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Total Fights | 53 |
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Wins | 43 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 3 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 5 |
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Title Defenses | 13 |
Title-Fight KOs | 5 |
KO Wins | 18 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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22 years into his professional boxing career, Felix Sturm has fought 53 times with 43 wins, 7 losses, and 3 draws.
Sturm's boxing record is currently 43-7-3, which includes five world-title wins and 13 successful title defense fights at the middleweight weight division. He has a 34% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 18 of his total 53 fights being knockout wins, five of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Sturm's career is a 10th round TKO loss to Javier Castillejo in a middleweight title fight.
His latest fight was a 10-round majority decision victory over Sukru Altay on February 18, 2023.
Some of Sturm's best fights and notable victories include wins over Darren Barker, Fedor Chudinov, Javier Castillejo, Maselino Masoe, and Sebastian Sylvester.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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53 | Feb 18, 2023 | 44 | Sukru Altay | Win | MD |
52 | Mar 26, 2022 | 43 | Istvan Szili | Loss | MD |
51 | Jun 19, 2021 | 42 | James Kraft | Win | UD |
50 | Dec 19, 2020 | 41 | Timo Rost | Win | UD |
49 | Feb 20, 2016 | 37 | Fedor Chudinov | Win * | MD |
48 | May 9, 2015 | 36 | Fedor Chudinov | Loss * | SD |
47 | Nov 8, 2014 | 35 | Robert Stieglitz | Draw | SD |
46 | May 31, 2014 | 35 | Sam Soliman | Loss * | UD |
45 | Dec 7, 2013 | 34 | Darren Barker | Win * | TKO2 |
44 | Jul 6, 2013 | 34 | Predrag Radošević | Win | TKO4 |
43 | Feb 1, 2013 | 34 | Sam Soliman | Loss | UD |
42 | Sep 1, 2012 | 33 | Daniel Geale | Loss * | SD |
41 | Apr 13, 2012 | 33 | Sebastian Zbik | Win * | RTD9 |
40 | Dec 2, 2011 | 32 | Martin Murray | Draw * | SD |
39 | Jun 25, 2011 | 32 | Matthew Macklin | Win * | SD |
38 | Feb 19, 2011 | 32 | Ronald Hearns | Win * | TKO7 |
37 | Sep 4, 2010 | 31 | Giovanni Lorenzo | Win * | UD |
36 | Jul 11, 2009 | 30 | Khoren Gevor | Win * | UD |
35 | Apr 25, 2009 | 30 | Koji Sato | Win * | TKO7 |
34 | Nov 1, 2008 | 29 | Sebastian Sylvester | Win * | UD |
33 | Jul 7, 2008 | 29 | Randy Griffin | Win * | UD |
32 | Apr 5, 2008 | 29 | Jamie Pittman | Win * | TKO7 |
31 | Oct 20, 2007 | 28 | Randy Griffin | Draw * | SD |
30 | Jun 30, 2007 | 28 | Noé González Alcoba | Win * | UD |
29 | Apr 28, 2007 | 28 | Javier Castillejo | Win * | UD |
28 | Dec 2, 2006 | 27 | Gavin Topp | Win | TKO6 |
27 | Jul 15, 2006 | 27 | Javier Castillejo | Loss * | TKO10 |
26 | Mar 11, 2006 | 27 | Maselino Masoe | Win * | UD |
25 | Jun 18, 2005 | 26 | Jorge Sendra | Win | UD |
24 | Mar 5, 2006 | 27 | Bert Schenk | Win | TKO2 |
23 | Dec 4, 2004 | 25 | Hacine Cherifi | Win | KO3 |
22 | Sep 18, 2004 | 25 | Robert Frazier | Win | UD |
21 | Jun 5, 2004 | 25 | Oscar De La Hoya | Loss * | UD |
20 | Dec 20, 2003 | 24 | Ruben Varon | Win * | UD |
19 | Sep 13, 2003 | 24 | Héctor Javier Velazco | Win * | SD |
18 | Jul 12, 2003 | 24 | Roberto Mario Vecchio | Win | TKO5 |
17 | May 10, 2003 | 24 | Tshepo Mashego | Win | UD |
16 | Mar 8, 2003 | 24 | Javier Alberto Mamani | Win | UD |
15 | Nov 23, 2002 | 23 | Lorant Szabo | Win | UD |
14 | Oct 5, 2002 | 23 | Anton Lascek | Win | TKO3 |
13 | Sep 14, 2002 | 23 | Terry Tock | Win | KO1 |
12 | Jul 20, 2002 | 23 | Gyorgy Bugyik | Win | TKO2 |
11 | Apr 6, 2002 | 23 | Didier Nkuku Mupeko | Win | PTS |
10 | Dec 15, 2001 | 22 | Robert Davis | Win | PTS |
9 | Nov 24, 2001 | 22 | Mario Lupp | Win | KO1 |
8 | Nov 3, 2001 | 22 | Francesco Pernice | Win | TKO4 |
7 | Sep 29, 2001 | 22 | Anthony Ivory | Win | PTS |
6 | Jul 21, 2001 | 22 | Mustapha Stini | Win | PTS |
5 | Jun 16, 2001 | 22 | Zdenek Zubko | Win | KO2 |
4 | May 5, 2001 | 22 | Ramdane Kaouane | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Apr 7, 2001 | 22 | Bendele Ilunga | Win | PTS |
2 | Feb 24, 2001 | 22 | Slavomir Dendis | Win | KO1 |
1 | Jan 27, 2001 | 21 | Antonio Ribeiro | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Felix Sturm (The Fighter) is a 45-year old German professional boxer. He was born in Leverkusen, West Germany on January 31, 1979. He is a two-weight-class world champion.
