Darren Barker vs Felix Sturm Round by Round Thread

[Russian Crushin]

Corner almost certainly stopped the fight because Barker looked injured

[Mk12345]

Barker is so ****ing vulnerable...

If he would've survived that round, his odds of winning the fight would've improved dramatically. Sturm's pace and Barker's body shots would've had Felix without stamina by the 5th.

yeah man.... whatever u say.

[kiaba360]

Sturm won the fight, my nightmare came true. Now the IBF belt is gonna be caught up in rematches for the next year.

[Mk12345]

Strum is not the fighter he was a few years ago but they saw barker as an easy scalp and that's why they paid all that money to get barker in the ring.

money well spent.

[Jloro]

Sturm won the fight, my nightmare came true. Now the IBF belt is gonna be caught up in rematches for the next year.

The belt will be abused and probably be involved in a few robberies lol

[HitBattousai]

Details, man, details.

I'm seeing talk of injuries and rabbit punches, was he hurt and the corner threw the towel in, or injured the towel got thrown?

In the first round Sturm set the tone quickly, landing two flush left hooks in the first ten seconds of the fight contrary to his usual style. He continued to fight aggressively throughout the round, countering Barker with that hook and a few solid right hands that seemed to shake Barker up at times during the round. Barker threw back throughout himself, and landed some decent body shots, but Sturm's guard was much tighter so Barker didn't land much quality stuff. In the second round Barker came out really fast himself, taking the fight right to Sturm with a high workrate trying to keep Sturm behind his guard. However, Barker got too close to Sturm, who caught him with a short counter right hand on the inside that hurt Barker badly, with the follow-up flurry dropping Barker. Barker beat the count, but was not in good shape. Despite this, Barker actually came after Sturm again with some shots, but once again got too close and Sturm countered him with the short right hand on the inside again, ultimately dropping Barker again. It was during this sequence that Sturm might have landed some borderline rabbit punches, though I think the punches were legit. Barker signaled to his corner while he was on the ground that his hip was messed up, and got up again, but it appeared his hip was making it very hard for him to move. Sturm went for the finish, throwing hard shots at a defensive Barker, and Barker's corner threw in the towel though Barker had responded by firing back at the time.

[Simurgh]

Sturm had many problems making the weight in the last few fights.

Only after Soliman fight he changed his diet and did it right. As I said before the fight - ready Sturm is MUUCH different fighter than the one who fought Geale/Soliman.

If he stays in this form he can beat them all except GGG and Martinez.

[King_]

Sturm had many problems making the weight in the last few fights.

Only after Soliman fight he changed his diet and did it right. As I said before the fight - ready Sturm is MUUCH different fighter than the one who fought Geale/Soliman.

If he stays in this form he can beat them all except GGG and Martinez.

I don't know, I think Sturm can give the Martinez who fought Mirray a hell of a fight, if he throws more then 5 punches per round. So long as it's not in Argentina.

Golovkin would end Sturms career and his people aren't ******, that fight isn't happening.

A Sturm-Murray rematch would be good if Mirray doesn't fight Golovkin and if Sturm takes car of mandatory Barker-Geale rematches

[Pretty Toy]

I don't why people are so surprised by the result. I called an early KO by Sturm round 2 or 3 and was **** on. Barker was never up to his class and the German had a point to prove. Easy money.

[Cuban Linx]

Sturm won the fight, my nightmare came true. Now the IBF belt is gonna be caught up in rematches for the next year.

Yea that's the worst part of this whole thing. Now Sturm is going to hold the belt hostage.

I'll give Sturm credit, that he is willing to rematch Barker in London. That's the right thing to do.