Felix Sturm
Felix Sturm 
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| Data | |
| Birth Name | Adnan Ćatić |
| Weight class | Super middleweight |
| nationality |
 German Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| birthday | January 31, 1979 |
| place of birth | Leverkusen |
| style | Left delivery |
| size | 1.81 m |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 49 |
| Victories | 40 |
| Knockout victories | 18th |
| Defeats | 5 |
| draw | 3 |
| No value | 1 |
| Profile in the BoxRec database | |
Felix Sturm (actually Adnan Ćatić ; born January 31, 1979 in Leverkusen ) is a professional boxer with Bosnian-Herzegovinian and German citizenship. He was five times world champion with various boxing associations.
Origin and amateur career
Felix Sturm was born as Adnan Ćatić on January 31, 1979 in Leverkusen. Sturm's parents come from Blagaj in Bosnia and Herzegovina . He has both German and Bosnian citizenship. Felix Sturm grew up in the greater Cologne area , where he was a student at the municipal secondary school, Theodor Wuppermann School in Leverkusen-Manfort.
Sturm's amateur record is 134 wins out of 9 losses. He was nationally 1995 and 1996 German junior champion and 1998 and 1999 German champion in the light middleweight division. In 1997 he was defeated by Jürgen Brähmer in the final and became German runner-up.
In September 1996 he won the light middleweight division with victories against Piotr Wilczewski and Christian D'Alessandro, the 1st Brandenburg Cup in Frankfurt (Oder) . In June 1997 he started at the 15th European Junior Championships in Birmingham and won the gold medal in the light middleweight division. He had defeated the Briton Andrew Larkins (14: 1), the Romanian Stefan Bálint (13: 1), the Belarusian Andrej Miruk (3: 1) and in the final the Russian Evgeni Kasantsew (3: 1). In June 1998 he also won the Multi Nations Tournament in Liverpool .
In August 1999 he took part in the 10th World Championships in Houston and won his first fight against the Ukrainian Andrei Tsurkan on points. But already in his second fight he met the eventual Olympic champion of 2000, the Kazakhs Yermachan Ibraimow , and lost on points. At the 21st Tammer tournament in Tampere in October 1999, he lost to the Romanian Marian Simion in the semifinals . In November of the same year, however, he won the 14th Ahmet Cömert Tournament in Istanbul .
In 2000 he took part in the 33rd European Championships in Tampere, Finland, where he won the gold medal in the light middleweight division. He beat the future professional world champion Károly Balzsay in the preliminary round , the Poland Mirosław Nowosada in the quarter-finals, the Bulgarian Dmitri Usagin in the semi-finals and finally the Russian Andrei Mishin in the final .
A few months before he switched to professional life, he competed at the 27th Olympic Games in Sydney . There he defeated the bronze medalist of the World Championships in 1995, the Uzbek Dilshod Yorbekov , and the Australian Richard Rowles , bronze medalist of the Commonwealth Games 1996. In his third fight, however, he lost on points against the National Golden Gloves champion and future professional world champion Jermain Taylor made the USA.
Professional career
Beginnings and WBO world champions
Sturm made his professional debut against the Portuguese António Ribeiro in Munich on January 27, 2001 and won on points. He was also able to win the following 14 fights, including against the later Benelux champion Bendele Ilunga and the former intercontinental champion of the WBO, Lóránt Szabó. On March 8, 2003, he won the vacant IBF junior world championship by unanimous victory on points against the eventual South American champion Javier Mamaní and defended him by unanimous victory on points against the South African champion Tshepo Mashego.
In his next fight on July 12, 2003 in Leverkusen , Sturm won the WBO intercontinental championship by technical knockout in round 5 against Uruguayan Roberto Vechio, who boxed outside his home country for the first time after 14 professional fights. On September 13, 2003, he was only allowed to box in his 19th fight for the WBO world title against the Argentine Héctor Velazco . Bert Schenk should actually have been fighting for the title, but he had to cancel due to an injury, which meant that Sturm, fourth in the world rankings, was signed as a substitute opponent. Velazco boxed outside of Argentina for the first time in his career and lost to Sturm in Berlin divided on points. However, the WBO was not yet one of the major associations at that time.
