Robert Stieglitz


Sergey Shtikhlits, best known as Robert Stieglitz, is a German former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017. He held the WBO super-middleweight title twice between 2009 and 2014, and the European light-heavyweight title from 2016 to 2017.

Early life

Stieglitz is part of the German diaspora that exists in Russia, and his original surname of Shtikhlits is a Russified version of the German surname Stieglitz, which he now uses. He himself has said that, even when living in Russia, he always felt foreign and he felt German. Stieglitz went to live in Germany as soon as he got the chance.

Amateur career

Stieglitz had an amateur record of 80 wins and 10 losses.

Professional career

After accumulating a record of 31-1, Stieglitz then suffered his second loss to Mexico's Librado Andrade in eight rounds at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California in an IBF super-middleweight title eliminator. Stieglitz won the vacant WBC International super-middleweight title on December 9, 2008 in Sölden to previously unbeaten Lukas Wilaschek.

WBO super-middleweight champion

Stieglitz vacated the WBC International on 22 June 2009 to fight Karoly Balzsay for the WBO super-middleweight title. At the end of round ten, as a groggy and beaten Balzsay barely wobbled back to his corner, Balzsay's trainer Fritz Sdinek called for help and Balzsay was quickly taken from the ring to the hospital on a stretcher with his neck in a neck brace. Stieglitz recorded a fifth-round technical knockout of Ruben Eduardo Acosta to retain his WBO super-middleweight title. The fight was stopped at 1:48 to give Stieglitz the victory in his first defense. On April 17, 2010 he successfully defended his title in Magdeburg against Eduard Gutknecht.
Stieglitz retained his title with a hard-fought unanimous decision over his Mexican challenger Enrique Ornelas, Andrade's younger brother, at the Freiberger Arena in Dresden. It was a slow start of both fights and little less action but Stieglitz started this fight in style in the second round. The German champion progressed the fight with his sharp jab to give Ornelas some trouble but the Mexican also landed some precise and dangerous shots towards Stieglitz.
He then made successful defenses against Khoren Gevor and Henry Weber. Stieglitz was supposed to face former three-time titleholder Mikkel Kessler in his hometown of Copenhagen, Denmark to defend his 168-pound belt on April 14, 2012 but Kessler pulled out due to injury. Instead, he defended the title with a unanimous decision win over Nader Hamdan on May 5, 2012.

Stieglitz vs. Arthur Abraham trilogy

Stieglitz then lost the WBO super-middleweight title to Arthur Abraham on August 25, 2012. He would rebound with a win over Michal Nieroda on January 26, 2013 before avenging his loss to Abraham and regaining the WBO super-middleweight title with a fourth-round knockout on March 23, 2013.
His first defense in his second reign as WBO super-middleweight champion was a tenth-round TKO win over Yuzo Kiyota on July 13, 2013. The result was originally announced as a Technical Decision win for Stieglitz, but was changed to a TKO after the Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer examined the ending of the fight and concluded that Stieglitz did not accidentally headbutt Kiyota. The change was approved by the WBO.
His second defense in his second reign as WBO Champion was against Isaac Ekpo on October 19, 2013. Stieglitz won via unanimous decision.
A rubber match with Arthur Abraham took place on March 1, 2014, with the WBO super-middleweight title on the line once again. Stieglitz lost the bout via split decision.

