Sturm v Macklin - Who won?

[armin]

Just watched the fight and I feel like it was macklins to win in the 12th but he lost the round and I ended up having it a draw. It was a hard fight to score and I think that's why you have some having macklin winning it by a few points and some felix. Felix made this way harder for himself than it should have been, like he was asleep first few rounds and jab didn't start getting pumped till a few rounds in. If they rematch I'm going with clear felix victory like 8-4. I don't know what sdunek tells his fighters but they seem lazy first few rounds...

[gest12645]

I though Macklin brought his A game while Sturm his C game. Overall Sturm's late rally got him a draw imo 114-114.

It still seems like a loss for Sturm though- no one would give him even a small chance against Martinez after seing this fight

[armin]

I though Macklin brought his A game while Sturm his C game. Overall Sturm's late rally got him a draw imo 114-114.

It still seems like a loss for Sturm though- no one would give him even a small chance against Martinez after seing this fight

Agreed it did feel like sturm wasn't there at his best, hence in a rematch id go with very clear felix win. Also while he looked less than stellar he's still the best opponent for martinez at the weight, felix is better than he showed. He's got a great jab when he uses it, and he's got fairly quick combos when he throws em. Martinez is awesome and strongly believe he'd win maybe even ko sturm late, but sturm would give him a decent fight for a while.

[erics44]

I though Macklin brought his A game while Sturm his C game. Overall Sturm's late rally got him a draw imo 114-114.

It still seems like a loss for Sturm though- no one would give him even a small chance against Martinez after seing this fight

Agreed it did feel like sturm wasn't there at his best, hence in a rematch id go with very clear felix win. Also while he looked less than stellar he's still the best opponent for martinez at the weight, felix is better than he showed. He's got a great jab when he uses it, and he's got fairly quick combos when he throws em. Martinez is awesome and strongly believe he'd win maybe even ko sturm late, but sturm would give him a decent fight for a while.

macklin had a great game plan which made it very hard to look good for sturn

i think the fight was hard to score because it was quality v volume

someone said earlier that macklin was hitting the arms and gloves, i dont agree with that, i think a lot of what he was doing was scoring

jim watt gave sturn one round where sturn only landed about 4 punches and macklin a lot more

i think macklin was 2 rounds up, and i agree with some, if the fight had of gone a couple more rounds i think sturn would have knocked him out