Felix Sturm

Felix Sturm
Sturm in 2012
Statistics
Real name	Adnan Ćatić
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	(1979-01-31) 31 January 1979 Leverkusen, West Germany
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	49
Wins	40
Wins by KO	18
Losses	5
Draws	3
No contests	1

Adnan Ćatić (born 31 January 1979), best known as Felix Sturm, is a German professional boxer.^[1] He is the current WBA (Super) super-middleweight champion and a former IBF, WBO and WBA middleweight champion.

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

Main article: Felix Sturm vs. Oscar De La Hoya

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.

Professional boxing record

49 fights, 40 wins (18 knockouts), 5 losses, 3 draws, 1 no contest^[3]
No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
49	Win	40–5–3 (1)	Fedor Chudinov	MD	12	Feb 20, 2016	Koenig Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany	Won WBA (Super) super-middleweight title
48	Loss	39–5–3 (1)	Fedor Chudinov	SD	12	May 9, 2015	Festhalle, Hessen, Frankfurt, Germany	For WBA (Regular) super-middleweight title
47	Draw	39–4–3 (1)	Robert Stieglitz	SD	12	Nov 8, 2014	Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Germany	WBO super-middleweight title eliminator
46	Loss	39–4–2 (1)	Sam Soliman	UD	12	May 31, 2014	König Palast, Krefeld, Germany	Lost IBF middleweight title
45	Win	39–3–2 (1)	Darren Barker	TKO	2 (12), 2:09	Dec 7, 2013	Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Germany	Won IBF middleweight title
44	Win	38–3–2 (1)	Predrag Radošević	TKO	4 (12), 2:17	Jul 6, 2013	Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
43	NC	37–3–2 (1)	Sam Soliman	UD	12	Feb 1, 2013	Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany	IBF middleweight title eliminator Originally a UD win for Soliman after twelve rounds; later changed to a NC after Soliman failed a drugs test
42	Loss	37–3–2	Daniel Geale	SD	12	Sep 1, 2012	Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany	Lost WBA (Super) middleweight title For IBF middleweight title
41	Win	37–2–2	Sebastian Zbik	RTD	9 (12), 3:00	Apr 13, 2012	Cologne, Germany	Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title
40	Draw	36–2–2	Martin Murray	SD	12	Dec 3, 2011	Mannheim, Germany	Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title
39	Win	36–2–1	Matthew Macklin	SD	12	Jun 25, 2011	Cologne, Germany	Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title
38	Win	35–2–1	Ronald Hearns	TKO	7 (12), 0:48	Feb 19, 2011	Stuttgart, Germany	Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title
37	Win	34–2–1	Giovanni Lorenzo	UD	12	Sep 4, 2010	Cologne, Germany	Retained WBA (Super) middleweight title
36	Win	33–2–1	Khoren Gevor	UD	12	Jul 11, 2009	Nürburg, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
35	Win	32–2–1	Koji Sato	TKO	7 (12), 2:46	Apr 25, 2009	Krefeld, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
34	Win	31–2–1	Sebastian Sylvester	UD	12	Nov 1, 2008	Oberhausen, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
33	Win	30–2–1	Randy Griffin	UD	12	Jul 7, 2008	Halle, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
32	Win	29–2–1	Jamie Pittman	TKO	7 (12), 0:36	Apr 5, 2008	Düsseldorf, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
31	Draw	28–2–1	Randy Griffin	SD	12	Oct 20, 2007	Halle, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
30	Win	28–2	Noe Gonzalez Alcoba	UD	12	Jun 30, 2007	Stuttgart, Germany	Retained WBA middleweight title
29	Win	27–2	Javier Castillejo	UD	12	Apr 28, 2007	Oberhausen, Germany	Won WBA middleweight title
28	Win	26–2	Gavin Topp	TKO	6 (10), 1:08	Dec 2, 2006	Berlin, Germany
27	Loss	25–2	Javier Castillejo	TKO	10 (12), 2:47	Jul 15, 2006	Hamburg, Germany	Lost WBA middleweight title
26	Win	25–1	Maselino Masoe	UD	12	Mar 11, 2006	Hamburg, Germany	Won WBA middleweight title
25	Win	24–1	Jorge Sendra	UD	12	Jun 18, 2005	Pula, Croatia	Retained WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title
24	Win	23–1	Bert Schenk	TKO	2 (12), 2:01	Mar 5, 2006	Leverkusen, Germany	Retained WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title
23	Win	22–1	Hacine Cherifi	KO	3 (8), 2:06	Dec 4, 2004	Berlin, Germany
22	Win	21–1	Robert Frazier	UD	12	Sep 18, 2004	Leverkusen, Germany	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title
21	Loss	20–1	Oscar De La Hoya	UD	12	Jun 5, 2004	Las Vegas, US	Lost WBO middleweight title
20	Win	20–0	Ruben Varon	UD	12	Dec 20, 2003	Kiel, Germany	Retained WBO middleweight title
19	Win	19–0	Hector Javier Velazco	SD	12	Sep 13, 2003	Berlin, Germany	Won WBO middleweight title
18	Win	18–0	Roberto Mario Vecchio	TKO	5 (12)	Jul 12, 2003	Leverkusen, Germany	Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title
17	Win	17–0	Tshepo Mashego	UD	10	May 10, 2003	Stuttgart, Germany	Retained IBF Youth middleweight title
16	Win	16–0	Javier Alberto Mamani	UD	10	Mar 8, 2003	Hannover, Germany	Won vacant IBF Youth middleweight title
15	Win	15–0	Lorant Szabo	UD	8	Nov 23, 2002	Dortmund, Germany
14	Win	14–0	Anton Lascek	TKO	3 (8), 2:00	Oct 5, 2002	Debrecen, Hungary
13	Win	13–0	Terry Tock	KO	1	Sep 14, 2002	Braunschweig, Germany
12	Win	12–0	Gyorgy Bugyik	TKO	2 (6)	2002-07-20	Dortmund, Germany
11	Win	11–0	Didier Nkuku Mupeko	PTS	6	Apr 6, 2002	Hamburg, Germany
10	Win	10–0	Robert Davis	PTS	6	Dec 15, 2001	Berlin, Germany
9	Win	9–0	Mario Lupp	KO	1 (6)	Nov 24, 2001	Hamburg, Germany
8	Win	8–0	Francesco Pernice	TKO	4 (6)	Nov 3, 2001	Lübeck, Germany
7	Win	7–0	Anthony Ivory	PTS	6	Sep 29, 2001	Hamburg, Germany
6	Win	6–0	Mustapha Stini	PTS	4	Jul 21, 2001	Aachen, Germany
5	Win	5–0	Zdenek Zubko	KO	2 (6)	Jun 16, 2001	Budapest, Hungary
4	Win	4–0	Ramdane Kaouane	TKO	1 (4)	May 5, 2001	Braunschweig, Germany
3	Win	3–0	Bendele Ilunga	PTS	4	Apr 7, 2001	Hamburg, Germany
2	Win	2–0	Slavomir Dendis	KO	1 (4)	Feb 24, 2001	Hamburg, Germany
1	Win	1–0	Antonio Ribeiro	PTS	4	Jan 27, 2001	Munich, Germany	Professional debut

