he replaced the injured Bert Schenk in a WBO title bout against Argentinian Hectór Javier Velazco and won the match. Sturm defended the title against Rubén Varón Fernández from Spain.

On 5 June 2004 in Las Vegas, Sturm faced Oscar De La Hoya in a defense of his WBO middleweight championship. All three judges scored the fight 115-113 for De La Hoya, while Harold Lederman scored the fight 115-113 for Sturm. Compubox counted Sturm as landing 234 of 541 punches, while counting De La Hoya as landing 188 of 792. Sturm protested the decision with the Nevada Athletic Commission to no avail.

On 11 March 2006, Sturm defeated Maselino Masoe for the WBA middleweight title by a unanimous decision. Sturm then lost his title against former champion Javier Castillejo via TKO on 15 July 2006 but won it back from Castillejo in a rematch on 28 April 2007 by a twelve round unanimous decision in Oberhausen, which he earned after defeating Gavin Topp by TKO in the sixth round.

Sturm became a three-time world champion after defeating Castillejo in the rematch.

He also fought Randy Griffin twice, drawing with him in their first fight and winning their second fight by unanimous decision.

On November 2, 2008, Sturm retained his WBA middleweight title via unanimous decision (118-110, 118-110 and 119-109) over Sebastian Sylvester. He improved to 31-2, with one draw, while Sylvester fell to 31-3.^[2]

On July 11, 2009 he defended his title against Khoren Gevor in Nuerburg, Germany in 12 rounds.

After over a year of inactivity Sturm came back to defend his WBA title against Giovanni Lorenzo, with the winner becoming the WBA "Super" champion. Sturm defeated Lorenzo by a twelve round unanimous decision with the judges giving a comfortable 117-111 twice and 118-111 on the scorecards.

After defeating top contenders Matthew Macklin and Sebastian Zbik he lost his WBA title to Australian Daniel Geale. Geale's IBF title was also on the line.

In 2016, Sturm defeated Fedor Chudinov by way of a highly controversial majority decision, becoming a two-weight world champion. He later tested positive for steroids. Sturm didn't protest the result and is yet to ask for his B sample to be tested. Sturm then relocated to Bosnia and Herzegovina to avoid federal charges in Germany which includes a possible prison sentence if found guilty. Sturm vacated his title on 5 October 2016.