In his first title defense, Sturm defeated the powerful Spaniard Rubén Varón unanimously and clearly on points and was now preparing for the second title defense against the eight-time world champion from the lower weight classes, the US superstar Óscar de la Hoya .
Fight against de la Hoya
On June 5, 2004, the duel between the two took place at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas . Óscar de la Hoya was aiming for a financially extremely lucrative title unification fight against the reigning world champion and equally well-known superstar Bernard Hopkins in three associations (IBF, WBA, WBC) , for which he needed a victory over the 1:12 outsider Sturm. However, Sturm already amazed the boxing world in the first few rounds when he was able to cover the American with several impact hits. When de la Hoya tried to score in the infight with quick series of hits, Sturm countered with left and right hooks. When Sturm changed from normal to right-hand display from the 11th round, he also amazed the American. Several times Sturm triumphantly raised his fist in the air to be cheered on by the audience.
Despite this superior fight, Sturm lost his WBO title extremely controversial on points to Óscar de la Hoya, who could thus compete against Hopkins for all four recognized world titles in a weight class. The US broadcaster and co-organizer HBO had initially seen Sturm as the winner, boxing analyst Harold Lederman (inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame) rated the fight 115: 113 for Sturm. Sturm's promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl lodged a protest with the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which, after a further check, confirmed the validity of Óscar de la Hoya's victory. Nevertheless, the popularity of the storm rose by leaps and bounds with this fight.
WBA world champion
Sturm beat World Cup challenger Robert Frazier just three months later and won the WBO intercontinental championship again, on December 4, 2004 he also managed a knockout win in round 3 against ex-WBC world champion Hacine Cherifi , which he won held the top of the rankings. On March 5, 2005 he beat Bert Schenk in the second round knockout and won the title elimination fight of the WBA association against the Spanish champion Jorge Sendra.
Sturm received now on March 11, 2006 a title fight for the WBA world championship belt against the Samoan title holder Maselino Masoe , who lives in New Zealand . The duel against the powerful, 39-year-old Masoe was initially balanced. Sturm gained advantages in the following years and thus ensured a point lead, which he only defended at the end of the fight and increasingly withdrew from the fight in order to prevent the risk of a lucky punch . For this tactical defensive behavior, Sturm, although he had won the title, was criticized by the audience and whistled.
On July 15, 2006, Sturm lost the title in his first voluntary title defense to the 38-year-old Spaniard Javier Castillejo due to a technical knockout in the tenth round. Due to the criticism of his extreme defensive style at the end of the fight against Masoe, Sturm got involved in an open exchange of blows with the powerful (60 wins, 41 of which by knockout) former European and WBC world champions. In the second round he had to go down for the first time in his professional career. A few seconds before the end of the 10th round, Sturm was hit in quick succession by a left hook, three chin hooks and a liver hook, whereupon the referee broke off the fight and accompanied the defenseless and dazed storm into his corner, where the right half of his face swelled strongly.
Around seven months later, in December of the same year, Sturm defeated Australian Gavin Topp with a technical knockout in the 6th round.
WBA world champion again
On April 28, 2007 Sturm faced again Castillejo in a rematch in front of 5,000 spectators in the sold-out Arena Oberhausen . Castillejo had previously lost his world title to the Argentine Mariano Natalio Carrera , but got it back after Carrera was convicted of doping . Sturm won the close fight controversially after a unanimous point scoring and thus became world middleweight champion for the third time.
On June 30, 2007 he voluntarily defended his title in Stuttgart against the unbeaten Noe Alcoba from Uruguay. He won unanimously on points. In a compulsory defense against the American Randy Griffin, Felix Sturm was able to defend his title on October 20, 2007 in Halle, but only scored one draw. After a tough fight, a judge rated the fight as a draw and one each as a win for Griffin and Sturm.
