FightNews made it sound like a pretty exciting fight. Nothing wrong with that.

I don't have a huge problem with him pulling out a draw if it was legit & the fighter was up for the bout...I aint gonna lie & say that I'm totally satisfied with a draw because I would much rather have seen him win.

Sturm retains WBA middleweight title with draw against Griffin!
http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...uPqEyaoTq.html

Saturday, October 20 2007

By Karl Freitag

WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (28-2-1, 12 KOs) retained his world title with a twelve round draw with mandatory challenger Randy Griffin (24-1-3, 12 KOs) in a very tough fight on Saturday night at the Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle/Westfalen, Germany. Sturm had a good first round, landing sharp jabs and a nice uppercut. Griffin was aggressive, but had problems getting past Sturm's peek-a-boo defense. Griffin upped the pressure in round two and both fighters landed good punches, Sturm landing a big right near the end of the round. The bout continued at a very high level in round three, with Sturm landing the cleaner punches. Good two-way action in rounds four and five. Griffin amped up the attack in the sixth, forcing Sturm to the ropes several times. Another strong round for Griffin in the seventh. What had been somewhat of a slugfest turned into a boxing match in rounds eight through ten with Sturm and Griffin staying in the middle of the ring demonstrating their technical skills. Griffin was busier in round eleven, while Sturm landed the cleaner punches. Both fighters needed round twelfth and dug down deep with a tired Sturm ending with a late flurry. Scores were 114-114, 117-114 Griffin, 115-114 Sturm.

Just because he pulled out a draw doesn't automatically equate to Sturm being a lost cause as a fighter or a champion.

I think that he's still got some good rounds left in him & he has proven that he's worthy of his place in the middleweight division.