Felix Sturm

Sturm Annihilates Pittman

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sturm6764.jpgBy Erik Schmidt: WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (29-2-1, 13 KOs) had a ridiculously easy time beating #12th ranked challenger Australian Jamie Pittman (16-1, 7 KOs) by a 7th round TKO on Saturday night at the Burg-Waecheter Castello, in Dusseldor, Nordrhein, Germany. Pittman, 26, was knocked down three times in the fight, the last time in the 7th at which time the referee Russell Mora put a stop the hopeless mismatch at 0:36 of the 7th round.

Pittman was perhaps the worst #12th ranked fighter I’ve ever laid eyes on, which was likely the reason he was chose in the first place by Sturm.

Pittman was clearly not as good as his ranking indicated, as he showed few skills in the bout and didn’t appear to even know how to punch properly. Sturm, 29, I suppose was in need of an easy win after having fought a life and death battle in his last fight against #1 challenger Randy Griffin who fought Sturm to a draw, although most people saw Griffin as having easily won the fight.

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Sturm vs. Pittman On Saturday

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sturm3535353.jpgBy Erik Schmidt: WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (28-2-1, 12 KOs) will put his title on the line against #12 ranked challenger Jamie Pittman (16-0, 7 KOs) this Saturday at the Burg-Waechter Castello, in Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Sturm, 29, is coming off a controversial draw in his last fight against his mandatory challenger Randy Griffin in October 2007. Instead of giving Griffin a much-needed rematch, the German-based Sturm has opted to take on the 26 year-old undefeated Australian Pittman, who is largely unproven having fought mostly lower level fighters in Australia.

While there’s some that are saying (mostly Australian fans) that Pittman has a good chance at beating Sturm, that seems nothing more than a pipe dream because Sturm is clearly the favorite against the untested Pittman. In fact, I see this fight as more of another one of Sturm’s easy title defenses against unknown fighters. Sturm has been disappointing champion since winning his WBA middleweight title back in March 2006 with a win over Maselino Masoe.

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Sturm vs. Pittman On April 5th

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By David Lahr: In a move that surprises few, World Boxing Association middleweight champion Felix Sturm (28-2-1, 12 KOs) will be defending his WBA title against unbeaten Australian Jamie Pittman (16-0, 7 KOs) on April 5th at the Burg-Waechter Castello, in Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Pittman, ranked an incredible #14 by the World Boxing Association middleweight division, despite the fact that Pittman hasn’t beaten any named fighters on his record. The move for Sturm, 29, to take on a fighter this far down in the pack isn’t surprising to most Sturm detractors, who point frequently his tendency to avoid big-named fighters or, in other words, opponents that could potentially beat him.

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Sturm And Griffin Fight To Draw

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sturm464646334.jpgWBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (28-2-1, 12 KOs) fought to a 12-round draw against American challenger Randy Griffin (24-1-3, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the Gerry Weber Stadium in Germany. The final judges’ scores were 114-114, 115-114 for Sturm and 117-111 for Griffin. I personally had Griffin winning easily by 8 rounds to four. It wasn’t a close fight and I was being generous by giving Sturm two of the four rounds, because he out-punched in every round of the fight and mostly limited to jabs as his main weapon. Griffin dominated the first two rounds of the fight, attacking Sturm nonstop and hitting him with a massive amount of hooks.

However, each time that Stum landed anything – almost entirely jabs – the German crowd would roar with approval, as if he’d scored a knockdown or something. It had to have had an effect on the judges because Sturm really took a beating in every round and rarely let his hands go at all.

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