Quote Originally Posted by chamiley
Quote Originally Posted by wacko3205
As I said on another thread concerning the Castijello fight...nothing is a step backwards for Sturm unless he starts fighting prospects & the like.

You have to remember that Sturm is as green as Taylor is...you can't rush them along or otherwise you have a situation like you had with Vargas De la Hoya...or how about Mayorga De la Hoya...oh...bad example...Oscar got pretty much creamed by Sturm...I'm sorry...that was a bad example...but you get my point.
you are a child, how does "Oscar getting creamed by Sturm" justify the fact that Sturm is fighting washed up bums. Taylor isn't green he just fought hopkins, who is one of the best middleweights ever and one of the best fighters of his era. Also how can Sturm be green if he creamed Oscar, I mean Oscar isn't that bad. Sturm picked up more momentum in his career after his disputed loss to oscar but now he chooses to fight handpicked fights that will pad his record.
From now on whenever I disagree with somebody I'm going to pull the "you are a child" line. Its a good one, just has a nice mature feel to it

Like I said this fight doesn't do much for me, Castilliejo's past his prime and past his prime weight. But as long as its working towards something, a big fight, I don't have a problem. Its his first title defense, the difficulty level should go up from here. And I'm not a Sturm fan really, but as long as he picks it up pretty soon its fine. I think he'll be ready after this, or maybe one more fight. He fought for a long time in the amateurs so that, along with his pro experience, should be enough for him to turn it up pretty soon.