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Felix Sturm Record

43-7-3
Total Fights53
Wins43
Losses7
Draws3
No-Contests0
Title Wins5
Title Defenses13
Title-Fight KOs5
KO Wins18
KO Losses1
Felix Sturm Record & Stats
Felix Sturm's Record
Felix Sturm's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Felix Sturm's boxing record?

      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.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      53Feb 18, 202344Sukru AltayWinMD
      52Mar 26, 202243Istvan SziliLossMD
      51Jun 19, 202142James KraftWinUD
      50Dec 19, 202041Timo RostWinUD
      49Feb 20, 201637Fedor ChudinovWin *MD
      48May 9, 201536Fedor ChudinovLoss *SD
      47Nov 8, 201435Robert StieglitzDrawSD
      46May 31, 201435Sam SolimanLoss *UD
      45Dec 7, 201334Darren BarkerWin *TKO2
      44Jul 6, 201334Predrag RadoševićWinTKO4
      43Feb 1, 201334Sam SolimanLossUD
      42Sep 1, 201233Daniel GealeLoss *SD
      41Apr 13, 201233Sebastian ZbikWin *RTD9
      40Dec 2, 201132Martin MurrayDraw *SD
      39Jun 25, 201132Matthew MacklinWin *SD
      38Feb 19, 201132Ronald HearnsWin *TKO7
      37Sep 4, 201031Giovanni LorenzoWin *UD
      36Jul 11, 200930Khoren GevorWin *UD
      35Apr 25, 200930Koji SatoWin *TKO7
      34Nov 1, 200829Sebastian SylvesterWin *UD
      33Jul 7, 200829Randy GriffinWin *UD
      32Apr 5, 200829Jamie PittmanWin *TKO7
      31Oct 20, 200728Randy GriffinDraw *SD
      30Jun 30, 200728Noé González AlcobaWin *UD
      29Apr 28, 200728Javier CastillejoWin *UD
      28Dec 2, 200627Gavin ToppWinTKO6
      27Jul 15, 200627Javier CastillejoLoss *TKO10
      26Mar 11, 200627Maselino MasoeWin *UD
      25Jun 18, 200526Jorge SendraWinUD
      24Mar 5, 200627Bert SchenkWinTKO2
      23Dec 4, 200425Hacine CherifiWinKO3
      22Sep 18, 200425Robert FrazierWinUD
      21Jun 5, 200425Oscar De La HoyaLoss *UD
      20Dec 20, 200324Ruben VaronWin *UD
      19Sep 13, 200324Héctor Javier VelazcoWin *SD
      18Jul 12, 200324Roberto Mario VecchioWinTKO5
      17May 10, 200324Tshepo MashegoWinUD
      16Mar 8, 200324Javier Alberto MamaniWinUD
      15Nov 23, 200223Lorant SzaboWinUD
      14Oct 5, 200223Anton LascekWinTKO3
      13Sep 14, 200223Terry TockWinKO1
      12Jul 20, 200223Gyorgy BugyikWinTKO2
      11Apr 6, 200223Didier Nkuku MupekoWinPTS
      10Dec 15, 200122Robert DavisWinPTS
      9Nov 24, 200122Mario LuppWinKO1
      8Nov 3, 200122Francesco PerniceWinTKO4
      7Sep 29, 200122Anthony IvoryWinPTS
      6Jul 21, 200122Mustapha StiniWinPTS
      5Jun 16, 200122Zdenek ZubkoWinKO2
      4May 5, 200122Ramdane KaouaneWinTKO1
      3Apr 7, 200122Bendele IlungaWinPTS
      2Feb 24, 200122Slavomir DendisWinKO1
      1Jan 27, 200121Antonio RibeiroWinPTS

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      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.

      Championships

      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.

      Title Wins

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Feb 20, 2016Fedor ChudinovSuper-middleweightWBA (Super)MD
      Dec 7, 2013Darren BarkerMiddleweightIBFTKO
      Apr 28, 2007Javier CastillejoMiddleweightWBAUD
      Mar 11, 2006Maselino MasoeMiddleweightWBAUD
      Sep 13, 2003Héctor Javier VelazcoMiddleweightWBOSD

      Title Defenses

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Apr 13, 2012Sebastian ZbikMiddleweightWBA (Super)RTD
      Dec 2, 2011Martin MurrayMiddleweightWBA (Super)SD (draw)
      Jun 25, 2011Matthew MacklinMiddleweightWBA (Super)SD
      Feb 19, 2011Ronald HearnsMiddleweightWBA (Super)TKO
      Sep 4, 2010Giovanni LorenzoMiddleweightWBA (Super)UD
      Jul 11, 2009Khoren GevorMiddleweightWBAUD
      Apr 25, 2009Koji SatoMiddleweightWBATKO
      Nov 1, 2008Sebastian SylvesterMiddleweightWBAUD
      Jul 7, 2008Randy GriffinMiddleweightWBAUD
      Apr 5, 2008Jamie PittmanMiddleweightWBATKO
      Oct 20, 2007Randy GriffinMiddleweightWBASD (draw)
      Jun 30, 2007Noé González AlcobaMiddleweightWBAUD
      Dec 20, 2003Ruben VaronMiddleweightWBOUD

      Title Losses

      Felix Sturm has lost four world-title defense fights, and lost a total of four titles in these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      May 31, 2014Sam SolimanMiddleweightIBFUD
      Sep 1, 2012Daniel GealeMiddleweightWBA (Super)SD
      Jul 15, 2006Javier CastillejoMiddleweightWBATKO
      Jun 5, 2004Oscar De La HoyaMiddleweightWBOUD

      Highlights

      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.

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