Cologne, Germany – Felix Sturm retained his WBA middleweight title Friday when Sebastian Zbik's corner threw in the towel after nine rounds of their scheduled 12-round bout.
Sturm (37-2-2) was coming off a 12-round draw with Martin Murray in December and remained unbeaten since 2006 with the TKO of his fellow German.
Zbik (30-2) remained winless in two title fights and lost for the first time in 26 bouts in his home country.
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