By Dallan O’ Donnell: After last nights brilliant fight between Mathew Macklin and Felix Sturm ended in controversy over the decision (which was somehow awarded to Sturm) it shows what David Haye will have to do if he is to win next Saturday in Hamburg against crowd favourite Wladimir Klitschko. Haye will have to knock Klitschko out, to avoid the same fate as Macklin, who should have been crowned a world champion last night.
Matthew Macklin
Sturm-Macklin: Matthew’s chance to prove he belongs
By Peter Wells: For some fighters they were born into the boxing world with 9 lives. Meaning if they lost their first world title shot it wouldn’t matter because the next year they’d get a second shot. This can sometimes be to do with age as they are still young enough to have another couple attempts, or usually it’s to do with money.
Prediction: Sturm will easily beat Macklin
By Scott Gilfoid: The UK’s Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19 KO’s) has a pretty much impossible task of facing WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (35-2-1, 15 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. I wish I could give the 29-year-old Macklin a real chance at winning this fight but I can’t. Macklin is too basic and lacking in the power department to have any real chance at beating a fine fighter like Sturm.
Macklin vs. Sturm this Saturday
By Jim Dower: 29-year-old challenger Matthew Macklin (29-2, 19 KO’s) will be fighting for a world title for the first time this Saturday night against WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (35-2-1, 15 KO’s) at the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Macklin has been a pro for 10 years and it’s nice to see him get a shot after all these years, but he’s going to have a tough time trying to get a win fighting Sturm in Germany.
Macklin vs. Sturm: Matthew too short on experience to win
By Sean McDaniel 29-year-old Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19 KO’s) is being given a great opportunity in his title match against WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (35-2-1, 15 KO’s) on June 25th at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany. Macklin is roughly the same age as Sturm, but his experience is much less than the German based Sturm because much of Macklin’s career has been spent being matched against domestic quality opposition.
Macklin-Sturm: Can Matthew make it past Sturm’s jabs
By Eric Thomas: Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19 KO’s) has reportedly been looking very good in training camp for his June 25th fight against WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (35-2-1, 15 KO’s) for their title clash at the Lanxess- Arena in Cologne, Germany. If there was ever a time for the 29-year-old Macklin to beat the 32-year-old Sturm it’s right now with Sturm starting to show a little age a little rust from not a lot of recent activity.
Sturm: I’m going to bombard Macklin from the 1st round
By Sean McDaniel: Former British and EBU middleweight champion Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19 KO’s) appears to have bitten off a little more than he can chew in WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (35-2-1, 15 KO’s), who the 29-year-old Macklin win be facing on June 25th at the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Sturm-Macklin on June 25th: Matthew out of his league in this one
By William Mackay: Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19 KO’s) is taking a big step up in competition on June 25th in his title challenge of WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (35-2-1, 15 KO’s) at the Lanxess-Arena in Cologne, Germany. Macklin, 28, has been facing European fodder for most of his fights during his 11-year pro career, winning the British and EBU middleweight title along the way.
Sturm vs. Macklin moved to 6/25 to avoid being on same date as Klitschko-Haye
By Sean McDaniel: The title fight between WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (35-2-1, 15 KO’s) and challenger Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19 KO’s) has been moved to June 25th in order to avoid competing with the mega fight between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBA champion David Haye on July 2nd. It wouldn’t be competition. The Stum-Macklin fight is only mildly interesting, as Sturm has picked yet another unproven contender to fight instead of someone dangerous like Gennady Golvokin. The Stum vs. Macklin fight will be taking place at the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Sturm vs. Macklin on July 2nd
By Eric Thomas: WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (35-2-1, 15 KO’s) defends his World Boxing Association for the 10th time on July 2nd against middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19 KO’s) at the Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Compared to some of the 32-year-old Sturm’s opponents that he’s picked out for his title defenses, Macklin looks like a champion.