Sturm made his professional boxing debut against Antonio Ribeiro at the age of 21 on January 27, 2001, defeating Ribeiro via 4 round PTS. He went on to win 19 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 9 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on September 13, 2003 after 18 professional fights, against Héctor Javier Velazco for the middleweight WBO title. He defeated Velazco via 12 round split decision to become the middleweight champion of the world.
Sturm has won five world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Sturm's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Sturm has had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a non-title bout against Sukru Altay on February 18, 2023. Sturm won the fight via 10 round majority decision. It's been 1 year, 2 months, and 1 day since this fight.
Sturm has had a total of 23 world-title fights till today, which includes winning five world titles and 13 successful title defenses. He won 16 of these fights, lost five, and drew in two.
Felix Sturm has fought for world titles in seven fights and won five of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. Till today, he has won five belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Feb 20, 2016 | Fedor Chudinov | Super-middleweight | WBA (Super) | MD |
Dec 7, 2013 | Darren Barker | Middleweight | IBF | TKO |
Apr 28, 2007 | Javier Castillejo | Middleweight | WBA | UD |
Mar 11, 2006 | Maselino Masoe | Middleweight | WBA | UD |
Sep 13, 2003 | Héctor Javier Velazco | Middleweight | WBO | SD |
Felix Sturm has had 17 middleweight world-title defense fights. He won 13 of them and lost four times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Apr 13, 2012 | Sebastian Zbik | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | RTD |
Dec 2, 2011 | Martin Murray | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | SD (draw) |
Jun 25, 2011 | Matthew Macklin | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | SD |
Feb 19, 2011 | Ronald Hearns | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | TKO |
Sep 4, 2010 | Giovanni Lorenzo | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | UD |
Jul 11, 2009 | Khoren Gevor | Middleweight | WBA | UD |
Apr 25, 2009 | Koji Sato | Middleweight | WBA | TKO |
Nov 1, 2008 | Sebastian Sylvester | Middleweight | WBA | UD |
Jul 7, 2008 | Randy Griffin | Middleweight | WBA | UD |
Apr 5, 2008 | Jamie Pittman | Middleweight | WBA | TKO |
Oct 20, 2007 | Randy Griffin | Middleweight | WBA | SD (draw) |
Jun 30, 2007 | Noé González Alcoba | Middleweight | WBA | UD |
Dec 20, 2003 | Ruben Varon | Middleweight | WBO | UD |
Felix Sturm has lost four world-title defense fights, and lost a total of four titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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May 31, 2014 | Sam Soliman | Middleweight | IBF | UD |
Sep 1, 2012 | Daniel Geale | Middleweight | WBA (Super) | SD |
Jul 15, 2006 | Javier Castillejo | Middleweight | WBA | TKO |
Jun 5, 2004 | Oscar De La Hoya | Middleweight | WBO | UD |
Sturm has fought a total of 53 times till today, which includes 23 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These six fights are the highlight of his career.
September 13, 2003: Sturm wins his first world title by defeating Héctor Javier Velazco via 12 round split decision. He is now the WBO middleweight world champion.
March 11, 2006: Sturm wins the WBA middleweight title from Maselino Masoe, by beating Masoe via 12 round unanimous decision.
April 28, 2007: Sturm wins the WBA middleweight title from Javier Castillejo, by beating Castillejo via 12 round unanimous decision.
November 1, 2008: Sturm successfully defends the WBA middleweight title against Sebastian Sylvester, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
December 7, 2013: Sturm wins the IBF middleweight title from Darren Barker, by beating Barker via 2nd round TKO.
February 20, 2016: Sturm wins the WBA (Super) super-middleweight title from Fedor Chudinov, by beating Chudinov via 12 round majority decision.
Sturm has knocked out 18 of his 53 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 34%. Of his total 43 wins, 18 of them have been via KO (41.9%).
Sturm's first world-title win was the WBO belt at middleweight. He defeated Héctor Javier Velazco via 12 round split decision to win the title.
As of April 2024, Sturm has won five world titles at two weight classes.
Sturm has had a total of 17 title defense fights so far. He was successful 13 times and lost four times.