After his victory over Maselino Masoe first speculations on Felix Sturm’s future opponents quickly surfaced.  However, the WBA champion sticks to his principle – Sturm wants to fight against the best opposition of his weight class, and opponents won’t be selected rash.

"I would like to step into the ring against the best", Felix Sturm said after winning his second world title in front of seven million people watching live on ZDF on March 11 at Color Line Arena of Hamburg.

"Of course we are proud of Felix’ victory and we are already looking forward to the next Sturm [German for “storm”] in the ring," Universum CEO Klaus-Peter Kohl predicted. "However, we won’t make rash selections of his next opponent. We will consider all options and then select the pairing which is most attractive for the boxers and for the crowd.”

Klaus-Peter Kohl reacts to speculations that Felix Sturm would allegedly shortly fight against IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham. However, it was irritating to Universum and other observers, that an offer was given to the media before it was given to the Universum management. This sort of public solo walk by other promoters doesn’t rattle Universum.

"Felix always stressed that he wants to challenge or be challenged by the worldwide best boxers of his class.  I’m confident that we will soon know who is in this group", Kohl said.

Currently Universum Box-Promotion prepares for it’s next event in Kiel. Female featherweight world champion Ina Menzer, light heavyweight contender Thomas Ulrich, and heavyweight forces Alexander Dimitrenko and Sinan Samil Sam will step into the ring on April 8 at Ostseehalle of Kiel near the Baltic Sea.

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