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by Cliff Rold - While American eyes will be trained on the Light Heavyweight division on Saturday, Bernard Hopkins-Sergey Kovalev isn’t the only big fight on the slate.
In Germany, one division below them, two former titlists will be matched up in a contest with no clear favorite and a limited margin of error.
35-year old former WBO, WBA, and IBF Middleweight titlist Felix Sturm (39-4-2, 18 KO) moves up for a catchweight (166 ½ lbs.) contest with 33-year old former WBO Super Middleweight titlist Robert Stieglitz (47-4, 27 KO). They are two men An der Kreuzung.
At the crossroad.
And a good crossroad fight is never a bad thing.
With rare exceptions (Hopkins being an obvious one), boxers have a shelf life that begins to really erode as they hit their mid-30s. The more hard fights one has had by those ages, the closer they are usually to the end.
In the cases of Sturm and Stieglitz, it’s not easy to be sure who has more time to correct course should they lose this weekend. Many of the variables suggest Sturm. He’s older and has been a part of the title scene. An Olympian in 2000, Sturm won his first title in 2003. That first title loss, controversial though it was to Oscar De La Hoya the following year, came more than a decade ago. [Click Here To Read More]
In Germany, one division below them, two former titlists will be matched up in a contest with no clear favorite and a limited margin of error.
35-year old former WBO, WBA, and IBF Middleweight titlist Felix Sturm (39-4-2, 18 KO) moves up for a catchweight (166 ½ lbs.) contest with 33-year old former WBO Super Middleweight titlist Robert Stieglitz (47-4, 27 KO). They are two men An der Kreuzung.
At the crossroad.
And a good crossroad fight is never a bad thing.
With rare exceptions (Hopkins being an obvious one), boxers have a shelf life that begins to really erode as they hit their mid-30s. The more hard fights one has had by those ages, the closer they are usually to the end.
In the cases of Sturm and Stieglitz, it’s not easy to be sure who has more time to correct course should they lose this weekend. Many of the variables suggest Sturm. He’s older and has been a part of the title scene. An Olympian in 2000, Sturm won his first title in 2003. That first title loss, controversial though it was to Oscar De La Hoya the following year, came more than a decade ago. [Click Here To Read More]
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