Felix Sturm
Felix Sturm | |||||||||||||
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Sturm in 2012 | |||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | The Fighter | ||||||||||||
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Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
Reach | 185 cm (73 in) | ||||||||||||
Nationality | German | ||||||||||||
Born |
Adnan Ćatić 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
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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
Professional record summary | ||
49 fights | 40 wins | 6 losses |
By knockout | 18 | 1 |
By decision | 22 | 5 |
Draws | 3 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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49 | Win | 40–6–3 | ![]() |
MD | 12 | 20 Feb 2016 | ![]() |
Won WBA (Super) super-middleweight title |
48 | Loss | 39–6–3 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | 9 May 2015 | ![]() |
For WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title |
47 | Draw | 39–5–3 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | 8 Nov 2014 | ![]() |
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46 | Loss | 39–5–2 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 31 May 2014 | ![]() |
Lost IBF middleweight title |
45 | Win | 39–4–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (12), 2:09 | 7 Dec 2013 | ![]() |
Won IBF middleweight title |
44 | Win | 38–4–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (12), 2:17 | 6 Jul 2013 | ![]() |
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43 | Loss | 37–4–2 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 1 Feb 2013 | ![]() |
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42 | Loss | 37–3–2 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | 1 Sep 2012 | ![]() |
Lost WBA (Super) middleweight title; For IBF middleweight title |
41 | Win | 37–2–2 | ![]() |
RTD | 9 (12), 3:00 | 13 Apr 2012 | ![]() |
Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title |
40 | Draw | 36–2–2 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | 3 Dec 2011 | ![]() |
Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title |
39 | Win | 36–2–1 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | 25 Jun 2011 | ![]() |
Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title |
38 | Win | 35–2–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (12), 0:48 | 19 Feb 2011 | ![]() |
Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title |
37 | Win | 34–2–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 4 Sep 2010 | ![]() |
Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title |
36 | Win | 33–2–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 11 Jul 2009 | ![]() |
Retained WBA middleweight title |
35 | Win | 32–2–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (12), 2:46 | 25 Apr 2009 | ![]() |
Retained WBA middleweight title |
34 | Win | 31–2–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 1 Nov 2008 | ![]() |
Retained WBA middleweight title |
33 | Win | 30–2–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 7 Jul 2008 | ![]() |
Retained WBA middleweight title |
32 | Win | 29–2–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (12), 0:36 | 5 Apr 2008 | ![]() |
Retained WBA middleweight title |
31 | Draw | 28–2–1 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | 20 Oct 2007 | ![]() |
Retained WBA middleweight title |
30 | Win | 28–2 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 30 Jun 2007 | ![]() |
Retained WBA middleweight title |
29 | Win | 27–2 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 28 Apr 2007 | ![]() |
Won WBA middleweight title |
28 | Win | 26–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10), 1:08 | 2 Dec 2006 | ![]() |
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27 | Loss | 25–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 10 (12), 2:47 | 15 Jul 2006 | ![]() |
Lost WBA middleweight title |
26 | Win | 25–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 11 Mar 2006 | ![]() |
Won WBA middleweight title |
25 | Win | 24–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 18 Jun 2005 | ![]() |
Retained WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title |
24 | Win | 23–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (12), 2:01 | 5 Mar 2006 | ![]() |
Retained WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title |
23 | Win | 22–1 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (8), 2:06 | 4 Dec 2004 | ![]() |
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22 | Win | 21–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 18 Sep 2004 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title |
21 | Loss | 20–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 5 Jun 2004 | ![]() |
Lost WBO middleweight title |
20 | Win | 20–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 20 Dec 2003 | ![]() |
Retained WBO middleweight title |
19 | Win | 19–0 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | 13 Sep 2003 | ![]() |
Won WBO middleweight title |
18 | Win | 18–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (12) | 12 Jul 2003 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title |
17 | Win | 17–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 10 May 2003 | ![]() |
Retained IBF Youth middleweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 8 Mar 2003 | ![]() |
Won vacant IBF Youth middleweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 23 Nov 2002 | ![]() |
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14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (8), 2:00 | 5 Oct 2002 | ![]() |
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13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 14 Sep 2002 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6) | 20 Jul 2002 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 6 Apr 2002 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 15 Dec 2001 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (6) | 24 Nov 2001 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6) | 3 Nov 2001 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 29 Sep 2001 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 21 Jul 2001 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (6) | 16 Jun 2001 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (4) | 5 May 2001 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 7 Apr 2001 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (4) | 24 Feb 2001 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 27 Jan 2001 | ![]() |
Professional debut |
Titles in boxing
Regional titles | ||
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New title | IBF Youth middleweight champion 8 March 2003 – July 2003 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Domenico Spada |
Vacant Title last held by András Gálfi |
WBO Inter-Continental middleweight champion 12 July 2003 – 13 September 2003 Won world title |
Vacant Title next held by Mariano Natalio Carrera |
Vacant Title last held by Mariano Natalio Carrera |
WBO Inter-Continental middleweight champion 18 September 2004 – December 2005 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Khoren Gevor |
World titles | ||
Preceded by Héctor Javier Velazco |
WBO middleweight champion 13 September 13, 2003 – 5 June 2004 |
Succeeded by Oscar De La Hoya |
Preceded by Maselino Masoe |
WBA middleweight champion Regular title 11 March 11, 2006 – July 15, 2006 |
Succeeded by Javier Castillejo |
Preceded by Javier Castillejo |
WBA middleweight champion Regular title 28 April 2007 – 23 March 2010 Promoted |
Succeeded by Gennady Golovkin promoted from interim status |
Vacant Title last held by Jermain Taylor |
WBA middleweight champion Super title 23 March 2010 – September 1, 2012 |
Succeeded by Daniel Geale |
Preceded by Darren Barker |
IBF middleweight champion 7 December 2013 – 31 May 2014 |
Succeeded by Sam Soliman |
Preceded by Fedor Chudinov |
WBA super-middleweight champion Super title 20 February 2016 – 5 October 2016 Vacated |
Vacant |
References
- ↑ Professional boxing record for Felix Sturm from BoxRec. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
- ↑ iht.com, Sturm wins decision over Sylvester
External links
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- Official website
- Professional boxing record for Felix Sturm from BoxRec
- Leverkusen Who's Who (German)