By Ruslan Chikov

The WBA's super champion at middleweight, Felix Sturm, has signed a lucrative six fight deal with television network Sat1. Two of Sturm's recent fights have appeared on the network. The bout with Giovanni Lorenzo generated 5,270,000 viewers, and the recent knockout of Ronald Hearns brought in 4,740,000 viewers. The high viewership numbers convinced the sports director Sven Froberg to lock Sturm in for further fights.