Darren Barker vs Felix Sturm Round by Round Thread

[Simurgh]

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.

Not sure about that. I think if he can get himself in this shape he can do it very well - as in his prime.

much more experienced as well - particularly in those where he lost.

[Simurgh]

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.

he'll rematch Barker and if he wins he'll fight Geale.

No way he fights GGG - can't blame him - he would get KOed. There is only one fight for GGG at the moment - Sergio Martinez!

[boxcityusa805]

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.

Credit? Prior to this fight taking place, there was already a rematch clause in the contract in the event that sturm won....even though sturm was the mandatory, due to the fight taking place in Germany the concession was that a rematch would take place in the event that sturm won, which he did.

Let's not give sturm ANY credit for fighting top opponents unless he deserves it.

[Light_Speed]

Illegal shot that threw his equilibrium off...simple.

The punch that knocked his equilibrium off was right on the ear which is legal.

I see Brits are butthurt and making excuses again. This aint WW2, no americans are gonna save your a.ss in the ring.

Schland!

Germany lost the battle of britain you ignorant mofo.

What's this have to do with anything?

Not trying to be disrespectful, just saying the image of a white dude getting down and doing a ****** prayer is always surprising to me, I know it shouldn't be.

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.

Today's Martinez could very well lose to Sturm, I wouldn't be shocked at all.

[Gr1fter]

Barker hurt his hip before the 2nd knockdown, you could see him pawing at it. He'll retire now, can't keep recovering from injuries at his age,

[DoktorSleepless]

His trainer said that Barker told him something went wrong with his hip in the first round. Got worst in the 2nd after the knockdown.

The impression I got from the trainer and Hearn in the post fight interviews is that retirement is very likely.

[Sparked_26]

If Barker's hip went in the first round it explained everything.

There was no lateral movement from Barker whatsoever.

[PrinceNaz88]

Can't see Barker coming back from this.

He can be very proud of being world champion and has earned himself a good living in doing so.

Fight was entertaining while it lasted. However, Barker's tactics from the first bell were naive to say the least.

[IronDanHamza]

Illegal shot that threw his equilibrium off...simple.

You're so predictable.

Excuses for Barker who simply got blasted out by Felix Sturm.

[IronDanHamza]

Barker is simply not a good boxer.

I always here the media talk about his "Boxing ability and skills"

He's really not a good boxer.