By Dan Ambrose: Middleweight contender Andy Lee (27-1, 19 KO’s) is hoping that he gets picked by WBA World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-2, 15 KO’s) when he makes his next title defense in April or May. Lee, 27, has been mentioned as possible opponent for Sturm but there’s been no concrete offers made to Lee.

Lee told eastsideboxing.com’s On The Ropes Boxing Radio program “Yeah, there’s been a lot of talk, but I don’t know…If the offer was right I would definitely be willing to go over there…I don’t see much danger in Sturm. He has a good style. He’s a very effective boxer, but I believe I can knock Sturm out.”

Sturm, 32, has struggled in his last three fights against Ronald Hearns, Matthew Macklin and Martin Murray, not looking good in any of those fights. Surprisingly, he’s still the World Boxing Association champion despite appearing to lose to both Macklin and Murray. It shows you how hard it is to beat Sturm when he’s fighting at home in Germany. The only time in his career that Sturm lost at home was when he was stopped in the 10th round by Javier Castillejo in July 2006. Since then, Sturm has 13 times and looked to have been in three of those fights to Randy Griffin in their first fight in October 2007, and then by Macklin and Murray.

Lee likely won’t get a shot at Sturm’s style. He punches too hard and he has that southpaw stance that would likely give Sturm a great deal of problems. Instead of facing Lee, Sturm will likely choose one of the lower ranked contenders from the bottom of the division. He’s done this when not fighting his mandatories throughout his career and I can’t see it changing now. Look for Sturm to face #15 Mehdi Boudla or #14 Manny Siaca next.

Lee says that IBF middleweight champion Daniel Geale is a possibility for him to fight. He’d like it to take place in the United States.