I dont think he would in all honesty, Sturms likely takes him the distance and wins Id like to see Patrick Nielsen get a shot sometime soon, i mean come on he gave Ronald Hearns a shot out of the blue haha
Level of stupidity and infantilism in this thread is mind-blowing... Sturm beats every MW not named Golovkin, and that includes shot to **** Martinez at this point. Lets see which "bum" he retires next after shattering Barkers glass-hip.
so basically since he just won the belt, its reasonable to fight a guy coming off a near shut off loss in his only step up fight? what happening to earning your title shot, much less 2 in a row? pathetic defense
Seems like you are one of the few voices of sanity - and knowledge- on this rubbish thread. Any thread about Felix draws in the air-head brigade, sadly. :thumbsup
Dont forget, Robney, that Barker only became a bum in the eyes of these muppets AFTER Sturm beat him. Most "experts" at the time rated Barker as a top level world-class boxer and backed Barker to actually beat Sturm! :thumbsup
Funny how people hate Sturm...you say he doesnt travel well we would not either if we were blatantly robbed like he was vs Delahoya!
go watch the first randy griffin fight and you will see his hometown rewarded him with his own robbery because he got his as$ handed to him that night
Even if thats true iceman, its hardly reason to hate Sturm or even a big deal at all. Lets face it - with all the fights Felix has had , and all the years he has been around an iffy hometown decision against a foreigner is hardly exceptional, now, is it? All over the world, all the time, hometown fighters have an advantage. Its just a fact of life in boxing. I mean to say, for example - in the Pirog-Jacobs fight, I think all 3 judges had the US fighter ahead, in a fight that he was clearly losing.
people dont like him for his horrible choice of opponents over the years. and it took him almost a decade to finally attempt to fight in a unification fight.....his blatant duck of his own countrymen Abraham was also pretty pathetic as was his duck of GGG for 2 complete years :-( i think he is an excellent boxer, but his will to fight the best is pretty sad.