On September 1, 2012, Daniel Geale (27-1, 15 KOs), the middleweight IBF champion, and the middleweight WBA (Super) champion Felix Sturm (37-2-2, 16 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Daniel Geale is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Osumanu Adama, 5 months and 25 days ago. Felix Sturm is on a 1-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate, with his last fight being a 9th round RTD win over Sebastian Zbik, 4 months and 19 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 98.5-1.5 in favor of Daniel Geale. Felix Sturm won't be able to do much against Geale.
Daniel Geale defeated Felix Sturm via split decision and unifies the IBF and WBA (Super) middleweight titles. Geale improves his record to 28-1, while Sturm adds a loss to his record at 37-3-2.