On April 28, 2007, Javier Castillejo (61-6, 42 KOs), the middleweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Felix Sturm (26-2, 12 KOs).
Javier Castillejo is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate; his last fight was a 11th round TKO loss to Mariano Natalio Carrera, 4 months and 26 days ago. Felix Sturm is on a 1-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Gavin Topp, 4 months and 26 days ago.
The winning odds are at 79.2-20.8 in favor of Javier Castillejo. It is going to be a competitive fight and Felix Sturm will put up a very good fight, but Castillejo will prevail.
Felix Sturm defeated Javier Castillejo via unanimous decision in the rematch and wins the WBA title. Sturm improves his record to 27-2, while Castillejo adds a loss to his record at 61-7.