On April 5, 2008, Sturm rose to a voluntary defense of the title against the Australian middleweight Jamie Pittman in the ring, Sturm was able to convincingly and prematurely decide this fight in his favor in round 7. Three months later, Sturm won the rematch against Randy Griffin on points, desired by both fighters. The judges unanimously rated the performance of the fighters in favor of Sturm. The fight took place in the Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle. On November 1st, 2008, Sturm defended his world title in the König-Pilsener-ARENA in Oberhausen against Sebastian Sylvester by unanimous decision.
On April 25, 2009, Sturm boxed against the undefeated Japanese Koji Sato in Krefeld. The clearly superior storm defeated the Asian in round 7 after 2:46 minutes with a technical knockout after the referee had stopped the fight, before the coach Satos could throw in the towel. On July 11, 2009, Sturm defended his world title against Khoren Gevor in the arena at the Nürburgring by winning the points. The judges unanimously rated the rounds 115: 113, 115: 113 and 117: 111 in favor of Sturm.
WBA super champion
Subsequently, Sturm was named "Super World Champion" of the WBA in March 2010, which enabled him to avoid the fight against mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin . The WBA justified its controversial decision with an ongoing legal battle that ran between the two boxers and their former employer Universum. Sturm had stated that he would rather resign the title than box for Universum again. As a superchampion, Sturm was no longer in danger of being deprived of the title.
Golovkin instead secured the "regular" WBA world title previously held by Sturm. The upgrading to superchampion caused confusion in the boxing world in many places, as there was now, in addition to an interim world champion and a regular world champion, an additional world champion who stood above this. Since Jermain Taylor still had to fight for the world championship title of all four world associations (WBA, WBO, IBF, WBC) in order to achieve the special status of WBA superchampion, it caused displeasure that Sturm was awarded this honor without any further title.
Sturm defended his WBA Super World Championship title for the first time on September 4, 2010 in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne with a clear win over Giovanni Lorenzo on points . It was his first fight after breaking up with his former promoter Universum Box Promotion and the first after a break of 14 months. Sturm was able to defend his title again on February 19, 2011 by technical knockout in the 7th round against the son of boxing legend Thomas Hearns , the American Ronald Hearns.
Fight against Macklin and Murray
On June 25, 2011, Felix Sturm climbed into the ring for his third title defense of his WBA super world champion belt against the Briton Matthew Macklin , who carried the title of EBU European Champion until preparation training . The fight was fought in front of around 18,000 spectators in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne and followed live on TV by around 4.5 million other viewers.
Matthew Macklin started the fight at high speed and dominated much of the fight with his infights that prevented Sturm from using his otherwise superior leading hand. Sturm had to accept impact hits several times due to the many punch combinations and started counterattacks far too rarely. Sturm coach Fritz Sdunek even considered defeating his protégé after the first few rounds. Although Sturm became more active and more powerful in the later rounds, he never succeeded in getting Macklin into trouble.
After the full 12 rounds, in which both boxers failed to knock down, the points were judged; two of the three judges rated the fight 116: 112 for Sturm, while Levi Martínez rated the duel 115: 113 for Macklin. After the fight, the television broadcaster Sat.1 started an internet poll in which 72% of the votes saw Matthew Macklin as the winner. Axel Schulz , who followed the events on the ring as an expert for Sat.1, had even seen the British 117: 111 in front. Even WBC manager Lou DiBellas criticized the decision for Sturm and called this a reason why Sergio Martínez (world number one middleweight) "will never box in Germany". Ex-world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis described the two judges who had scored for Sturm as "muggers".
In the subsequent interview, Macklin called himself the actual winner of the duel in broken German and challenged Sturm to a rematch in the ring, which he agreed to. The rematch was agreed for November 25th in Germany, but was canceled by Macklin. Instead, he planned to continue his career in the United States and fought Sergio Martínez in March . In return, Felix Sturm faced the undefeated Commonwealth Champion Martin Murray (23-0) in Mannheim on December 2nd . The fast-paced fight ended in a draw, whereby Sturm remained super champion, but could not convince again against a middle-class opponent. With his leading hand, Sturm hit more clearly than Murray, but this one had the higher stroke frequency.
