Its idiotic to claim matthew macklin was robbed against sturm

Your daddy just bought you a VCR to watch it? It's been 8 months.

 

Go back there.

 

Its a simple as this in my opinion.

Whichever way you scored the fight, it was stupid to say it was a robbery. If Macklin would have won, it would have been stupid to call it a robbery then too.

Very close fight, which either could well have been given the nod for and there could be little complaints.

I personally had Sturm ahead at the end by a round or 2 IIRC however if Macklin had have been given the verdict i'd have had little complaints

 

Agreed, wasn't that bad really, scoring it for Sturm was acceptable. Don't remember people crying when Gevor lost a very similar fight either which is frustrating, not that 2 wrongs make a right or anything, but people only seem arsed about things when its fighters they care about.

Sturm is not very good as I've always maintained, the fight did little to suggest Macklin is this top operator that should be in the ring with Martinez, more a confirmation Sturm is poor. Stands infront of his opponents with no footwork relying on a guard, a jab, economic/accurate output and gets away with it due to knowing he's at home and he'll get the benefit of the doubt.

 

recently posted my scorecard on here I had Sturm by a round, he really turned it on in the mid and late rounds.

In that fight I also scored an even round, which is something I very, very rarely do!

 

Macklin completely outworked him. He threw over twice as many punches as Sturm and landed nearly twice as many. From memory it was 1100 punches thrown or something similar, unbelievable workrate.

Sturm came on strong in the later rounds with some quality eye-catching punches but he was already well behind on my card. I doubt he would have got the decision anywhere other than Germany.

 

Can't remember exactly what way I scored it but remember sayin to my mate that sturm needed a ko going into the 11th. Wasn't that suprised with the scorecards though considering where it was on. Don't think either boxer will beat martinez though imo.

 

I had Macklin by a round or 2, really couldn'ty score it for Sturm. At worst it was a draw.

Macklin completely out worked him for the first 8 rounds

 

Why do you always hate and turn everything into a race issue

 

Money. The Macklin fight was shown in the US and while it didn't turn him into a household name, the American perception was that he was "robbed". Combine that with him being of Irish descent, placing the fight in the MSG Theatre - not MSG itself as is being reported by some - and him being a very winnable fight for Martinez? Makes sense, especially when the big money fights in or around his weight class aren't available for Martinez.