Felix Sturm Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-2, 15 KO’s) is looking to get permission from the World Boxing Association to bypass his mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin in order to take on #2 World Boxing Association ranked contender and former WBC middleweight champion Sebastian Zbik (30-1, 10 KO’s) on April 13th, according [...]

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 [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Andy Lee (27-1, 19 KO’s) could be the next challenger for WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-2, 15 KO’s) on April 13th in Germany.

By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Ricky Hatton is urging WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-2, 15 KO’s) to give his man Martin Murray (23-0-1, 10 KO’s) a rematch so that he can try and prove that he’s the better fighter after Murray failed in his title shot last month in fighting to a 12 [...]

By William Mackay: 33-year-old former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Jermain Taylor (29-4-1, 18 KO’s) returned to the ring last night and showed little signs of rust in stopping Jessie Nicklow (22-3-3, 8 KO’s) in the 8th round of a scheduled 10 round bout at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California.

After recently hearing that Felix Sturm has announced the date of his next fight (April 13th) in Germany, I would like to make it known I still have not heard anything of a rematch. Maybe their team have not discussed opponents but I’m here, Felix, ready and waiting.

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight champion Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 16 KO’s) is reportedly interested in facing WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-2, 15 KO’s) next on April 13th, and is even willing to travel to Sturm’s home country of Germany to make the fight happen.

By Jason Kim: WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-2, 15 KO’s) will reportedly be returning to the ring on April 13th to defend his World Boxing Association strap in a still to be determined venue in Germany. As of yet, there still isn’t an opponent for that date, but don’t expect it to [...]

MARTIN MURRAY has urged World Boxing Association (WBA) super world middleweight champion Felix Sturm to give him an immediate return.

By Dallan O’ Donnell: Martin Murray last night stunned the boxing world by giving Felix Sturm the fight of his life in their WBA middleweight world title fight in Germany. Although it seemed a mismatch on paper, with Murray only having 23 fights and being a professional for just four years Murray proved everyone wrong [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Making his 11th title defense of his World Boxing Association title, WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-2, 15 KO’s) held onto his title on Saturday night by fighting to a 12 round draw against British challenger Martin Murray (23-0-1, 10 KO’s) at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany.

By Peter Wells: In tonight’s big title fight another Brit travels to Germany to face the formidable World Boxing Association (WBA) Middleweight king Felix Sturm. Martin Murray is undefeated but also untested, and in Germany the challenge just seems to be that bit to big.

By Scott Gilfoid: On Friday night boxing fans are going to see a good textbook case for why it’s not a good reason to coddle a fighter against B and C level fighters too long when we see unbeaten Martin Murray (23-0, 10 KO’s) face WBA World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s) at [...]

By Chris Holbourne: This weekend there is not just the one British Murray in action. There is John Murray preparing to face to Brandon Rios state side, but in Germany Martin Murray will go toe to toe with WBA World middleweight champion Felix Sturm.

By Scott Gilfoid: If you were to pick a middleweight contender that you felt was good enough to unseat WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s), few boxing fans would likely choose underdog Martin Murray (23-0, 10 KO’s) as the guy that could get the job done.

By Scott Gilfoid: It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to understand that Britain’s Martin Murray (23-0, 10 KO’s) is out of his depth in his December 2nd world title fight against WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s) when they go at it at the SAP-Arena in Mannheim, Germany.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s) faces #3 ranked World Boxing Association challenger Martin Murray (23-0, 10 KO’s) on December 2nd at the SAP=Arena in Mannheim, Germany.

MARTIN MURRAY will have the Army fighting his corner when he challenges World Boxing Association (WBA) super world middleweight champion Felix Sturm in December. The British, Commonwealth and WBA inter-continental champion meets the German idol in Mannheim on Friday December 2.

By Scott Gilfoid: It really pains me to say this but I think Martin Murray (23-0, 10 KO’s) won’t do any better against WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s) than Matthew Macklin did last June. Sturm took Macklin’s early onslaught in the first five rounds and then turned up the heat [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s) faces his second consecutive British opponent on December 2nd when he defends his World Boxing Association title against the unbeaten but terribly inexperienced number #3 ranked WBA contender Martin Murray (23-0, 10 KO’s) at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany.

MARTIN MURRAY will challenge World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight champion Felix Sturm later this year. St Helens’ British, Commonwealth and WBA intercontinental champion meets the German superstar at the SAP Arena, Mannheim on Friday 2nd December.

By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) is eying a March 2012 against former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KO’s) after Macklin received a low rematch offer from World Boxing Association (WBA) Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm. Supposedly Sturm asked for options on Macklin’s future fights, as much as [...]

Matthew Macklin emerged on the wrong side of a highly controversial split decision when he challenged for Felix Sturm’s World Boxing Association (WBA) world middleweight title in Cologne on June 25. Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, who was covering the fight for EPIX, a U.S. television channel, said that the decision was a “highway [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (32-3, 26 KO’s) plans on returning to the middleweight division in November after a disastrous showing in the Super Six tournament recently at super middleweight.

By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) is blowing his chance for a rematch against World Boxing Association (WBA) Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s) by reportedly missing two contract deadlines during the recent negotiations with Sturm’s management according to fightnews.

New York, NY – July 25, 2011 – MSG Network announced today that it will re-telecast the contentious boxing match between Felix Sturm and Matthew Macklin as part of its “Boxing Wednesdays” weekly summer programming schedule. The fight, which originally aired on EPIX, will debut on MSG Network on Wednesday, July 27 at 9:00 p.m.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s) said in a press release that he’s leaving November 25th or 26th open for a rematch with Macklin. The fighters fought to a 12 round split decision on June 25th with Sturm winning the fight on two of the judges’ scorecards by [...]

By Simon Hirst: Some very good boxing was on offer last night to warm the tastebuds of next week’s fight of the year. Three interesting matches with different expectations for all of them. Brook’s test against N’dou was to see how good Brook was. Macklin had his first world title shot to see if he [...]

By Ben James: Now that the dust has settled after last nights war between WBA Super World Middleweight title fight between champion Felix Sturm and challenger Matthew Macklin, it is clear that Felix Sturm looked past Macklin and did not seem to take the hungry Brit seriously.

By Peter Wells: Well first of all I’d like to start on a bright note, as Matthew Macklin and Felix Sturm gave us a great 12 rounds of boxing which was truly an honour to watch. It was a champions performance from Macklin and when the final bell went it looked certain that he’d done [...]