Boxing: Ex-champion Sturm loses to Soliman
Sturm, 34, suffered a second consecutive defeat in Duesseldorf on Friday night.
BERLIN:
Former world middleweight boxing champion Felix Sturm of Germany has lost to another Australian, after Sam Soliman claimed a unanimous points-victory in their IBF middleweight title eliminator.
Sturm, 34, suffered a second consecutive defeat in Duesseldorf on Friday night having lost his WBA crown to Australia’s Daniel Geale last September. The former champion suffered the fourth loss of his career after a plucky display by Soliman, to whom the judges awarded the fight 116-111, 114-113, 114-113, to give the 39-year-old Australian a record of 43 wins, 17 KOs and 11 defeats. “I can’t get inside the judges’ heads, I am just a boxer,” said a disappointed Sturm after his defeat.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 3rd, 2013.
Former world middleweight boxing champion Felix Sturm of Germany has lost to another Australian, after Sam Soliman claimed a unanimous points-victory in their IBF middleweight title eliminator.
Sturm, 34, suffered a second consecutive defeat in Duesseldorf on Friday night having lost his WBA crown to Australia’s Daniel Geale last September. The former champion suffered the fourth loss of his career after a plucky display by Soliman, to whom the judges awarded the fight 116-111, 114-113, 114-113, to give the 39-year-old Australian a record of 43 wins, 17 KOs and 11 defeats. “I can’t get inside the judges’ heads, I am just a boxer,” said a disappointed Sturm after his defeat.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 3rd, 2013.