{"id":630210,"date":"2026-06-10T00:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630210\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T00:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T00:33:12","slug":"felix-sturm-i-promised-my-family-this-is-my-final-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/630210\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix Sturm: &#8220;I Promised My Family&#8221; This Is My Final Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add EBoxing News 24as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m 47 years old and have been doing this sport for 36 years,\u201d Sturm said. \u201cI always wanted to say goodbye in my own way, in a manner that my fans deserve and that I owe them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While fighters have often reversed retirement decisions in the past, Sturm stated that his family played a major role in ensuring this one would be permanent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy family has had to do without me a great deal over the years,\u201d Sturm said. \u201cThere are things that money can\u2019t buy, including character and one\u2019s word. I promised my family that this will be my last fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The choice of venue carries particular significance for the German boxing veteran. Sturm captured four world titles at the Porsche Arena during his career and described the Stuttgart venue as a second home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Porsche Arena is like a second home to me,\u201d Sturm said. \u201cI became world champion four times here. The atmosphere has always been exceptional. I\u2019m looking forward to boxing in this setting again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the event has largely been promoted as a celebration of Sturm\u2019s career, opponent Granit Stein made it clear he has no intention of playing a supporting role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I started boxing, Felix Sturm was one of my role models,\u201d Stein said. \u201cBeing able to box against him is something very special. But role models eventually fade away. Now I\u2019m looking forward to facing him and beating him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stein views the bout as an opportunity to establish himself on a larger stage after years of work outside the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA fight like this is confirmation of everything I\u2019ve invested in recent years,\u201d Stein said. \u201cThe discipline, the hard work, the sacrifices. That\u2019s what you work for as a boxer. I want to show people who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sturm, 47, has compiled a record of 45-6-3 during a career that included world titles across multiple reigns. His final fight against Stein is scheduled for July 11 at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Galm is a boxing journalist who has covered the global fight landscape since 2014, specializing in heavyweight analysis, industry trends, and fighter psychology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m 47 years old and have been doing this sport for 36 years,\u201d Sturm said. \u201cI always wanted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-630210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}