Fight against Zbik
On April 13, 2012 Sturm fought in Cologne in front of around 13,000 spectators against the former WBC world champion Sebastian Zbik (30-1). The duel was preceded by mutual verbal attacks by both athletes and the fight was accordingly hyped up to a "hateful duel". Sturm dominated the fight himself and won by giving up Zbik's corner in the break in the 10th round. Zbik was clearly marked on the face after the fight and said in the subsequent interview that he would not have had a chance from the third round and that he recognized Sturm's victory without envy.
Sturm announced that he would end the chaos of the WBA titles and next take on the regular world champion Gennadi Golowkin . On May 31, 2012, however, it became known that Sturm was aiming for a unification of titles against IBF world champion Daniel Geale instead , while Golowkin announced that he would in turn carry out a unification of titles against WBO world champion Dimitry Pirog .
Loss of title to Daniel Geale
On September 1, 2012, Felix Sturm and Daniel Geale (27-1) met in the König-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen . The fight lasted the full twelve rounds, with the Australian scoring points with his agility and reflexes. Felix Sturm hit harder and clearer, but could not counter the variability of Geale. At the end of the fight, the Australian was declared the points winner (twice 116: 112 for Geale, once 116: 112 for Sturm), with which Geale beat a reigning world champion for the second time in Germany. Felix Sturm stood by his defeat and congratulated his opponent while still in the ring.
A possible rematch should have been approved and negotiated by Geales Management, as Sturm had not signed a rematch clause. However, Golowkins manager Tom Löffler reported and offered Sturm a title fight against his protégé "no matter where, at what time and on whatever channel".
Losing to Soliman
In order to get another title chance against Daniel Geale, Sturm boxed on February 1, 2013 in Düsseldorf against the Australian Sam Soliman (43-11), world number one IBF middleweight. Soliman had already accumulated eleven defeats, but they all suffered in the super middleweight division and won each of his eight fights since he switched to middleweight division in 2009.
Sturm particularly dominated the first two rounds, with a knockdown against Soliman in the second round. However, the Australian recovered within the next two rounds and was able to maintain his high agility and stroke frequency in the later rounds. As in the fight against Murray and Geale, Sturm had the clearer and harder hits, but his opponent had the higher activity and the higher number of hits. After the tenth round, Fritz Sdunek informed his protégé Felix Sturm that it “looked shitty” on points and that he would only be able to win this fight with a knockout. Despite a subsequent increase in offensive activity, Sturm could no longer hit his opponent decisively and initially lost the fight unanimously on points (116: 111 and twice 114: 113). However, when the A sample was opened, Soliman was found to be taking methylsynephrine. He waived a legally binding examination of the B sample. In October 2016, a German court found that the doping allegations were wrongly raised.
IBF world champion
Sturm beat the British IBF World Champion Darren Barker on December 7, 2013 by technical knockout in the second round and was the association's new middleweight champion. He became the first German to become world champion for the fourth time. After a clearly won first lap, Sturm got two downfalls in the second lap, in which Barker suffered an injury to his hip. Visibly affected by the injury, Barker's corner of the ring threw in the towel.
On May 31, 2014, Sturm lost the title unanimously on points in the rematch against Sam Soliman . On November 8, 2014, he boxed against Robert Stieglitz in a specially set up weight class up to 75.5 kilograms (between middle and super middleweight) in the Stuttgart Porsche Arena and achieved a draw.
Fights against Chudinov and suspected doping
On May 9, 2015, Sturm lost the fight for the vacant WBA World Championship in the super middleweight division against Russian Fyodor Tschudinow unanimously on points in the Frankfurt Festhalle . The rematch took place on February 20, 2016 in the König-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen . Sturm won on points and became world champion for the fifth time, for the first time outside of the middleweight division.
