Both ladies got rocked in a wild tenth. Both are hoisted up on their corners' shoulders and salute the crowd before the score announcement.
Another busy huh IB, you still have Mikhaylenko, Lepikhin, Mansor, Abregu-Ali and BHop Kovalev to come, you're going to be worn out for the big finale.
Sturm hasn’t looked good recently, his last truly impressive performances were in 2011. I think he’s a good fighter and was a genuine world level contender but he’s been losing, fighting overmatched opponents or getting by on freak / lucky results since then. If Sturm was in his prime – which I am convinced is no longer the case – and not stepping up in weight, I’d pick him but all the signs point toward a Stieglitz UD tonight.
Round 1 Kretschmann is advancing on Gegeshidze with his right jab. Gegeshidze rows out a few left jabs and holds. Gegeshidze trots away, flab jiggling around his pasty white midsection. Kretschmann is ducking and slipping the backfoot 1-2 of Gegeshidze and chasing him across the ring with just the southpaw jab. Kretschmann digs a left uppercut on the flabby gut of Gegeshidze, hurting him. Gegeshidze skitters away, throwing 1-2s into Kretschmann's guard. Kretschmann lands a big 1-2 on the face as Gegeshidze backs into a corner. Gegeshidze tries holding but Kretschmann pushes his arms down. Gegeshidze shuffles away. 10-9 Kretschmann
i should go to sleep, cuz i have to wake up at 04:00 am for Hopkins Kovalev fight, and i also wanna see Stieglitz beating the **** out of Catic, but knowing germans, the main event will probably start in 3 hours... **** it.
Gurgles-Shits is an unworthy challenger for the prestigious German International Heavyweight Title. :bart I'm not even kidding, look at the guys that have competed for it: http://boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=DEINT&division=Heavyweight&SUBMIT=Go All leagues ahead of him.
Sturm was a long-time champion, not a contender. I'd like to see him defeat Stieglitz but realistically his activity is now too small to outpoint Stieglitz. I'd like to be proven wrong, but Sturm is the underdog here and I don't like his chances.