De La Hoya vs. Sturm

[Darth Mandarb]

June 5th, former WBO middleweight champ Felix Sturm lost by decision to Oscar De La Hoya.Ã,  I watched the fight, and thought it was a bullshit decision.

Did anybody else watch this fight?

It seemed to me, especially after the 8th round, the Felix just owned the fight.Ã,  Oscar's guard was down, he looked tired, he was throwing wild punches.Ã,  Conversely, Felix's guard was strong, he looked like he'd just started the fight, and his punches still had all their power.

I thought the descision was crap, and was only made because of the [already planned] upcoming title bout between De La Hoya and Bernard "Loudmouth" Hopkins.Ã,  They didn't want to lose that match (supposedly the richest non-heavyweight fight of all time).Ã,  And would give De La Hoya a 6th weight division title (he'd be the only person to do that ever).

I just read today that Felix Sturm submitted his protest to the WBO ...

If anybody watched the fight, do you feel he (Felix) was justified in doing this?

I do.

I love Oscar, been a fan for years and love watching him fight.Ã,  But this was just crap ... Sturm won that fight!Ã,  And even Oscar knew it (watch his after match interviews ... he wasn't elated at all and knew he didn't fight a good fight).

Here's an Article on ESPN.com about the protest if you're interested.Ã,  They're trying to claim there's no basis for the protest.

Gotta love politics in sports.

I feel bad for Felix.

_{DISCLAIMER: I must say I'm really anticipating the Hopkins vs. De La Hoya match!}

[BOYD1981]

american boxing is too corrupt, and so is german boxing when Sven Otke is fighting, although he's retired now so none of that anymore, but i've seen a few fights in which the clear winner lost, or there's been a draw.
unfortunately i didn't get to see that fight so i can't really comment on it, but it can look like a boxer is winning if he's throwing more punches, but you can throw all the punches you want, it's landing them that counts...

[LordHart]

Boxing is absolute shit these days... it's been like that for many many years now, and I doubt it will ever become good again.