Overview
- Felix Sturm lost his planned farewell fight to Granit Stein by split decision in Stuttgart on Saturday and confirmed he will retire and not pursue a rematch.
- Two judges scored for Stein while one scored for Sturm, a result that ringside observers and members of Sturm’s team called controversial.
- Stein boxed aggressively and was penalized in the sixth round for a headbutt with a warning and a point deduction that figures say shaped the final score.
- Sturm accepted the defeat calmly in the ring and with friends afterward, saying he had kept his promise to retire for his family.
- Sturm leaves a 56‑fight career with five world titles and a mixed public legacy shaped by a 2016 positive steroid test and a 2020 criminal sentence.