The next opponent for Sturm?

**vercingetorix3** · 10-06-2009, 10:22 AM

Originally posted by Benncollinsaad

Who will/should be his next opponent? Should he challenge a young lion like Pirog or Macklin?? Or should he focus on the titleholders? There aren't many left right now. Has anybody claimed Abraham's old belt yet?

Fight winner of Pavlik-Williams.

**Silencers** · 10-06-2009, 10:24 AM

Why should be challenge Macklin or Pirog? He's the champion. Macklin vs Pirog seems to be in the works anyways which would eliminate them in the immediate future and I think the winner will target Sebastian Sylvester who recently beat Giovanni Lorenzo for Abraham's old belt, Sturm beat Sylvester not that long ago.

And Sturm has this promotional problem going on which could keep him out of the ring for a while if it gets nasty. I know Mundine was pretty interesting in fighting him but Mundine is fighting in October and has been ordered to fight Geale again early next year so unless he dumps the IBO belt, he'll be busy. I agree that there aren't too many options for him out there for the immediate future.

Maybe he can rematch Gevor, but he might view that fight as being too dangerous or fight Zbik but I think they're both promoted by Universum which is the company Sturm is trying to get out of.

**Benncollinsaad** · 10-06-2009, 10:26 AM

I see now that Sylvester holds the IBF title. He's already beaten Sylvester by wide UD, so I dunno if there is a point in fighting him again. Maybe. He should def fight the winner of Pavlik-Williams if he wants to really step up.

**Ryn0** · 10-06-2009, 10:29 AM

The only fight that remotely interests me would be Sturm-Pavlik/Williams winner which he would lose IMO.

He can't move up to SMW cause he wouldn't be able to touch the champions there....

**Zarco** · 10-06-2009, 12:26 PM

well hes in a bit of promotional trouble right now, so lets wait and see how that settles down and who becomes his promoter.

**BattlingNelson** · 10-06-2009, 01:18 PM

Originally posted by Zarco

well hes in a bit of promotional trouble right now, so lets wait and see how that settles down and who becomes his promoter.

Yeah. Sturmhas nothing planned as he's in the middle of what could be an ugly divorce from Universum.

He just beat his mandatory in Gevor, so there'll be no forced fights this year against no.1 contender Anthony Mundine. Sturm has talked about getting a fight in the states possibly against Winky Wright but nothing is in the works.

The next opponent for Sturm?