In April 2016 it became known that Felix Sturm had been doped in the rematch against Tschudinow on February 20, 2016 . According to the World Boxing Federation WBA, traces of stanozolol were present in the mandatory urine sample (A sample) from Sturm . On September 7, 2016, the Cologne Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed that it had started an investigation into Sturm due to a possible violation of the anti-doping law. In early October 2016, Sturm resigned his WBA super middleweight title - officially due to an elbow injury. As the Cologne public prosecutor confirmed in November 2016, the results of the B sample were also positive. The world association WBA and the Federation of German Professional Boxers (BDB) waived a ban on the boxer.
In January 2019, the 8th Large Criminal Chamber of the Cologne Regional Court refused to open the main proceedings, as there was insufficient suspicion. On April 4, 2019, the 2nd Criminal Senate of the Cologne Higher Regional Court approved the indictment against Sturm following a complaint by the Cologne public prosecutor's office.
Legal proceedings
After a fight in a parking garage in 2004, the Leverkusen District Court fined Sturm 2005 with a fine of 12,500 euros, which was due to a non-profit institution; In return, Sturm was still not previously convicted.
In 2019 it became known that Sturm had already been sentenced in 2012 by the Cologne District Court for tax evasion in 16 cases to a prison sentence of 22 months on probation .
From November 2019, Sturm had to answer at the Cologne Regional Court before the 12th major criminal chamber for renewed allegations of tax evasion. He was also charged on suspicion of doping and bodily harm. In the process, Sturm stated that he was currently "without assets".
After more than eight months of pre- trial detention , Sturm was provisionally released on December 23, 2019, as the public prosecutor no longer saw any risk of escape. The prerequisite for the exemption from detention was that Sturm deposited a deposit of 300,000 euros and his passports. Against the background of a reduced tax liability between 800,000 and 2.2 million euros, the court had agreed to the exemption under certain conditions. Sturm had emphasized several times during the process that he wanted to box to earn money so that he could pay his tax debt. His preferred opponent was the former middleweight world champion Arthur Abraham .
On April 30, 2020, Sturm was sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion and attempted tax evasion. He was found guilty of having withheld a total of around 1,000,000 euros from the tax authorities in the years 2008 to 2010 and 2013. The tax evasion allegations for 2011 and 2012 were acquitted. Allegations relating to 2014 and 2015 had been discontinued. Sturm continued to be convicted of violating the anti-doping law . Accordingly, he was doped with the drug stanozolol in the world championship fight against the Russian Fyodor Tschudinow in February 2016 . Since the fight had thus been fought against the rules, Sturm was also convicted of willful bodily harm.
Others
In order to be perceived as German by a broad German audience, the native Adnan Ćatić has been calling himself Felix Sturm since 2000.
He was active for the boxing stable Universum Box-Promotion , his trainer during this time was Michael Timm . On September 22, 2009, Sturm announced the separation from Universum, and in December 2009 he announced on his official homepage the engagement of the American Freddie Roach as the new coach. However, this collaboration did not materialize. Instead, Fritz Sdunek took over boxing training. Felix Sturm started his own business in 2009 and was the owner of the Sturm Box-Promotion boxing team in Cologne .
In March 2007, Sturm was the coach of Stefan Raab , who played a show fight against Regina Halmich for the second time . On November 19, 2010, Sturm took part in the television game show Schlag den Star . Here he had to admit defeat to his opponent pointlessly.
In 2007 the professional boxer married his long-time girlfriend. Their son was born in 2009 and their second child, a daughter, was born in 2015. In August 2016, Sturm moved from Cologne to Bosnia. In 2018 he moved back to Germany.
Five-time professional boxing world champion
- September 13, 2003 (WBO World Middleweight Championship), victory by sharing points against Héctor Velazco , title defense (TV).
- March 11, 2006 (WBA World Middleweight Championship), victory by unanimous decision against Maselino Masoe .
- April 28, 2007 (WBA World Middleweight Championship), victory by unanimous decision against Javier Castillejo .
- December 7, 2013 (IBF World Middleweight Championship), victory by TKO against Darren Barker .
