Robert Stieglitz: record, next fight and profile →
This is the fight Germany has been waiting for: the Super-Fight between Four-Time World Middleweight Champion Felix Sturm and Two-Time World Super Middleweight Champion Robert Stieglitz is on! It will be a battle between two of the most successful professional prizefighters from Germany when the pair will meet inside the ring at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart on November 8, 2014.
According to multiple sources in Germany, former champions Felix Sturm and Robert Stieglitz will collide on November 8th at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany. The fight is going to take place at a catch-weight between 160 and 168. Sturm (39-4-2, 18KOs) was last seen in May, losing his IBF middleweight title to Sam Soliman by way of a twelve round unanimous decision. Stieglitz (47-4, 27KOs) first saw action in March, dropping his WBO super middleweight title by split decision in a trilogy bout with Arthur Abraham. He returned in July to stop Sergey Khomitsky in ten rounds.
23-year old Christina Hammer (18-0, 8 KOs) moved one division to the south and acquired a vacant WBO light middleweight title after her opponent - French kayo terror Anne Sophie Mathis - was DQ'ed in the fourth round of scheduled ten. Hammer had previously held WBO and WBF titles in the middleweight division for almost four years and defended them short of ten times. Mathis, ex-WBC/WBA light welterweight champion, is best known for her two-fight rivalry with American Holly Holm and her loss to Cecilia Braekhus in 2011-2012. She is now 27-4, with 23 KOs.
Former WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (46-4) faces Sergey Khomitsky (29-10-2) for the WBO I/C title in the headliner of SES show in Dessau (Germany) on July 26. Stieglitz´s goal is the become mandatory challenger for the WBO held title held by Arthur Abraham and Khomitsky, # 9 on the WBO ratings and holder of the organization´s European title, is the first step.
Former WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz headlines SES' show in Dessau on July 26. Stieglitz will fight an opponent to be announced for the vacant WBO I/C title and is of course looking to become mandatory challenger for Arthur Abraham and set up a fourth fight between the two. This is Robert´s first fight since losing the WBO crown on a close decision to Abraham on March 1.
This past Saturday night at the GETEC Arena in Magdeburg, "King" Arthur Abraham became a super middleweight champion for a second time when he reclaimed the WBO super middleweight crown from domestic rival Robert Stieglitz in their third meeting. Two judges sided with Abraham 114-111 and 115-110, while a third saw it for Stieglitz by one point. All three judges had identical scores from the fifth round forward.
"King" Arthur Abraham, who landed 36% of his power punches, rallied in the late rounds to recapture the WBO super middleweight championship in the trilogy showdown with Robert Stieglitz. Stieglitz landed an average of just nine punches per round.
The third fight between Arthur Abraham and Robert Stieglitz ended in a split decision in Magdeburg, Germany, on Saturday night. This time Abraham won, taking back the WBO super-middleweight title he lost to his fellow German in March last year. Clark Sammartino of the United States and Paul Thomas of Britain scored it 114-111 and 115-110 for Abraham. American Michael Pernick had it 113-112 in favour of the defending champion.
WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz went 148 of 603 (25%) in first fight to 138 of 554 (25%) for 'King' Arthur Abraham. Stieglitz also had a 114-74 edge in power punches landed in first fight. The rematch was all Stieglitz, as Abraham's left eye was swollen shut by the third round. Stieglitz landed 32 of 57 power shots (56%) in round three. Abraham landed 27 punches the entire fight!
GETEC Arena, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany - Arthur Abraham (39-4, 28KOs) won a twelve round split decision over Robert Stieglitz (46-4, 26KOs) to reclaim the WBO super middleweight crown in their anticipated trilogy battle. The scores were 113-112 for Stieglitz, 115-110 for Abraham and 114-111 for Abraham. They first met in August of 2012, with Abraham winning a twelve round unanimous decision to take the WBO title from Stieglitz. Last March, Stieglitz got revenge with a fourth round TKO of Abraham, who had a severely swollen eye and was unable to continue.