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 |
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 49 | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 40 | ||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Losses | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Draws | 3 | ||||||||||||
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Felix Sturm (born Adnan Ćatić; 31 January 1979) is a German professional boxer. 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.
Highlights included:
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.
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