easy, there are half a dozen belts in each weight division. ever hear of felix sturm? he won 5 trinkets, but never faced a top MW in his life. he lost to some pretty ordinary ones though. 'world champion' is a very loose term in boxing most of the time.
I think hes got a decent chin tbh, he takes a lot of punches his bigger problem is he has no defence so guys tee off on him, landing punches at will and he gets broken down by accumulation.
Sturm beat De La Hoya and was robbed. He then afterwards beat Chudinov, Barker, Sylvester, Castillejo , Murray Macklin, Gevor, Soliman, Zbik. He has a pretty respectable record even if hes no ATG/HOFer, theres far worse champiobs than Sturm.
oscar was never a MW, his only win was against sturm, and there's a certain sense of justice in a paper champ like sturm (who only fought for $$$, a german TV contract, with minimal risk) getting chewed up by a bigger fish, who he only fought for the $$$. i honestly don't see how you can begin to defend a '5 time world champion' who didn't fight (at MW) martinez, hopkins, winky, pavlik, taylor, paul williams - basically ANY top tier fighter who proved their mettle on the biggest stage of all. something sturm avoided like the plague.
So you cant include Oacar as a good win but can include Williams whose only fight at the weight was getting KOd in 2 rounds. Makes sense. Think that alone finishes any credibility you had to a debate.
i was thinking of fighters who i knew had fought at MW. i didnt google them to see how many. 1 fight against a top tier opponent at MW is still one more than sturm ever had. if you start getting defensive over something as trivial as that, maybe you need a thicker skin? you're still defending a fighter whose record is indefensible.
Or Im just pulling you on an idiot statement that shows you dont know what your talking about because you know facts. Williams had one fight where he didnt even last six minutes, saying thats better than Sturms career is idiotic and thats me being nice.
@CST80 Sergio Martinez vs. Jeff Horn at MW. Who would you pick today? Pretty competitive fight I'd say.
who did sturm get in the ring with who was on a par with sergio martinez at MW? go ahead, i'll wait... also, are you german?
Horn isn't cut out for LIght Middleweight, he'd be slaughtered at Middleweight, yes, even by Sergio Martinez.
Exactly, Horn obviously has several issues but his heart or his chin was never 1 of them and his ability to overcome the limitations he and his trainer obviously have to win his title against Pacquio is 1 of many reason a lot of us here enjoy the sport
Would favor Martinez to pick off the limited Horn from range but he's not the speed demon he used to be. It's not unlikely that Horn eventually lands a big right hand. But I lean towards Martinez stopping him inside the first half of the fight.
TBH other than ODLH that and maybe Mundine are the only fights at MW I have any interest in seeing Martinez in. As I'd comfortably pick him to win all 3(as well as disliking all 3 lol)