Former IBF MW champion Felix Sturm takes on veteran Sam Soliman in an eliminator. Belt holder is Daniel Geale who took the title from Sturm in Germany last year.
I like how German media ponder that Sturm's only chance could be to secure a fight against Golovkin. Oh the irony!
I think he should retire (and I won't miss him). He is showing clear signs of age and obviously he is disliked by the judges (and perhaps other poeple in the background).
Output or not and knockdown aside, Sturm had Soliman wobbling nearly half a dozen times. He almost couldn't miss with the right hook.
He definitely had him hurt many times, but it is up to judges from there. Statistically I think Soliman landed at least twice as Sturm and throw triple..
I don't know... Maybe I am just disappoint. I like Sturm and I wanted him to dominate this and rematch Geale... he didn't look very good.
Sturm slowed down a lot. His output is really low. It never was that good, but this is even below his standard.
You can make the case for Sturm, but I think Soliman won the fight, and I like Sturm.. Sturm looked much better against Geal, and actually I think he won that fight.
Golovkin would take out both guys under 5...
Output or not and knockdown aside, Sturm had Soliman wobbling nearly half a dozen times. He almost couldn't miss with the right hook. What saved Soliman was his stamina and constant lateral movement.
They got tired of robbing dudes for Sturm. They got him out of there and now it'll be Golovkin fighting in Germany full time.
Sturm gets no favours from judges. He had a draw last year in a fight he should have won.
Sturm slowed down a lot. His output is really low. It never was that good, but this is even below his standard.
You can make the case for Sturm, but I think Soliman won the fight, and I like Sturm.. Sturm looked much better against Geal, and actually I think he won that fight.
Golovkin would take out both guys under 5...
WTF was that?! I had it 116-111 Sturm, and I hate the guy! This is embarrassing, even for the "sport" of boxing...
Here's my scorecard, I'm pretty confident about the way I scored it, I really didn't feel it was a hard fight to score.
R1: 10-9 Sturm
R2: 10-8 Sturm (knockdown)
R3: 10-9 Sturm
R4: 10-9 Sturm
R5: 10-9 Soliman
R6: 10-9 Sturm
R7:10-9 Soliman
R8: 10-9 Sturm
R9: 10-9 Sturm (close round)
R10: 10-9 Sturm
R11: 10-9 Soliman
R12: 10-9 Soliman
HAHAHAHAHA, WTF was that? Buffer was like "the winner is......from Germany.......SAM SOLIMAN"
He must have been thinking to himself, there is no way Sturm isn't the winner....this is Germany for crying out loud.
WTF was that?! I had it 116-111 Sturm, and I hate the guy! This is embarrassing, even for the "sport" of boxing...
I'm speechless. This was the wrong winner. And in Germany of all places!!