Adnan Catic
(born 31 January 1979), known professionally as Felix Sturm
, is a German middleweight boxer. He is the current WBA middleweight world champion. Sturm was born and raised in Germany while both of his parents were immigrants from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sturm is fluent in German, Bosnian and English.
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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 world championship. All three judges scored the fight 114-113 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. De la Hoya was scheduled to fight
Bernard Hopkins in September 2004 in a multimillion dollar pay-per-view event in which Hopkins’ WBC, WBA, and IBF middleweight titles were on the line. A de la Hoya loss in a tune up fight would have soured those plans. Since both fights were held in Las Vegas it was assumed that the fight was given to de la Hoya in order to make the super fight profitable. On 18 September 2004 de la Hoya lost the WBO title to Hopkins in a 9th round knockout. De la Hoya’s share of the purse was $30 million dollars.
On 11 March 2006, Sturm defeated
Maselino Masoe for the "regular"
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 on 28 April 2007 by a twelve round unanimous decision in Oberhausen.
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.
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On July 11, 2009 he defeated his title against
Khoren Gevor in
Nuremberg,
Germany in 12 rounds.
Amateur career
Highlights included:
- 1997 2nd place at Light Middleweight in German National Championships, losing to Jurgen Brahmer 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
Boxing record
s of {{MONTHNAME 2009
[], Sturm has compiled a professional record of 32 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw.
| Result
| Record
| Opponent
| Type
| Date
| Round
| Location
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| Win
| 33-2-1
| GevorKhoren Gevor
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 12
| Nürburg, Germany
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| Win
| 32-2-1
| SatoKoji Sato
| TKO
| {{dts/core
| 7
| Krefeld, Germany
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| Win
| 31-2-1
| SylvesterSebastian Sylvester
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 12
| Oberhausen, Germany
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| Win
| 30-2-1
| GriffinRandy Griffin
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 12
| Halle, Germany
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| Win
| 29-2-1
| PittmanJamie Pittman
| TKO
| {{dts/core
| 7
| Düsseldorf, Germany
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| Draw
| 28-2-1
| GriffinRandy Griffin
| PTS
| {{dts/core
| 12
| Halle, Germany
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| Win
| 28-2
| AlcobaNoe Gonzalez Alcoba
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 12
| Stuttgart, Germany
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| Win
| 27-2
| CastillejoJavier Castillejo
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 12
| Oberhausen, Germany
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| Win
| 26-2
| ToppGavin Topp
| TKO
| {{dts/core
| 6
| Berlin, Germany
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| Loss
| 25-2
| CastillejoJavier Castillejo
| TKO
| {{dts/core
| 10
| Hamburg, Germany
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| Win
| 25-1
| MasoeMaselino Masoe
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 12
| Hamburg, Germany
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| Win
| 24-1
| SendraJorge Sendra
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 12
| Pula, Croatia
|
| Win
| 23-1
| SchenkBert Schenk
| TKO
| {{dts/core
| 2
| Leverkusen, Germany
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| Win
| 22-1
| CherifiHacine Cherifi
| KO
| {{dts/core
| 3
| Berlin, Germany
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| Win
| 21-1
| FrazierRobert Frazier
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 12
| Leverkusen, Germany
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| Loss
| 20-1
| OscarOscar De La Hoya
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 12
| Las Vegas, USA
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| Win
| 20-0
| VaronRuben Varon
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 12
| Kiel, Germany
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| Win
| 19-0
| VelazcoHector Javier Velazco
| Decision (Split)
| {{dts/core
| 12
| Berlin, Germany
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| Win
| 18-0
| VecchioRoberto Mario Vecchio
| TKO
| {{dts/core
| 5
| Leverkusen, Germany
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| Win
| 17-0
| MashegoTshepo Mashego
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 10
| Stuttgart, Germany
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| Win
| 16-0
| MamaniJavier Alberto Mamani
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 10
| Hannover, Germany
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| Win
| 15-0
| SzaboLorant Szabo
| Decision (Unanimous)
| {{dts/core
| 8
| Dortmund, Germany
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| Win
| 14-0
| LascekAnton Lascek
| TKO
| {{dts/core
| 3
| Debrecen, Hungary
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| Win
| 13-0
| TockTerry Tock
| KO
| {{dts/core
| 1
| Braunschweig, Germany
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| Win
| 12-0
| BugyikGyorgy Bugyik
| TKO
| {{dts/core
| 2
| Dortmund, Germany
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| Win
| 11-0
| MupekoDidier Nkuku Mupeko
| PTS
| {{dts/core
| 6
| Hamburg, Germany
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| Win
| 10-0
| DavisRobert Davis
| PTS
| {{dts/core
| 6
| Berlin, Germany
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| Win
| 9-0
| LuppMario Lupp
| KO
| {{dts/core
| 1
| Hamburg, Germany
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| Win
| 8-0
| PerniceFrancesco Pernice
| TKO
| {{dts/core
| 4
| Lübeck, Germany
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| Win
| 7-0
| IvoryAnthony Ivory
| PTS
| {{dts/core
| 6
| Hamburg, Germany
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| Win
| 6-0
| StiniMustapha Stini
| PTS
| {{dts/core
| 4
| Aachen, Germany
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| Win
| 5-0
| ZubkoZdenek Zubko
| KO
| {{dts/core
| 2
| Budapest, Hungary
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| Win
| 4-0
| KaouaneRamdane Kaouane
| TKO
| {{dts/core
| 1
| Braunschweig, Germany
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| Win
| 3-0
| IlungaBendele Ilunga
| PTS
| {{dts/core
| 4
| Hamburg, Germany
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| Win
| 2-0
| DendisSlavomir Dendis
| KO
| {{dts/core
| 1
| Hamburg, Germany
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| Win
| 1-0
| RibeiroAntonio Ribeiro
| PTS
| {{dts/core
| 4
| Munich, Germany
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References
- iht.com, Sturm wins decision over Sylvester