Sturm v Macklin - Who won?

[armin]

i think people have a tendency to call any close decision in germany a robbery, just cause its in germany. Going to have to download the fight and watch it but sounds like most any round could have gone to either fighter so I don't know how you can have a robbery in a fight like that.

[0james0]

I had Macklin up, just.

I thought a draw was fair, didn't see it wide for Sturm at all.

[LP_1985]

another 2o seconds and i think Sturm would of had him out of there, Macklin fought his heart out tho and deserves credit

[Shamrock]

I gave it to Sturm by two rounds but a lot of the rounds were hard to score - Macklin had a higher work rate but looked like the more accurate and quality shots were coming from Sturm.

Could have argued for a decision either way with the rounds the way they were but I agree Macklin payed for a fast start and faded toward the end. No robbery for me just a close fight and an entertaining one too.

[Fenster]

Looking at some polls from other forums, some with over 100 votes, all have Macklin the winner.

I reckon he would have won the fight anywhere but the other guys backyard. Just unlucky he was the away fighter. Great fight though. Well done Macklin.

[Otley]

Well i scored it 116-112 for Macklin...i agree sturm did land the more eye catching shots but macklin was the much busier fighter throughout the fight

job biscuit (macklin hopefully get another chance...for a galant effort)!!!

eh eh!!!

[Supadon]

Am I about the only one who seem to give it to macklin by two rounds!? Yea FS punching was eye-catching and it helped the fact it snapped back macklins head from time to time and it is true that in the latter rounds the tide had turned ! But and a BIG BUT..... Prior to this Matthew had pushed and pushed and applied the pressure whilst going forward throughout the first 6 rounds. Any success FS had after this apart from the last round was single punches and really not enough of them so I find 116-112 by two judges very hard to swallow. I like FS and agree he was robbed against Oscar earlier in his career so perhaps this was his tome but ultimately I feel this should of been a draw at best for him and that's being kind.

[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

[Supadon]

JC... I'm with you. Maybe not as wide as that as I'm taking everything into account... Home soil etc... But for me a macklin win for sure.

[stebs]

I watched and scored two fights yesterday, both of my winners lost.


Sturm vs Macklin

Alexander Vs Matthysse (Spelling)

[killersheep]

I had Macklin winning and did a full rbr, In all honesty If I was a judge and had the benefit of instant replay I would have given it to Sturm, but in the run of play, Macklin straight up outworked Sturm for most of the fight. It was a result that pretty much everyone expected though right? Noone expected Macklin to get a decision in Germany. I was just happy with how the fight went, it was exciting and I'm really looking forward to a rematch. I'd like to see it in a neutral location like Tokyo.

[ICB]

I just watched the fight and i thought it was a cracking fight, a candidate for FOTY. As for the scoring i had it 114-114 a classic draw, Matthew Macklin won most of the early rounds. Forcing Felix Sturm back and outworking him with some solid body and head shots.

But Felix Sturm comeback in the 2nd half of the fight, using his classic jab/right hand combo. Landing accurate head snapping shots, i thought it would be controversial being in Germany but it was actually very close and could of gone either way.