By Scott Gilfoid: WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm (36-2-1, 15 KO’s) said in a press release that he’s leaving November 25th or 26th open for a rematch with Macklin. The fighters fought to a 12 round split decision on June 25th with Sturm winning the fight on two of the judges’ scorecards by the scores of 116-112 and 116-112, while the third judge had it 115-113 for Macklin. I had Sturm winning easily by at least four or more rounds.

He connected with the much harder shots and the cleaner punches throughout and finished the fight strong. Macklin was exhausted by the 8th and slapped in the last four rounds instead of throwing hard shots. Macklins’ fans made a huge fuss about the results afterwards, complaining that Macklin should have won and saying he was robbed in Germany. He wasn’t. Sturm won that fight and was the much superior fighter.

Sturm showed what a class individual he is by agreeing to fight Macklin again so that he can clear up the controversy. It doesn’t really matter, because Sturm will pound Macklin like he did last time, and I can see Macklin’s loyal fans moaning about the decision like they did last time around. The thing is there is a difference when scoring punches. Good judges score the cleaner punches, while poorer judges just score rounds to the fighter that lands the most, no matter whether the punches are as weak as water or not.

Macklin had nothing on his punches for most of the fight and really ran out of gas in the last four rounds. Sturm continued to land the harder shots until the end of the fight in the 12th. This is why I think it’s a big waste of time for Sturm to fight and beat Macklin a second time. Why bother when he already proved that he’s the better fighter the first time.