WBA 160 lb titlefight: STURM VS. GEVOR. RBR and discussion.

[TheGreatA]

Didn't you say though, that Asikainen wasn't really very good?
I seem to recall that.

Gevor's a decent fighter. I mean he really only lost to the top of the heap at 154 and 160...

I picked Gevor to win but I was somewhat surprised at the result. Gevor is not really a big puncher but he had no problem putting Asikainen away. Asikainen seemed to lack durability.

Asikainen's fights with Sylvester are excellent and punishing fights.

I hope to see Asikainen work his way to another fight with Sylvester who will likely end up winning the IBF title soon (unless he gets caught by Lorenzo).

If Gevor ends up beating Sturm (which is unlikely), Asikainen's loss won't look so bad after all.

[Guest]

Asikainen's fights with Sylvester are excellent and punishing fights.

I will check them out.

Rewatching Carabajal-Gonzales for the 18th time right now

[BattlingNelson]

I will check them out.

Rewatching Carabajal-Gonzales for the 18th time right now

Nice choice with Carbajal. I haven't seen that in many years. I doubt if I even have it any more.

[BattlingNelson]

Vid of the weigh-in here:

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Sturm weighed in at 159.1
Gevor at 159.6

[The Hammer]

Couple of other interesting fights:

Sebastain Zbik vs. Dominico Spada for the interim WBC middleweight title.
Gennady Golovkin vs. John Anderson Carvalho.

I don't know why Universum/Spotlight has Golovkin fighting mediocre opponents. He should be fighting for that interim title today, he's clearly a class above the skillful but feather-fisted Zbik and Spada.

The best middleweights most people have never heard of: Gennady Golovkin and Dmitry Pirog.

[AintGottaClue]

stum really needs this win and fight someone, i think everyones pateince is running thin with him, AA leaving for that turney doesnt help, hes gotta come to america and fight pavlik or go up in wieght

[The Hammer]

Hopefully we'll be able to find a stream for these fights.

I imagine ZDF will be showing the Zbik-Spada interim title fight as well as the Sturm-Gevor main event.

[freedom213]

havent heard of some of these guys but I hope they are good and revitalize the division

[ggurtin]

Hopefully we'll be able to find a stream for these fights.

I imagine ZDF will be showing the Zbik-Spada interim title fight as well as the Sturm-Gevor main event.

They actually usually show Golovkin too. He is the ***el of the universum stable. I'd say if you include guys like him Dirrell and Ward as prospects he is a top 10 p4p prospect. Too bad we don't see him in the States.

I'd also like to see a bit of the Perdomo tune-up

[catalinul]

Any preliminary results?

Anyone knw what Christian Hammer did?