Sturm tests positive for Banned substance

Former Middleweight & Super Middleweight world champion, Felix Sturm has tested positive for a banned substance following his title winning fight with Fedor Chudinov on February 20th, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.

“I’ve been tested hundreds of times in my career and always the results were negative,” said Sturm, who has been tested as a professional as well during an amateur career that culminated with an appearance in the 2000 Olympics. “The fact that after two months such news comes and the [Germany boxing commission] wasn’t informed — how can this be? I will bring in the lawyers and open the ‘B’ sample.”

“At first I was shocked,” Sturm told the German news agency SID. “This is all very strange. I was tested hundreds of times tested in my career, with both blood and urine samples. There has never been anything and I have an absolutely clear conscience. I did not work 26 years for this. I always like to fight in the ring like a lion.”

WBA president Gilberto Mendoza told ESPN.com that the status of Sturm’s world title will remain unchanged until such time that the ‘B’ sample test comes back positive.

“[Sturm] will exercise his right to open the ‘B’ sample,” Mendoza said. “I will let every boxer and his team make their defense cases. However, reviewing the past cases all boxers who tested positive have being stripped.”