Famous German ex-boxer Felix Sturm gets jail time for tax evasion. He received 3 years - a decision was made by the Cologne District Court on Thursday, April 30.

The 41-year-old Sturm was found guilty of concealing a total of about 1 million euros from the tax authorities in 2008-2010 and 2013, writes Bild. However, he was acquitted of tax evasion in 2011 and 2012. In total, the boxer was accused of tax evasion of about 5.8 million euros in the period from 2008 to 2015.

The assault was arrested at a fitness fair in April 2019 and held in custody for about 8 months.. Before Christmas Eve 2019, he was released on bail of 300 thousand euros. Now he will have to return to prison, although the defense can appeal the verdict..

Sturm was the world middleweight champion in WBO (2003-2004), WBA (2006-2012 and 2016) and IBF (2013-2014).

The German held his last fight in February 2016 against Russian Fedor Chudinov, defeating him by a separate decision of the judges. However, a prohibited substance was later found in his doping test..

The fight was for the title of " But the WBA did not begin to annul the fight and return the title to Chudinov, leaving the belt vacant.