- February 20, 2016 (WBA Super Middleweight Championship), victory by sharing points against Fyodor Tschudinow .
List of professional boxing matches
| year | Day | Opponent / target | place | Result | Type | Round |
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| 2001 | January 27th |
 Antonio Ribeiro
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Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle , Munich | victory | Point decision | 4/4 |
| February 24th |
 Slavomir Dendis
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Sports hall Hamburg , Hamburg | victory | KO | 1/4 | |
| 7th of April |
 Bendele Ilunga
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Universum Gym, Hamburg-Wandsbek | victory | Point decision | 4/4 | |
| 5th of May |
 Ramdane Kaouane
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Volkswagen Halle Braunschweig , Braunschweig | victory | TKO | 1/4 | |
| June 16 |
Zdenek Zubko
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Kisstadion , Budapest, Hungary | victory | KO | 2/6 | |
| 21 July |
Mustapha Stini
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Tivoli ice rink , Aachen | victory | Point decision | 4/4 | |
| September 29th |
 Anthony Ivory
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Universum Gym, Hamburg-Wandsbek | victory | Point decision | 6/6 | |
| November 3rd |
 Francesco Pernice
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Hansehalle , Lübeck | victory | TKO | 4th | |
| November 24th |
Mario Lupp
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Universum Gym, Hamburg-Wandsbek | victory | KO | 1/6 | |
| 15th December |
Robert Davis
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Estrel Convention Center , Berlin-Neukölln | victory | Point decision | 6/6 | |
| 2002 | April 6th |
 Didier Nkuku Mupeko
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Universum Gym, Hamburg-Wandsbek | victory | Point decision | 6/6 |
| 20th of July |
 Gyorgy Bugyik
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Westfalenhallen , Dortmund | victory | TKO | 2 | |
| September 14th |
Terry Tock
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Volkswagen Halle Braunschweig , Braunschweig | victory | KO | 1 | |
| 5th October |
Anton Lascek
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Főnix Hall , Debrecen, Hungary | victory | TKO | 3/8 | |
| November 23 |
Lóránt Szabó
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Westfalenhallen , Dortmund | victory | Unanimous decision | 8/8 | |
| 2003 | 8th of March |
 Javier Alberto Mamaní IBF Youth Championship |
Preussag Arena , Hanover | victory | Unanimous decision | 10/10 |
| 10th of May |
 Tshepo Mashego IBF Youth Championship |
Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle , Stuttgart | victory | Unanimous decision | 10/10 | |
| July 12 |
 Roberto Mario Vecchio WBO Inter-Continental Championship |
Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle , Leverkusen | victory | TKO | 5/12 | |
| 13.september |
Héctor Velazco WBO World Championship |
Estrel Convention Center , Berlin-Neukölln | victory | Shared decision | 12/12 | |
| 20th of December |
 Rubén Varón WBO title defense |
Ostseehalle Kiel , Kiel | victory | Unanimous decision | 12/12 | |
| 2004 | June 5th |
Óscar de la Hoya WBO title defense |
MGM Grand Hotel , Las Vegas, USA | defeat | Unanimous decision | 12/12 |
| September 18 |
Robert Frazier vacant WBO Inter-Continental Championship |
Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle , Leverkusen | victory | Unanimous decision | 12/12 | |
| December 4th |
 Hacine Cherifi
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Estrel Convention Center , Berlin-Neukölln | victory | KO | 3/8 | |
| 2005 | 5. March |
Bert Schenk WBO-Inter-Continental title defense |
Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle , Leverkusen | victory | KO | 2/12 |
| 18th of June |
Jorge Sendra WBO Inter-Continental title defense |
Pula Amphitheater , Pula, Croatia | victory | Unanimous decision | 12/12 | |
| 2006 | March 11 |
 Maselino Masoe WBA World Championship |
Color Line Arena , Hamburg | victory | Unanimous decision | 12/12 |
| 15th of July |
Javier Castillejo WBA title defense |
