Felix Sturm: record, next fight and profile →
As reported on BoxingScene.com on Wednesday, former IBF World Middleweight champion, Australian boxer Sam Soliman, has won a longstanding battle for justice against Germany’s Boxing Commission (BDB).
Roland Bebak, manager of Felix Sturm, has confirmed that his fighter has decided to vacate his World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight title. Due to an lingering elbow injury, Bebak says the boxer is unable to defend his title.
World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight Felix Sturm, who is suspected of doping, will finally open his B-sample on October 12 at the Institute of Biochemistry of Sports in Cologne. This was stated in a letter to the court in Cologne.
Felix Sturm is finally on the verge of his losing his WBA super middleweight title, according to Umar Kremlev, manager of Russian 168-pound contender Fedor Chudinov
German prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation against WBA super middleweight champion Felix Sturm because of doping. Cologne prosecutor Daniel Vollmert says Sturm is suspected of violating Germany's new anti-doping law.
According to multiple sources in Germany, former middleweight and super middleweight world champion Felix Sturm (40-5-3, 18KOs) has left the country and moved to Bosnia, according to the boxer's manager Roland Bebak.
According to Umar Kremlev, manager of Russian super middleweight contender Fedor Chudinov, the World Boxing Association (WBA) will return the world title to his fighter in two weeks time. They are also in talks to face WBO super middleweight Gilberto Ramirez.
It may not have made headlines over here but in Germany it is a major boxing scandal. One of their favourite fighters, Felix Sturm, faces being stripped of his World Boxing Association super-middleweight belt after failing a drug test following his split decision victory against Fedor Chudinov in February.
This past weekend the news stunned a lot of people, when it was revealed that WBA super middleweight world champion Felix Sturm tested positive for stanozolol after winning his world championship rematch with Russia's Fedor Chudinov.
Umar Kremlev of Patriot, who is part of the promotional team to Fedor Chudinov, expects his fighter to reclaim the WBA world title and his undefeated record.