On November 1, 2008, Felix Sturm (30-2-1, 13 KOs), the middleweight WBA champion, defends his title against fellow German challenger, Sebastian Sylvester (29-2, 14 KOs).
Felix Sturm is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Randy Griffin, 3 months and 25 days ago. Sebastian Sylvester is on a 8-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, with his last fight being a 12th round KO win over Javier Castillejo, 6 months and 20 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Felix Sturm at 99-1 winning odds. Sebastian Sylvester really doesn't have much to present against Sturm.
Felix Sturm defeated Sebastian Sylvester via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA middleweight title. Sturm improves his record to 31-2-1, while Sylvester adds a loss to his record at 29-3.