Retirement

On 23 May 2017 he announced his retirement from professional boxing with a record of 50 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws. The retirement was injury-related, due to the various operations on his left hand and a shoulder injury which had not fully healed.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
57Draw50–5–2 Nikola SjekloćaSD1218 Mar 2017 Arena Leipzig, Leipzig, GermanyRetained European light-heavyweight title
56Win50–5–1 Mehdi AmarUD1212 Nov 2016 GETEC Arena, Magdeburg, GermanyWon European light-heavyweight title
55Win49–5–1 Ricardo Marcelo RamalloTKO5, 2:475 Mar 2016 Home Monitoring Aréna, Plzeň, Czech Republic
54Win48–5–1 Robert RosenbergRTD2, 3:0017 Oct 2015 Hospůdka Eden, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
53Loss47–5–1 Arthur AbrahamTKO6, 1:1418 Jul 2015 Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle, GermanyFor WBO super-middleweight title
52Draw47–4–1 Felix Sturm128 Nov 2014 Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart, Germany
51Win47–4 Sergey KhomitskyTKO10, 0:1226 Jul 2014 Anhalt Arena, Dessau, GermanyWon vacant WBO Inter-Continental super-middleweight title
50Loss46–4 Arthur AbrahamSD121 Mar 2014 GETEC Arena, Magdeburg, GermanyLost WBO super-middleweight title
49Win46–3 Isaac EkpoUD1219 Oct 2013 Leipzig Trade Fair, Leipzig, GermanyRetained WBO super-middleweight title
48Win45–3 Yuzo KiyotaTKO10, 0:4013 Jul 2013 EnergieVerbund Arena, Dresden, GermanyRetained WBO super-middleweight title
47Win44–3 Arthur AbrahamTKO4, 0:0123 Mar 2013 GETEC Arena, Magdeburg, GermanyWon WBO super-middleweight title
46Win43–3 Michal NierodaKO3, 1:4526 Jan 2013 Pabellón del Bon Pastor, Barcelona, Spain
45Loss42–3 Arthur AbrahamUD1225 Aug 2012 O2 World, Berlin, GermanyLost WBO super-middleweight title
44Win42–2 Nader HamdanUD125 May 2012 Messe, Erfurt, GermanyRetained WBO super-middleweight title
43Win41–2 Henry WeberUD1214 Jan 2012 Baden-Arena, Offenburg, GermanyRetained WBO super-middleweight title
42Win40–2 Khoren Gevor10, 2:459 Apr 2011 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, GermanyRetained WBO super-middleweight title;
Gevor disqualified for repeated fouls
41Win39–2 Enrique OrnelasUD1220 Nov 2010 Freiberger Arena, Dresden, GermanyRetained WBO super-middleweight title
40Win38–2 Eduard GutknechtUD1217 Apr 2010 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, GermanyRetained WBO super-middleweight title
39Win37–2 Ruben Eduardo AcostaTKO5, 1:489 Jan 2010 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, GermanyRetained WBO super-middleweight title
38Win36–2 Károly BalzsayTKO11, 0:1222 Aug 2009 SYMA Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest, HungaryWon WBO super-middleweight title
37Win35–2 Jindrich VeleckyUD1015 May 2009 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany
36Win34–2 Dmitri ProtkunasTKO4, 1:4710 Jan 2009 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany
35Win33–2 Lukas Wilaschek129 Dec 2008 Freizeit Arena, Sölden, AustriaWon vacant WBC International super-middleweight title
34Win32–2 Fawaz NasirTKO5, 1:3511 Jul 2008 Rundturnhalle, Cuxhaven, Germany
33Loss31–2 Librado AndradeTKO8, 1:5322 Mar 2008 Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California, US
32Win31–1 William GareUD1013 Oct 2007 Hermann-Gieseler-Halle, Magdeburg, Germany
31Win30–1 Marlon HayesUD82 Jun 2007 Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
30Loss29–1 Alejandro BerrioTKO3, 2:403 Mar 2007 StadtHalle, Rostock, GermanyFor vacant IBF super-middleweight title
29Win29–0 Eric HowardKO5, 2:5010 Oct 2006 T-Mobile Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
28Win28–0 Alejandro BerrioTKO11, 0:353 Dec 2005 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany
27Win27–0 Francis ChekaTKO5, 2:309 Jul 2005 Life Sportpark Herrenkrug, Magdeburg, GermanyRetained IBF Inter-Continental super-middleweight title
26Win26–0 Lawrence Chapman11, 3:0016 Apr 2005 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, GermanyRetained IBF Inter-Continental super-middleweight title
25Win25–0 Alexander ZaitsevUD1211 Dec 2004 Lausitz Arena, Cottbus, GermanyRetained IBF Inter-Continental super-middleweight title
24Win24–0 Yuri TsarenkaUD1218 Sep 2004 Hermann-Gieseler-Halle, Magdeburg, GermanyRetained IBF Inter-Continental super-middleweight title
23Win23–0 Djamel SeliniUD125 Jun 2004 Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, GermanyWon vacant IBF Inter-Continental super-middleweight title
22Win22–0 Galen BrownTKO7, 2:3721 Feb 2004 Ballhaus-Arena, Aschersleben, GermanyWon vacant IBF Youth super-middleweight title
21Win21–0 Marcin RadolaTKO1 29 Nov 2003 Lausitz-Arena, Cottbus, Germany
20Win20–0 Yuri BarashianUD1020 Sep 2003 Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, GermanyRetained IBF Youth light-heavyweight title
19Win19–0 Roman AramyanUD105 Jul 2003 Anhalt Arena, Dessau, GermanyRetained IBF Youth light-heavyweight title
18Win18–0 Jeno NovakKO4 25 Apr 2003 Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, Germany
17Win17–0 Dzianis SalomkaUD101 Mar 2003 Ballhaus-Arena, Aschersleben, GermanyRetained IBF Youth light-heavyweight title
16Win16–0 Sergey KaranevichUD1031 Oct 2002 Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, GermanyWon vacant IBF Youth light-heavyweight title
15Win15–0 Talal SantiagoTKO3, 2:1021 Sep 2002 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany
14Win14–0 Pavel CirokTKO4, 2:008 Jun 2002 Anhalt Arena, Dessau, Germany
13Win13–0 Marius Mihai DumitruKO2 11 May 2002 Circus Krone Building, Munich, Germany
12Win12–0 Laszlo DolgosTKO3, 1:2013 Apr 2002 Harzlandhalle, Ilsenburg, Germany
11Win11–0 Bruce OezbekUD616 Mar 2002 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany
10Win10–0 Laszlo DolgosTKO3 23 Feb 2002 Neu-Isenburg, Germany
9Win9–0 Terrence PalisoTKO2 5 Jan 2002 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany
8Win8–0 Roman NikodemKO3 8 Dec 2001 Glaspalast, Dessau, Germany
7Win7–0 Henry Mobio415 Sep 2001 Telde, Canary Islands
6Win6–0 Patrick MadzingaTKO2, 2:357 Jul 2001 Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, Germany
5Win5–0 Ondrej OlahTKO2 22 Jun 2001 Salzgitter, Germany
4Win4–0 Tomas Kugler4 8 Jun 2001 Berlin, Germany
3Win3–0 Karel FerencKO2 28 Apr 2001 Eisenbach, Germany
2Win2–0 Pavel Veprek1 22 Apr 2001 Berlin, Germany
1Win1–0 Petr Pokorny47 Apr 2001 Harzlandhalle, Ilsenburg, Germany