World Boxing Association middleweight champion Felix Sturm (33-2-1, 14 KO’s) will now be facing middleweight contender Giovanni Lorenzo (29-2, 21 KO’s) instead of Ricardo Mayorga on September 4th at the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. In some ways, this is a better opponent than Mayorga, because at least the 29-year-old Lorenzo is ranked at number #4 by the IBF. Oddly enough, Lorenzo isn’t ranked in the top 15 by the WBA, which makes me wonder why he was selected for Sturm. Perhaps a much better choice for Sturm would be number #2 ranked WBA middleweight contenders Gennady Golovkin or #3 ranked contenders Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam. Even number #1 ranked contender Anthony Mundine would be a better option than Lorenzo, although I don’t quite agree with Mundine being ranked at number #1 because he hasn’t fought anyone worth noting in quite some time. Sturm hasn’t fought in over a year since beating Khoren Gevor last year in July. Sturm has been busy in dealing with promotional issues but now is finally clear of that problem and is ready to fight again. http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/07/sturm-to-fight-lorenzo-on-september-4th-news/
