Felix Sturm

Froch predicts Barker win over Sturm

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barker66 - CopyBy Scott Gilfoid: Carl Froch, Kell Brook and Eddie Hearn all see IBF middleweight champion Darren Barker (26-1, 16 KO’s) being able to successfully defend his title tonight against 34-year-old former two-time WBA 160 lb. champion Felix Sturm (38-3-2, 17 KO’s) at the Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Froch said to Sky Sports “I can’t see Barker having any trouble at all. I think he’ll out-box Sturm. I can’t see an upset. I think Barker will out-box Sturm quite simply.”

Brook said “I think he’s [Barker] going to make a statement in this fight.”

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Barker plans on retiring Sturm on Saturday

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barker333By Scott Gilfoid: IBF middleweight champion Darren Barker (26-1, 16 KO’s) expects to retire the 34-year-old Felix Sturm (38-3-2, 17 KO’s) this Saturday night. Barker feels that he’s going to give Sturm such a beating that he’ll choose retirement rather than continuing on with his 12-year pro career.

Barker’s goal of retiring Sturm could be difficult given that the fight will be taking place in Sturm’s home country at the Porsche Arena, in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Sturm is nearly invincible in Germany, and he’s only been beaten once there during his career in losing by a 12 round split decision to Daniel Geale last year in September.

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Barker: There’s no chance I’ll lose to Sturm

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sturm66By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (38-3-2, 17 KO’s) battles a cocky and some might say an overconfident IBF middleweight champion Darren Barker (26-1, 16 KO’s) this Saturday night at the Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Barker feels that there is no way on earth that he’ll lose to Sturm, but it’s hard see where Barker’s confidence is coming from because he’s not looked good when facing quality opposition such as Sergio Martinez and Daniel Geale. Barker does look good when facing the lesser fighters, which accounts for pretty much all of his previous fights when you exclude his battles with Martinez and Geale.

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Barker confident he’ll beat Sturm in style

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barker382By Scott Gilfoid: Having barely won his last fight against Daniel Geale last August by a 12 round split decision, IBF middleweight champion Darren Barker (26-1, 16 KO’s) expects to win handily in his first title defense against Felix Sturm (38-3-2, 17 KO’s) at the Porsche Arena, in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Barker, 31, will be the visiting fighter and he’ll be at a huge disadvantage if the fight does to the cards. He’s got to hope that he can get the strong-chinned Sturm out of there, because his chances of winning a decision are slim at best.

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Barker faces Sturm on December 7th in Germany

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barker44By Scott Gilfoid: IBF middleweight champion Darren Barker (26-1, 16 KO’s) will be making his first, and perhaps his last title defense on December 7th against former WBA 160 lb. champion Felix Sturm (38-3-2, 17 KO’s) at the Porsche Arena, in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

One of the questions that Barker’s British fans are asking is why did Barker’s promoter Eddie Hearn choose to have Barker defend his title in Sturm’s adopted country of Germany rather than the UK. It’s pretty simple. Sturm is a huge draw in Germany, and a fight between him and Barker will bring in a guaranteed huge gait over there.

Unfortunately, Barker isn’t a huge star in the UK, and it’s doubtful that a fight between Barker and Sturm would have many anywhere close to the same kind of money that it will in Germany.

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Hearn looking past Darren Barker’s next fight against Sturm; wants Geale again

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barker66By Scott Gilfoid: Eddie Hearn, the promoter for new IBF middleweight champion Darren Barker (26-1, 16 KO’s), is already looking past Barker’s first title defense coming up against former WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm.

Hearn says he’s interested in matching Barker back up with Daniel Geale (29-2, 15 KO’s), who Barker beat last Saturday night by a 12 round split decision at the Revel Resort, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.

Hearn says Geale is one of the guys he’d like to match Barker up again. Hearn is also interested in pitting Barker against Matthew Macklin, Martin Murray, Peter Quillin and Gennady Golovkin.

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Barker to face Felix Sturm next, then possibly Geale again

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barker44By Scott Gilfoid: Newly crowned IBF middleweight champion Darren Barker (26-1, 16 KO’s) will have a tough first title defense of his IBF 160 lb. strap, because he’s got to face his mandatory challenger former WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (38-3-2, 17 KO’s) next rather than a domestic fighter.

Barker defeated former IBF middleweight champion Daniel Geale (29-2, 15 KO’s) by a 12 round split decision last Saturday night at the Revel Resort, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.

Barker’s promoter Eddie Hearn said this as quoted by ESPN “We’ve got the Sturm mandatory.

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Sturm destroys Radosevic

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sturm55By Jim Dower: Former WBA/WBO middleweight champion Felix Sturm (38-3-2, 17 KO’s) made easy work of an over-matched #4 IBF Predrag Radosevic (27-1, 9 KO’s) in stopping him in the 4th round on Saturday night at the Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Sturm dropped Radosevic three times in the fight before the bout was halted in the 4th round. Radosevic was down once in the 3rd round from a hard left to the midsection, and twice more in the 4th causing the fight to be halted.

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Felix Sturm vs. Predrag Radosevic this Saturday, July 6th in Germany

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sturm56By Allan Fox: Former WBA/WBO middleweight champion Felix Sturm (37-3-2, 16 KO’s) will be fighting undefeated #4 IBF, Predrag Radosevic (27-0, 9 KO’s), this Saturday, July 6th, in a scheduled 12 round bout at the Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

#3 IBF, Sturm, is trying to get in position to get a rematch against IBF middleweight champion Daniel Geale to avenge a 12 round split decision loss that Sturm suffered against him a year ago last September.

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Sturm vs. Radosevic on July 6th in Germany

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sturm3352342By Eric Thomas: Former WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (37-3-2, 16 KO’s) will be back in the ring on July 6th against little known #4 IBF Predrag Radosevic (27-0, 9 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout at the Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Sturm, 34, is coming off of a 12 round unanimous decision loss to Sam Soliman from last February. Sturm lucked out when the results were overturned and changed to a no contest after Soliman tested positive for a banned substance.

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