Give me a prediction and analysis for the up coming Sturm/Sylester fight. And give me your opinion on what happens if Sylvester wins. Will he look to fight the best, or just hi-jack the WBA title.
I'm picking Sturm by decision, but if Sylvester wins, I believe he'll get a fight with Abraham soon down the road.. Something Sturm won't do..
My guess is on Sturm - better overall boxing ability, likely able to nullify Sylvesters relatively simple (but usually effective) style. There probably wont be a knockout. I don't think he will unify, this is up to Abraham.
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93431&page=3 Here´s the original thread on that one.
I always slightly favoured Sturm in this one, but I'm not so sure about it now. A real pick'em fight. There's no question that Sturm is the better boxer, but is he the better fighter at this point? The question is: will this be a boxing match or a real fight? Sturm has the better skills hands down, whereas Sylvester has a pretty fundamental style. Sylvesters style works well for him tho, he's good at what he does. Rewatched some of his fights and he's not as limited as I remembered him. I also think he has underrated punching power, since he brutally knocked out tough and ironchinned Castillejo with a perfectly timed straight right. It seems to me that Sylvester is the hungrier fighter, and he's prepared very well for this fight. He probably wants that belt more than the 'star' Felix Sturm. That will be an inportant factor. Anyways, I see two scenarios how this fight can turn out: -Sturm jabbing, running and clinching his way to a close and boring decision. -Sylvester imposing his style and make it a real fight, brawling a bit and take Sturm into deep waters where his will to win comes into play - Sylvester wants it more and is hungrier and tougher, whereas I doubt that Sturm is willing to put it all on the line to prevail... Sylvester would win a decision or maybe even get a late stoppage if the fight turns out this way. Anyways I'll root for Sylvester who I think is a honest and modest (but not the brightest) person with a very cool team around him. He achieved his status through hard work and willpower, not talent. And I can't stand the snobby and boring Sturm, who is holding his belt hostage. That's why I voted Sylvester by decision.
i think sturm is gonna make it. he is a much better technical boxer, sylvester though he ko'd castillejo (who ko'd sturm) is not a big puncher and doesn't have the tools to bring sturm into deep waters. if sylvester wins though, his wba reign will be quite the same as sturm's hostage. he has more pride than sturm but he won't fight a top guy from the us unlike abraham. sauerland only risk their title if they know they got something really special like with abraham. if their protégé is not they are happy to do one meaningless defence after the other, and still sell out the german arenas.
