Felix Sturm
German boxer
Adnan Ćatić (born 31 January 1979), known as Felix Sturm, is a Bosnian professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, at middleweight and super-middleweight. As an amateur, he won a gold medal at the 2000 European Championships in the light-middleweight division.
Amateur career
Highlights
1997 2nd place at Light Middleweight in German National Championships, losing to Jürgen Brähmer on points
1998 German National Light Middleweight champion, defeating Jorg Rosomkiewicz
1999 competed at the World Championships in Houston, United States; as a Light Middleweight. Results were:
Defeated Andrei Tsurkan (Ukraine) points
Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan) points
1999 German National Light Middleweight champion, defeating Jorg Rosomkiewicz
2000 1st place at Light Middleweight at European Championships in Tampere, Finland. Results were:
Defeated Karoly Balzsay (Hungary) points
Defeated Miroslaw Nowosada (Poland) points
Defeated Dmitri Usagin (Bulgaria) points
Defeated Andrei Mishin (Russia) 3-1
Represented Germany at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Results were:
Defeated Dilshod Yarbekov (Uzbekistan) points
Defeated Richard Rowles (Australia) TKO 3
Lost to Jermain Taylor (United States) points
He finished his amateur career with a record of 143 wins and 10 losses.
Professional career
Early career
On 27 January 2001, Sturm made his debut as a professional boxer facing Antonio Ribeiro from Angola. Six months earlier he had qualified for the Olympic Games in Sydney, but lost his fight to future middleweight champ Jermain Taylor.
After 16 successful matches, Sturm won the WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title on 10 May 2003.
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