Some significant changes in this week's rankings: In the middleweight division, Daniel Geale adds the WBA title to his IBF strap with his split decision victory over Felix Sturm on Saturday. With the win, he moves up from #4 to #3 while Sturm falls to #4 from #3. Also at middleweight, Gennady Golovkin moves up to #6 from #8 after his TKO 5 win over Grzegorz Proksa. In … [Read more...]
Geal Outpoints Sturm, Unifies IBF and WBA titles
Koenig Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany-- IBF middleweight champ, Australia's Daniel Geale (28-1, 15 KOs) did the improbable and took a split decision victory from WBA titlist, Germany's Felix Sturm (37-3-2, 16 KOs) in Germany by scores of 116-112, 116-112, and 112-116. In the process, Geale became the unified IBF/WBA world champ. The bout was well … [Read more...]
Felix Sturm vs. Daniel Geale: The Boxing Tribune Preview
by Tim Harrison Long-time WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (37-2-2, 16 KOs) and IBF middleweight titlist Daniel Geale (27-1, 15 KOs) will unify their titles on Saturday night at the Keonig Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. Sturm is looking to make the thirteenth successful defense of the title he won from Javier Catillejo (who took it from Sturm two fights … [Read more...]
Felix Sturm and Daniel Geale to unify their titles on September 1
WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (37-2-2, 16 KOs) will take on IBF middleweight champion Daniel Geale (27-1, 15 KOs) in a rare middleweight title unification bout on September 1. The fight will take place in Germany at a venue to be named later. Sturm is looking to make the 13th consecutive successful defense of the title he won from Javier Castillejo in 2007. Sturm is … [Read more...]
Euro-Champ Malaise: The Growth of Boxing’s Protected Class
by Paul Magno Back in the 90's the WBO was slow to receive recognition as a "real" sanctioning body-- and that's saying something in the often skeezy world of professional boxing. The reason for the snub was due to the sanctioning body's perceived "friendly" matchmaking for their title holders. When it comes to sketchy matchmaking, a finger could be pointed at the WBC, … [Read more...]