Some news on Felix Sturm for those who care...

First a sum up...
Felix last fought and won in July last year against Khoren Gevor.Some time after that he told the press that he would never again want to fight for his stable Universum...I think he was pissed not getting any big fights(similar to Zsolt Erdei...)or better said that Universum didn't provide any big name fights for him...so he wanted to get out of his contract,but Universum so far insisted that his contract runs till 2012 and didn't show any desire to let Felix go...Still Sturm did managed to get a 20 million euro deal for 10 fights with another company(I've forgotten the name,but apparently they represent numerous athletes of different sport areas)and will be most probably be trained by Freddy Roach,after some disagreements with his former trainer...

Today this was on fightnews.com...

Sturm rejects mandatory defense

WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm has declared in lieu of an oath before Hamburg District Court that under no circumstances will he take part in the mandatory title defence bout required by the WBA against the number two in the world rankings, Gennady Golovkin, and his legal representative in court has furthermore declared Sturm’s willingness to voluntarily lay down his WBA title, if necessary.
This follows an application to the court by Universum on 19 February 2010 for an injunction order to prevent Sturm from arranging or taking part in a fight against Golovkin without Universum’s involvement. Sturm had previously refused out of court to make a cease-and-desist declaration to this end. Sturm’s attorney for the proceedings had claimed in a written submission to the court on 15 February 2010 that defaulting on the fight would entail a loss of image and a huge loss of earnings for the boxer, as well as having irreparable effects on his sporting career. As Sturm’s declaration to the court yesterday makes it clear that the Sturm vs. Golovkin fight will not take place, Universum’s injunction petition has become groundless and has thus been withdrawn.
This does not affect the main proceedings also pending before Hamburg District Court in which Felix Sturm hopes to obtain a ruling that his exclusive contract with Universum, valid until November 2012, was effectively ended by his termination of it without notice on 4 August, 2009. Universum, meanwhile, filed a counterclaim to this on 28 January, 2010 to move the court to oblige Sturm to cooperate in the arrangement and execution of the boxing matches set up by Universum under the contract and to refrain from breaching the contract by negotiating and participating in autonomously-arranged boxing matches.
A decision on this matter is not expected for some months.

More on Sturm vs. Universum

Today, WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm and his lawyers declared that a bout with mandatory challenger Gennady Golovkin will not happen under any possible circumstances. As a result, Universum withdraw their request for a restraining order against any Sturm-Golovkin fight without Universum’s involvement. According to Sturm’s management and lawyer Sebastian Cording, who successfully got the Klitschko brothers out of a Universum contract, those proceedings are a partial win for Sturm in his legal battle with Universum because Universum withdrew their motion instead of having the court discharge it after Sturm testified. “If you withdraw”, Cording said in a press release, “it is the same as a loss in court. This is a partial victory for Sturm.”
“Their [Universum’s] press release was just a try to make things look good for them”, Sturm said to Fightnews.com over the phone. “However, it was a successful day for us. Now I can start to prepare for my next fight without worrying. I am excited about my upcoming title defense.” No date or an opponent has been set for Sturm’s return to ring as of now.






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