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Germany - Middleweights - Round 1
There are 15 fighters entered in the Middleweight class. The top seeded Arthur Abraham will receive the 1st round bye.
Round 1:
Felix Sturm vs Stephan Trabant - Sturm fought the perfect defensive fight, punishing Trabant every time he got close then moving out. When Trabant did land, Sturm was quick with the counters. The fight went to the judges who scored it 8-7, 12-2, 13-1. How one judge scored it 8-7 is anyone's guess as the fight wasn't even close to that!
Jupp Elze vs Hans-Werner Wohlers - After a lackluster 1st round, Wohlers landed a low blow that incensed Elze who landed an amazing flurry of punches that planted Wohlers on his back for a 10 count!
Young Mahoney vs Heini Meinhardt - Entertaining slug-fest that had Mahoney down in the 9th, Meinhardt down 2 times in the 10th and once in the 14th en-route to a close 8-6, 9-5, 7-7 majority decision for Mahoney. Both men gave their all throughout!
Bert Schenk vs Peter Mueller - Despite being cut early, Schenk was dominating the fight when in the 11th round Schenk put Mueller down 3 times, the final one for the count! The judges had it 8-1, 9-1 and 8-2 through the 10th.
Sebastian Sylvester vs Max Resch - Sylvester scored a knockdown in the 1st round, then after a lackluster 2nd round Resch made it a fight as both men had a scintillating 3rd round. Sylvester came out in the 4th and scored an early knockdown that Resch couldn't recover from for the 4 KO!
Franz Szuzina vs Hans Stretz - Stretz seemingly built up a lead, then survived a knockdown in a huge 13th round for Szuzina before pulling out the 6-9, 9-5, 8-7 split decision.
Leo Starosch vs Sebastian Zbik - Overall Starosch had better aggression, better punch-stats and showed more power. Zbik stole several close rounds however, and pulled out the win with a 9-5, 9-6, 8-6 decision.
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