Felix Sturm, a former middleweight and super middleweight champion, is looking to eclipse his standing as a five-time beltholder.

At the age of 42 and with two young children at home, Sturm could certainly enjoy a quiet life away from the spotlight and the rigorous training regime a professional fighter has to endure to be successful.

But Sturm is highly motivated to chase down another world title.

On March 26, Sturm, who is two fights into a comeback after a four-year layoff from the sport, will enter the ring for the 52nd time as a professional prizefighter.

Sturm will take part in an IBO super middleweight title eliminator, against the IBO's Intercontinental titleholder István Szili. The event will take place at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany.

If victorious against Szili, Sturm is tentatively scheduled to fight for the IBO championship in the second half of 2022 at the 60.000-seat Veltins-Arena, home of German football club FC Schalke 04.

“I was born to fight, and I will do everything in my power to become world champion again," Sturm said.

“March 26 will be the first step towards that goal. I have a great team in my corner with my trainer and friend Maurice Weber and my new promoter, LIB Boxpromotion. I can promise all my fans that big things are still to come in my career.“

The event on March 26 will mark the first collaboration between the five-time champion and the newly founded LIB Boxpromotion.

Real estate mogul Ludger Inholte, a lifelong boxing fan himself and the owner and founder of LIB Boxpromotion, wants to reintroduce Germany as one of the leading powers in the world of boxing, alongside the United States and Great Britain, and to bring big time boxing back to the center stage of Germany’s sports culture.

Sturm is going to assist Inholte in developing young and talented fighters to eventually establish them.