Color Line Arena , Hamburg | defeat | TKO | 10/12 | |
| 2. December |
 Gavin Topp
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Estrel Convention Center , Berlin-Neukölln | victory | TKO | 6/10 | |
| 2007 | April 28 |
Javier Castillejo WBA World Championship |
Koenig-Pilsener-Arena , Oberhausen | victory | Unanimous decision | 12/12 |
| June 30th |
Noé González Alcoba WBA title defense |
Porsche Arena , Stuttgart | victory | Unanimous decision | 12/12 | |
| the 20th of October |
Randy Griffin WBA title defense |
Gerry Weber Stadium , Halle (Westphalia) | draw | Point decision | 12/12 | |
| 2008 | April 5th |
Jamie Pittman WBA title defense |
Burg-Wächter Castello , Düsseldorf | victory | TKO | 7/12 |
| 5th July |
Randy Griffin WBA title defense |
Gerry Weber Stadium , Halle (Westphalia) | victory | Unanimous decision | 12/12 | |
| November 1st |
Sebastian Sylvester defending WBA title |
Koenig-Pilsener-Arena , Oberhausen | victory | Unanimous decision | 12/12 | |
| 2009 | April 25 |
 Koji Sato WBA title defense |
Royal Palace , Krefeld | victory | TKO | 7/12 |
| July 11th |
 Khoren Gevor WBA title defense |
Nürburgring , Nürburg | victory | Unanimous decision | 12/12 | |
| 2010 | September 4th |
 Giovanni Lorenzo WBA title defense |
Lanxess-Arena , Cologne | victory | Unanimous decision | 12/12 |
| 2011 | 19th of February |
Ronald Hearns WBA title defense |
Porsche Arena , Stuttgart | victory | TKO | 7/12 |
| 25th June |
 Matthew Macklin WBA title defense |
Lanxess-Arena , Cologne | victory | Point decision | 12/12 | |
| 2. December |
 Martin Murray WBA title defense |
SAP Arena , Mannheim | draw | Point decision | 12/12 | |
| 2012 | April 13th |
Sebastian Zbik WBA title defense |
Lanxess-Arena , Cologne | victory | TKO | 10/12 |
| September 1 |
Daniel Geale IBF / WBA title association |
Koenig-Pilsener-Arena , Oberhausen | defeat | Point decision | 12/12 | |
| 2013 | February 1st |
Sam Soliman
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ISS Dome , Düsseldorf | No value | - | 12/12 |
| July 6th |
 Predrag Radosevic
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Westfalenhallen , Dortmund | victory | TKO | 4/12 | |
| December 7th |
Darren Barker IBF World Championship |
Porsche Arena , Stuttgart | victory | TKO | 2/12 | |
| 2014 | 31. May |
Sam Soliman IBF title defense |
Royal Palace , Krefeld | defeat | Point decision | 12/12 |
| November 8th |
Robert Goldfinch
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Porsche Arena , Stuttgart | draw | Point decision | 12/12 | |
| 2015 | May 9 |
 Fyodor Tschudinow vacant WBA title defense |
Festhalle , Frankfurt am Main | defeat | Point decision | 12/12 |
| 2016 | 20. February |
Fyodor Chudinov WBA World Championship |
Koenig-Pilsener-Arena , Oberhausen | victory | Point decision | 12/12 |
| (Source: BoxRec database ) | ||||||
successes
- Amateur record: 134 wins - 9 losses
- Professional balance: 40 wins - 5 losses - 3 draws - 1 no rating
amateur
- 1995: German junior light middleweight champion
- 1996: German junior light middleweight champion
- 1997: German runner-up in the light middleweight division
- 1997: European junior light middleweight champion
- 1998: German light middleweight champion
- 1999: German light middleweight champion
- 2000: European light middleweight champion
- 2000: Olympic participant in the light middleweight division
professional
- March 8, 2003: IBF Junior World Champion middleweight (1 title defense)
- July 12, 2003: WBO Intercontinental Middleweight Champion
- September 13, 2003: WBO World Middleweight Champion (1 title defense)
- March 5, 2005: WBO Intercontinental Middleweight Champion (1 title defense)
- March 11, 2006: WBA middleweight champion
- April 28, 2007: WBA middleweight world champion (7 title defenses)
- March 2010: Appointment as WBA super world champion (5 title defenses)
- December 7, 2013: IBF World Middleweight Champion
- February 20, 2016: WBA super world champion in super middleweight
Leaderboards
(As of February 2016, super middleweight, BoxRec )
See also
Web links
- Felix Sturm in the BoxRec database
Individual evidence
- ^ “Ran boxing”: Sat.1 signs Felix Sturm under contract. Retrieved May 29, 2013 .
