Frank Stea
Senior Reporter
The fight is a sequel to their controversial first encounter from September which saw an angered Sprott push referee Gehrard Sigl down to the canvas after Sigl stopped the fight prematurely.
Sprott has since been fined and suspended by the Austrian Boxing Union for his post fight actions. His suspension is officially lifted on the day of the rematch.
“To be honest, I’ve been robbed a few times in Germany. It was a built up of frustration. When the referee stopped the fight, he knew I could carry on and he knew I was beating Gerber. To me he stopped it to save Gerber’s career.” Sprott told World Boxing News.
“I saw red. I was just so frustrated that it seemed like every time I’m winning a fight, they’re always trying to cheat me by points or stopping the fight.”
This fight on the 15th of December will be Sprott’s the fourth time he has fought in Germany in his last five bouts. Sprott also has not had the best win/loss ratio fighting in German territories, posting a 4-10 record throughout his career.
He told WBN about his approach going into this fight.
“If it goes to points and it is close, they definitely won’t give it to me they’ll give it to him.”
“I’m looking to try and stop him. I can’t leave to go in the hands of the judges.”
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Frank Stea is co-presenter of ATG Radio as well as a head reporter at WBN. Follow him on Twitter @FrankStea and @ATGRadio.