The Myth of Sven Ottke

[TheManchine]

who is Ottke best win, Mundine.

could say the same thing about kessler

[Flawless]

could say the same thing about kessler

I do

[pesticid]

Mundine maybe

Years ago I was on another forum and people were making fun of Ottke. I had never seend him fight but I was curious if really everybody he was fighting was winning and then him getting the gift decisions. I got the two Brewer fights and Sven Ottke won them clearly, and I have a lot of respect for Brewer as a fighter.

[pesticid]

could say the same thing about kessler

Hey I love the sig that you've done. You've made the coolest sig and it's John Ruiz, that's impressive. Do you take sig request?

[IMDAZED]

Many people on here regard Ottke as a joke but was he really that bad?

Sven Ottke turned pro late after wins over Antonio Tarver, Chris Byrd, Michael Moorer, Zsolt Erdei and Juan Carlos Gomez to name a few finishing with 256-47-5 in the Amateurs. After turning pro he debuted on a 6 rounder against not so bad opponents and fought his first 10 rounder after only 8 fights, I think the decent opponents early contributed to his lack of KOs on his record which is fair enough, right?

Whilst Ottke was obviously not an unbeatable fighter, he still managed to rack up quite a few good wins; Glen Johnson, Anthony Mundine, Charles Brewer (x2), Byron Mitchell, Mads Larsen and Robin Reid.


Albeit he had some very close decisions at times, he certainly isn't a bum as he is frequently made out on here. WAR OTTKE!

Ottke was an excellent fighter its rumoured he got more than his fair share of homecooking. Traveling wasn't his thing. Still, can't argue with his accomplishments - he does have some pretty decent names on his dossier while they were still pretty decent. A shame he and Calzaghe couldn't ever get it together.

[warp1432]

No he lost to Brewer, Reid, Johnson, and anyone good he faced off against. He was **** and always will be.

[The Hammer]

Let's not forget how protected he was. Or the fact that he got how many (?) gift wrapped decisions?

Mayweather has been very protected, never fighting outside the US for his title fights. He's had his home refs (Cortez) and judges (Floyd vs. Castillo I).

But we don't hear much about THAT...

[TheManchine]

Hey I love the sig that you've done. You've made the coolest sig and it's John Ruiz, that's impressive. Do you take sig request?

thanks alot,

its only the second one ive done,

i dont really take requests but i could try making another good one

im not sure if i could make one as good but ill give it a shot,

who have you got in mind

[warp1432]

In the US, atleast they don't rob obvious knockdowns (big knockdowns, not whimpy ones like Mayweather-Judah) and then deduct a point to the other guy a couple seconds later.

Also, Hopkins wasn't protected. He fought everyone out there at Middleweight. Even if you think he was, Bernard and Mayweather haven't got like 6 billion gift decisions.

When Ottke fights, it's like christmas in whatever month he fights in. The judges might as well have a santa beard and hat on.

[pesticid]

thanks alot,

its only the second one ive done,

i dont really take requests but i could try making another good one

im not sure if i could make one as good but ill give it a shot,

who have you got in mind

Well, I'll pay you that's for sure, I have in mind The ***** from Snatch or Brad Pitt.

I think you could do smth cool with it. What do you say?