- ↑ Felix Sturm in the BoxRec database
- ↑ Felix Sturm in the glittering world, derwesten.de
- ^ Higher Regional Court of Cologne: Felix Sturm's appeal to arrest unsuccessful ; Press release of the OLG Cologne from May 23, 2019
- ↑ https://www.tws-leverkusen.de/das-sind-wir/
- ↑ Who is Who Leverkusen, lev-online.info
- ↑ "Joshua's compatriot owned the belts of WBA, IBF and WBC, at that time the WBO was not yet part of the illustrious circle. She has only been there since 2007. Since then, the undisputed champion has had four titles. "
- ↑ De la Hoya dethrones middleweight storm . In: stern.de , June 6, 2004.
- ↑ Felix Sturm named “Super Champion”, boxen.de
- ↑ WBA shocks with "Super-Champion" Felix Sturm, figosport.net ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hartmut Scherzer: A gift title for Felix Sturm . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , June 26, 2011.
- ^ Tie - Felix Sturm remains world champion, Abendblatt.de
- ↑ Jörg Lubrich, Sebastian Kolsberger: Technical knockout - storm wins in the hate duel . In: Picture , April 14, 2012.
- ↑ Sturm-Geale unification on September 1 ( Memento from June 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) In: fightnews.com , May 31, 2012.
- ↑ Storm loses unification fight against Geale ( Memento of 18 October 2012 at the Internet Archive ) In: ran.de .
- ↑ Sturm: Golowkin offers world championship fight. In: bild.de , September 13, 2012.
- ↑ Sturm's boxing defeat against Soliman: "A shock for Felix". In: spiegel.de , February 2, 2013.
- ↑ What should I say? I am not a judge! In: sueddeutsche.de, February 2, 2013.
- ↑ Combat canceled - Soliman banned for nine months. In: spox.com. April 29, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2013 .
- ↑ Felix Sturm vs. Sam Soliman. In: boxrec.com, October 20, 2016.
- ^ Boxing world champion Sturm under suspicion of doping. In: n-tv.de . April 16, 2016, accessed April 16, 2016 .
- ^ Because of doping - public prosecutor is investigating boxer Felix Sturm Sport Bild, September 7, 2016.
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- ↑ Doping trial burst - Felix Sturm plans a comeback against Arthur Abraham. In: berliner-kurier.de , January 21, 2019.
- ↑ Felix Sturm remains in custody. In: faz.net , April 2, 2009.
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- ^ Av: Boxing: Felix Sturm accused of tax evasion - long imprisonment threatens. In: Focus Online . August 2, 2019, accessed May 1, 2020 .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Héctor Velazco | World Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBO ) September 13, 2003 to June 5, 2004 |
Óscar de la Hoya |
| Maselino Masoe | World Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBA ) March 11, 2006 to July 15, 2006 |
Javier Castillejo |
| Javier Castillejo | Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBA ) April 28, 2007 to September 4, 2010 |
Gennady Golovkin |
| Jermain Taylor | Super middleweight boxing champion ( WBA ) September 4, 2010 to September 1, 2012 |
Daniel Geale |
| Darren Barker | Middleweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) December 7, 2013 to May 31, 2014 |
Sam Soliman |
| Fyodor Chudinov | Super middleweight boxing world champion ( WBA ) February 20, 2016 – October 2016 |
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Storm, Felix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ćatić, Adnan (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leverkusen |