Official Degale v Groves fight thread!!!!

Lets talk about the fight and the others on the card tonight in here.
Here is the schedule for tonight...

O2 ARENA RUNNING ORDER
(Blue Corner) (Red Corner)
Fight # 1 – 17:10 hrs
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Light-Welterweight Contest
LEWIS REES V SID RAZAK
Fight # 2
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Light-Welterweight Contest
FRANCIS ROBINSON V JOHNNY GREAVES
Fight # 3
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Cruiserweight Contest
STEPHEN SIMMONS V HARI MILES
Fight # 4
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Welterweight Contest
GEORGE MICHAEL CARMEN V WAYNE DOWNING
Fight # 5
6 X 3 Minute Rounds Lightweight Contest
NICKY COOK V YOUSEF AL HAMIDI
Fight # 6
8 X 3 Minute Rounds Light-Middleweight Contest
JAMIE COX V MARCUS PORTMAN
Fight # 7
8 X 3 Minute Rounds International Super-Middleweight Contest
PAUL SMITH V JOZEF MATOLCSI
Fight # 8 – Floater
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Middleweight Contest
GARY O'SULLIVAN V RYAN CLARK



Fight # 9 – 20:05 hrs
8 X 3 Minute Rounds Middleweight Contest
BILLY JOE SAUNDERS V KEVIN HAMMOND

Fight # 10 – 20:40 hrs
THE VACANT WBO INTERCONTINENTAL WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
12 X 3 Minute Rounds
FRANKIE GAVIN V YOUNG MUTLEY

Fight # 11 – Live Swing
6 X 3 Minute Rounds Heavyweight Contest
SAM SEXTON V HASINGS RASANI

Fight # 12 – 21:35 Approx
THE BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
12 X 3 Minute Rounds
JAMES DeGALE V GEORGE GROVEs

Fight # 13 – Live Swing Bout
4 X 3 Minute Rounds Welterweight Contest
BRADLEY SKEETE V DUNCAN COTTIER

Fight # 14 – 22:30 Approx
THE WBO WORLD LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
12 X 3 Minute Rounds
NATHAN CLEVERLY V Aleksy Kuziemski




From fight nine onwards live on Sky Box Office.


I have heard they have swapped the Cleverly fight with the Groves one so watch out for a change there.

How long 'til it starts? I don't want to miss Degale - Groves, but I might have to.

Fucking British people, can't your fights start at 3am to appease us North Americans?

BTW, I'll sticky this thread.

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Originally Posted by CFH

How long 'til it starts? I don't want to miss Degale - Groves, but I might have to.

Fucking British people, can't your fights start at 3am to appease us North Americans?

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The show starts in 19 minutes, I am not sure about Groves/Degale, some people are telling me it has been moved to where Cleverly was supposed to be fighting at 10.35pm so about 3 hours time, but the schedule still has it down as 9.35, so two hours time. So not to sure, will find out more no doubt when the show starts in around 2o minutes.

Bit dissapointed with Frankie Gavins opponent Young Mutley he is way past his best and was blasted out by some bum in a couple of rounds on a Froch undercard maybe the Dirrell fight?

Lomax who Gavin schooled last time out is a better fighter than Mutley and especially the current part time past it fighter Mutley, should of been a better test than this, but on the other hand I have piled into the 4/6 offered on Gavin to stop Mutley. ;D

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Originally Posted by skel1983

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Originally Posted by CFH

How long 'til it starts? I don't want to miss Degale - Groves, but I might have to.

Fucking British people, can't your fights start at 3am to appease us North Americans?

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The show starts in 19 minutes, I am not sure about Groves/Degale, some people are telling me it has been moved to where Cleverly was supposed to be fighting at 10.35pm so about 3 hours time, but the schedule still has it down as 9.35, so two hours time. So not to sure, will find out more no doubt when the show starts in around 2o minutes.

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Goddamnit. I'll be out from about 3 - 4, so it looks like I'll miss it.

Billy Jo Saunders just starting first fight of the night.

Nice body-work.

Saunders reminds me a bit of a young Juan Diaz. A fast pressure fight who lacks power and who has a very good body-attack.

Good stoppage that he is not a mug Hammond been in with some decent fighters and never been stopped, Saunders is coming along nicely.

Just think Saunders would be better at light Middleweight looks a little small for a middleweight.

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Originally Posted by CFH

Saunders reminds me a bit of a young Juan Diaz. A fast pressure fight who lacks power and who has a very good body-attack.

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Very good comparison.

Gavin looks in shit shape if you ask me, I know this is at 147 and he is a 140 fighter but he looks soft.

Yeah Groves/DeGale at 2230.

Saunders was very impressive, even I felt those body punches!

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Originally Posted by skel1983

Gavin looks in shit shape if you ask me, I know this is at 147 and he is a 140 fighter but he looks soft.

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Agreed.

Why does the name Young Mutley sound familar?

'Fun Time' is the worst nickname ever.