Career
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.
Stieglitz had an amateur record of 80–10.
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 vacated the WBC International belt June 22, 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.
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. lieutenant was a slow start of both fights and little less action but Stieglitz started this fight in style in the second round. He then made successful defenses against Khoren Gevor and Henry Weber.
Trilogy versus
Arthur Abraham Stieglitz then lost the ship to Arthur Abraham on August 25, 2012. The change was approved by the WBO. 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.