¨Mr. Boxing¨ Felix Sturm doesn't need to prove anything at this point, he can fight whoever he wants. He's already a German Legend:bart
Sturm will handselect a bum for his voluntary, we all know that and should not be surprised. The IBF rankings look like this: 1. Sam Soliman 2. NOT RATED 3. Daniel Geale So the next mandatory will probably have to be fought within a year.
Be fair, AA just won the belt this month and is defending it already against a guy whose only loss is a 12 round decision against Sakio Bika You have what is likely to be Abrahams Mandatory in James Degale so he will have to fight him this year at some point that is if Degale wants the fight but even if not then Mikkel Kessler is ranked 5th (below Paul Smith . . . . how did he get so ****ing high up the rankings?!?!) which would be a huge fight in Germany but i digress : Felix Sturm was actually talking about fighting Abraham at one point IBF Rankings : 1 Sam Soliman Australia 3 Daniel Geale Australia 4 Patrick Nielsen Denmark 5 Daniel Jacobs United States 6 Martin Murray England 7 Billy Joe Saunders England 8 David Lemieux Canada 9 Eamonn O'Kane Northern Ireland 10 Hassan N'Dam Cameroon 11 Curtis Stevens United States 12 Predrag Radosevic Montenegro 13 Jarrod Fletcher Australia 14 Caleb Truax United States 15 Andy Lee Personally id like to see him in with Geale/Golovkin/Murray but quite possibly we will see Lemieux/Fletcher or a Soliman rematch