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
49	Win	40–6–3	Fedor Chudinov	MD	12	20 Feb 2016	König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany	Won WBA (Super) super-middleweight title
48	Loss	39–6–3	Fedor Chudinov	SD	12	9 May 2015	Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany	For WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title
47	Draw	39–5–3	Robert Stieglitz	SD	12	8 Nov 2014	Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Germany
46	Loss	39–5–2	Sam Soliman	UD	12	31 May 2014	König Palast, Krefeld, Germany	Lost IBF middleweight title
45	Win	39–4–2	Darren Barker	TKO	2 (12), 2:09	7 Dec 2013	Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Germany	Won IBF middleweight title
44	Win	38–4–2	Predrag Radošević	TKO	4 (12), 2:17	6 Jul 2013	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany
43	Loss	37–4–2	Sam Soliman	UD	12	1 Feb 2013	ISS Dome, Düsseldorf, Germany
42	Loss	37–3–2	Daniel Geale	SD	12	1 Sep 2012	König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany	Lost WBA (Super) middleweight title; For IBF middleweight title
41	Win	37–2–2	Sebastian Zbik	RTD	9 (12), 3:00	13 Apr 2012	Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany	Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title
40	Draw	36–2–2	Martin Murray	SD	12	3 Dec 2011	SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany	Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title
39	Win	36–2–1	Matthew Macklin	SD	12	25 Jun 2011	Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany	Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title
38	Win	35–2–1	Ronald Hearns	TKO	7 (12), 0:48	19 Feb 2011	Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Germany	Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title
37	Win	34–2–1	Giovanni Lorenzo	UD	12	4 Sep 2010	Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany	Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title
36	Win	33–2–1	Khoren Gevor	UD	12	11 Jul 2009	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
35	Win	32–2–1	Koji Sato	TKO	7 (12), 2:46	25 Apr 2009	König Palast, Krefeld, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
34	Win	31–2–1	Sebastian Sylvester	UD	12	1 Nov 2008	König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
33	Win	30–2–1	Randy Griffin	UD	12	7 Jul 2008	Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
32	Win	29–2–1	Jamie Pittman	TKO	7 (12), 0:36	5 Apr 2008	Burg-Wächter Castello, Düsseldorf, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
31	Draw	28–2–1	Randy Griffin	SD	12	20 Oct 2007	Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
30	Win	28–2	Noé González Alcoba	UD	12	30 Jun 2007	Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
29	Win	27–2	Javier Castillejo	UD	12	28 Apr 2007	König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany	Won WBA middleweight title
28	Win	26–2	Gavin Topp	TKO	6 (10), 1:08	2 Dec 2006	Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany
27	Loss	25–2	Javier Castillejo	TKO	10 (12), 2:47	15 Jul 2006	Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany	Lost WBA middleweight title
26	Win	25–1	Maselino Masoe	UD	12	11 Mar 2006	Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany	Won WBA middleweight title
25	Win	24–1	Jorge Sendra	UD	12	18 Jun 2005	Pula Arena, Pula, Croatia	Retained WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title
24	Win	23–1	Bert Schenk	TKO	2 (12), 2:01	5 Mar 2006	Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle, Leverkusen, Germany	Retained WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title
23	Win	22–1	Hacine Cherifi	KO	3 (8), 2:06	4 Dec 2004	Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany
22	Win	21–1	Robert Frazier	UD	12	18 Sep 2004	Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle, Leverkusen, Germany	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title
21	Loss	20–1	Oscar De La Hoya	UD	12	5 Jun 2004	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, US	Lost WBO middleweight title
20	Win	20–0	Ruben Varon	UD	12	20 Dec 2003	Ostseehalle, Kiel, Germany	Retained WBO middleweight title
19	Win	19–0	Héctor Javier Velazco	SD	12	13 Sep 2003	Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany	Won WBO middleweight title
18	Win	18–0	Roberto Mario Vecchio	TKO	5 (12)	12 Jul 2003	Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle, Leverkusen, Germany	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title
17	Win	17–0	Tshepo Mashego	UD	10	10 May 2003	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany	Retained IBF Youth middleweight title
16	Win	16–0	Javier Alberto Mamani	UD	10	8 Mar 2003	Preussag Arena, Hanover, Germany	Won vacant IBF Youth middleweight title
15	Win	15–0	Lorant Szabo	UD	8	23 Nov 2002	Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
14	Win	14–0	Anton Lascek	TKO	3 (8), 2:00	5 Oct 2002	Főnix Hall, Debrecen, Hungary
13	Win	13–0	Terry Tock	KO	1	14 Sep 2002	Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Germany
12	Win	12–0	Gyorgy Bugyik	TKO	2 (6)	20 Jul 2002	Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany
11	Win	11–0	Didier Nkuku Mupeko	PTS	6	6 Apr 2002	Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany
10	Win	10–0	Robert Davis	PTS	6	15 Dec 2001	Estrel Hotel, Berlin, Germany
9	Win	9–0	Mario Lupp	KO	1 (6)	24 Nov 2001	Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany
8	Win	8–0	Francesco Pernice	TKO	4 (6)	3 Nov 2001	Hansehalle, Lübeck, Germany
7	Win	7–0	Anthony Ivory	PTS	6	29 Sep 2001	Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany
6	Win	6–0	Mustapha Stini	PTS	4	21 Jul 2001	Tivoli Eissporthalle, Aachen, Germany
5	Win	5–0	Zdenek Zubko	KO	2 (6)	16 Jun 2001	Kisstadion, Budapest, Hungary
4	Win	4–0	Ramdane Kaouane	TKO	1 (4)	5 May 2001	Volkswagen Halle, Braunschweig, Germany
3	Win	3–0	Bendele Ilunga	PTS	4	7 Apr 2001	Universum Gym, Hamburg, Germany
2	Win	2–0	Slavomir Dendis	KO	1 (4)	24 Feb 2001	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
1	Win	1–0	Antonio Ribeiro	PTS	4	27 Jan 2001	Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, Munich, Germany	Professional debut

Titles in boxing

References

External links

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