Taylor against Sturm is next!!!

[czars_salad]

Taylor should take care of Sturm, will be a jab fest though.

i agree.. but sturm is a better jabber.. will this be a boring fight? i dont think so. sturm can be very active with his jabs while taylor would most likely counter. this fight will surely be a treat for fans who love sweet science.

anyway, i may hand this off to taylor

[mic573]

i agree.. but sturm is a better jabber.. will this be a boring fight? i dont think so. sturm can be very active with his jabs while taylor would most likely counter. this fight will surely be a treat for fans who love sweet science.

anyway, i may hand this off to taylor

Taylor is at his best when he's aggressive. He's not a very good counterpuncher. When he sits back and waits he is there to be hit as Hopkins showed in both of thier fights. Sturm would more than likely play the role of counterpuncher with Taylor being aggressive. It could actually be a good fight if Sturm can handle the strength and power advantages of Taylor and counter effectively.

[psychopath]

dunno if 750K is a good nuff money to motivate Sturm to cross the pond, how much money did he get fighting Oscar?

Sturm's a pretty decent fighter, very technical, has a good jab. he should give Taylor some trouble who has a bad habit of dropping his left like some sort of a measuring stick.


interesting fight, i hope they juke it out next year.

Forget about the money amigo. The undisputed title is on the line which is the ultimate dreams of every fighter and not everybody is being given such opportunity so Strum should jump on this opportunity. That is if he really believe he can defeat Taylor. If Sturm doesn't and make any excuses then he nothing but a regular fighter who doesn't have the balls to fight elite opposition. NO EXCUSES PLEASE!

[whdempsey]

Why is Taylor fighting ODLH retreads? Isn't Sturm a Jr. Middleweight?

No. He's never been. He's a natural-born middleweight. I don't know where you got that idea.

[whdempsey]

I agree with you that Taylor would most likely come out the victor. Taylor has more in his arsenal and throws his punches with more on them.

However, I disagree with the statement that Taylor possesses the better jab. From what I have seen of both fighters (about 3 Sturm fights and 8 or so Taylor fights), Sturm throws his jab straighter, quicker, and harder. Sturm gets his body into his jab and there isn't really a trigger for it (whereas Taylor does that whole bow and arrow deal sometimes). Taylors jab did not look good at all against Hopkins defense, and even though Sturms and Hop possess different defensive styles, both are pretty damned good.

I also think Taylors bad habit of swinging wide would help Sturm to see a few openings. I always thought Taylor was a very sharp puncher...maybe its just Hopkins defense that was making him look sloppy.

Anyway, I'd take Taylor by close decision, but Sturm does have a shot to outpoint him.

Fair enough. I think Taylor's jab is harder. Agree to disagree. About the rest, I think you're right on. Goos post.