Adnan Catic AKA Felix Sturm (born on January 31, 1979 in Leverkusen) is a German middleweight boxer of Bosnian heritage. January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Map of Germany showing Leverkusen Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
On January 27, 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 the fight to Jermain Taylor. January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every two years and alternating between Summer and Winter Games. ... Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australias largest and oldest city (founded in 1788). ... Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor (born August 11, 1978, Little Rock, AR) is the current undisputed Middleweight champion. ...
After 16 successful matches, Sturm won the WBO Inter-Continental Middleweight Title on May 10, 2003. On September 13, 2003 he replaced the injured Bert Schenk in a title bout against Argentinian Hectór Javier Velazco and surprisingly won the match. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sturm defended the title against Rubén Varón Fernández from Spain, but was finally defeated on June 5, 2004 by Oscar de la Hoya. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oscar De La Hoya (born February 4, 1973) —nicknamed the Golden Boy— is a Mexican-American boxer who won the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. ...
Felix dominated the fight, he bloodied Varon’s nose and cut him over the right eye in the middle rounds, and outworked him and landed the sharper punches throughout the fight.
Felix has been scheduled to fight on the undercard of this event at Berlin’s Estrel Convention Center, and was a late substitute for his stablemate, WBO No. 1 ranked Bert Schenk, who was injured in training and withdrew.
Sturm is a mystery to most American boxing fans, and when he was announced as De La Hoya's next ring assignment, visions of past European washouts Patrick Charpentier and Morrade Hakkar danced -- or backpedaled -- through their minds.
Sturm's hand speed is impressive: a frame-by-frame examination shows his jab takes 1/6 of a second to travel from its normal defensive position to his opponent's chin, slightly slower than Oscar's jab in the Mosley rematch.
Sturm is at his best moving forward behind his jab in a controlled manner (as he did against Varon last December), but Velazco's aggressiveness forced Sturm into immediate retreat.
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