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On a big night at the fights at Koenig Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen last evening, Felix Sturm and Segiy Dzinziruk handled dangerous opponents and retained world titles.
Sturm, 36-0 (22), proved the superiority of his skills as he kept challenger Sebastian Sylvester at arm’s length with the jab over the second half of the bout and managed to punish the European titlist when distance was closed as he cruised to the fifth defense of his WBA Middleweight title.
Sylvester, 29-3 (14), managed to get to Sturm early but couldn’t keep up the high energy approach and fell behind, chasing the champion and eating Sturm’s jab enroute to a 119-109, 118-110 twice loss.
WBO Light Middle titlist Dzinziruk, 36-0 (22), had trouble with the massive power shots of Colombian challenger Joel Julio, 34-2 (31), in the early going but the Ukrainian southpaw began to time his opponent and avoid the big punches in return to bring home the points decision 117-111 and 116-112 twice.
Argentine light welter slugger Marcos Rene Maidana, 25-0 (24) put out another opponent on the undercard, spearing Mexico’s Silverio Ortiz, 19-12 (9), with a body shot, producing a second round KO.
