arthur said he would give him 1.5M to fight but he already had two fights lined up, one tommorw and his mandatory vs miranda arthur has no open time right now to fight sturm, and it was smart to turn down taylors fight for 750k it was in taylors backyard, if vegas judges gave 2 fights to taylor agaisnt hopkins how bad could they screw sturm in AK, hell winky wright wouldnt even fight taylor in his backyard thats why it went to a purse bid and now taylor/winky is at the fedex forums
Not sure why you brought the State of Alaska (AK) into this, as Jermain has never fought there professionally. Also, Memphis IS in Jermain's backyard. Sturm was avoiding an asswhip'n, plain and simple. Pretty smart move on his part, actually. He wants to protect his German fanbase, and he wouldn't be doing that by getting dropped to canvas in the 6th round by the Middleweight Champ of the World.