Tough dog: Felix Sturm (left) takes revenge against Sükrü Altay. Image: dpa
The boxer Felix Sturm is back in the ring after his prison sentence. The story of someone who doesn’t surrender to fate, but takes it in his fists.
Felix Sturm was once a big name in boxing as a world champion. Felix Sturm currently no longer wears any of the world champion belts that are lucrative in prize boxing. But with his vita he is a champion in a discipline that is valued in this country: allowing himself to be seen failing, fueled by the boulevard. After all, Sturm is a convicted tax evader and doping sinner who has served his prison sentence and is therefore allowed to box again next Saturday. In addition, he, who boxed his way into millions in his prime, is, according to his own statements in court, “wealthy”. It’s obviously about nothing on Saturday in Ludwigsburg, but for Sturm it’s about a lot, a lot.
52 fights in 22 years as a prizefighter are in his bones. After eleven years and 186 fights as an amateur boxer. Those who rise so high and fall so low meet sports fans who take a thieving delight in watching heroes fail. Sturm does not appear in the mild light in which Boris Becker is allowed to make his comeback on the sidelines of the court after the fall from grace. Sturm’s native name is Adnan Catic. He is the son of solid Bosnian immigrants who landed in Leverkusen decades ago.