Personal life

Both of his parents were immigrants from Blagaj (near Mostar), Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a practicing Muslim. He is married to his wife Jasmina since 2007 and they have two children, Mahir and Nahla.

References

↑ Professional boxing record for Felix Sturm from BoxRec. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
↑ iht.com, Sturm wins decision over Sylvester
↑ Professional boxing record for Felix Sturm from BoxRec

External links

Felix Sturm's Official Website
Professional boxing record for Felix Sturm from BoxRec
Leverkusen Who's Who (German)

Achievements
Preceded by Héctor Javier Velazco	WBO Middleweight Champion September 13, 2003 – June 5, 2004	Succeeded by Oscar De La Hoya
Preceded by Maselino Masoe	WBA Middleweight Champion Regular Title March 11, 2006 – July 15, 2006	Succeeded by Javier Castillejo
Preceded by Javier Castillejo	WBA Middleweight Champion April 28, 2007 – March 23, 2010 Promoted	Succeeded by Gennady Golovkin Interim Champion Promoted as Regular Champion
Vacant Title last held by Jermain Taylor	WBA Middleweight Super Champion March 23, 2010 – September 1, 2012	Succeeded by Daniel Geale
Preceded by Darren Barker	IBF Middleweight Champion December 7, 2013 – May 31, 2014	Succeeded by Sam Soliman
Preceded by Fedor Chudinov	WBA Super Middleweight Super Champion February 20, 2016 – present	Incumbent

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 86036120 GND: 137862989

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