Geale v Sturm 1 Sept, Germany

:good. Im pretty sure they both fought on the olympic team in sydney didnt they? or was geale in athens

 

Don't think Geale was part of Sydney

 

According to his bio on Boxrec he was part of Sydney.


* 2000 Olympic games in Sydney, Australia as a welterweight:
o Lost to Leonard Bundu (Italy) 2:4

 

Does anyone know why Sturm changed his name from his birth name ?

 

This is great news.

 

It is isn't it. I thought with the Pirog fight off his options were limited. Great fight.

 

It was a tounge twister when i first read that... took me a couple of goes

 

I had to read it out loud.

Now say it 10 times over

 

This is such a close fight. Tough one to call.

 

Marketing

 

Marketing reasons after basing himself in Germany. Sturm is German for Storm I'm pretty sure.

 

Bit worried for Geale in this fight. Took far too many jabs against Sylvester. Say what you want about Sturm but it is well documented that he has a wor;d class jab, right up their with the best its that good. Geale has superb footwork, getting better fight after fight, and its become a useful weapon for him because he was draw leads from Adama and counter him. But Sturm is more clever than Adama. He will have the gloves up high, make Geale throw hooks but Daniel does tend to throw a bit wide with hooks and like i said, Sturm's jab is class and he will gladly use that for 12 rounds. Close fight, Sturm will land the cleaner shots, Geale hasn't the power to keep Sturm honest unfortunately.

 

Badlefthook that is a pretty good run down of the fight... But I still think with fair judges due to work rate geale just gets it by a smidgen

 

Agree about Sturms jab, it was really working for him in his last fight and he has shown an outstanding jab throughout his career. Geale may not have massive power but I think he has enough on his shots to make Sturm think twice.