Boxing: Ex-champion Sturm loses to Soliman

Sturm, 34, suffered a second consecutive defeat in Duesseldorf on Friday night.


Afp February 03, 2013

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.

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