Eubank- "I guarantee Degale will fail"

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Originally Posted by ross

That irish fella that beat Degale in the amatures looks a good bet for the pros, ive looked at a few vids of him on youtube, theres one of him training and sparring, got a good pro style, looks strong but as with all good British prospects, the lack of quality sparring lets them down.

Someone like Darren Sutherland who Maloney is promoting and obviously investing in, should be sent over to a tough area in america to spar for a couple of weeks, leading up to his fights, somewhere like Philidelphia, no high profile gyms, just honest hard working gyms with queues of other fellow prospects as sparring partners, all wanting to make it big and earn.

This is what Eubank is getting at, Degale is being robbed of the need for him to be hungry and had the edge taken off the need to work, as like Khan and Harrrison before him, he has it on a plate already, hes a millionaire before even fighting as a pro:rolleyes:

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Maloney's Darren Sutherland is the Irish fella that beat Degale three/four times before losing to him at the Olympics. :-\

Degale is a millionaire before starting, but just because Audley and Khan failed (well Khan is still going) doesn't mean Degale will. Everyone is different.

He is LIKELY to FAIL anyway.

It doesn't matter how much heart, determination or areshole you have - TALENT is still the biggest factor in success. And going by the amateur form, Degale is NOT a standout in the talent department. ;)

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Originally Posted by Fenster

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Originally Posted by ross

That irish fella that beat Degale in the amatures looks a good bet for the pros, ive looked at a few vids of him on youtube, theres one of him training and sparring, got a good pro style, looks strong but as with all good British prospects, the lack of quality sparring lets them down.

Someone like Darren Sutherland who Maloney is promoting and obviously investing in, should be sent over to a tough area in america to spar for a couple of weeks, leading up to his fights, somewhere like Philidelphia, no high profile gyms, just honest hard working gyms with queues of other fellow prospects as sparring partners, all wanting to make it big and earn.

This is what Eubank is getting at, Degale is being robbed of the need for him to be hungry and had the edge taken off the need to work, as like Khan and Harrrison before him, he has it on a plate already, hes a millionaire before even fighting as a pro:rolleyes:

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Maloney's Darren Sutherland is the Irish fella that beat Degale three/four times before losing to him at the Olympics. :-\

Degale is a millionaire before starting, but just because Audley and Khan failed (well Khan is still going) doesn't mean Degale will. Everyone is different.

He is LIKELY to FAIL anyway.

It doesn't matter how much heart, determination or areshole you have - TALENT is still the biggest factor in success. And going by the amateur form, Degale is NOT a standout in the talent department. ;)

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The good thing about De Gale is he's likely to be the bookies favourite in any future match with sutherland or other domestic rival so we can make some money betting against him.

Frank Warren wil make his money back off De Gale before he gets in the ring with anyone who can beat him, same with the other two Olympians he signed. One of them will probably eventually achieve the standard necessary to be awarded a vacant WBO belt or a WBU belt and they'll fight an endless string of tomato cans. After Bredis Prescott it's going to be safety first for Frank.

From the little I've seen of De Gale he does appear to be one of those guys who is far better suited to the amateurs.

I can see where Chris is coming from but I'm gonna watch DeGale and see how he goes.

He certainly seems talented though a little laidback (no worries there so was Lennox)

Anyway he's a UK prospect and I'll support him as he's not done anything wrong.

Welshdevil - yeah being laid back is no problem . ask Lennox

I wish James would have chosen to learn his trade in America on undercards although I can understand his decision to build himself in teh UK which would make more financial sense. I just think good quality sparring and tough Mexican opposition would mould him into a better fighter in the long run. Same for Khan

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Originally Posted by Fenster

I think Eubank is talking a load of cliche bollocks.

It doesn't take a genius to predict someone will FAIL before they've even started.

Only a very small minority become success stories.

I'm sure Eubank will advise his son to turndown a million pound should he win an Olympic gold medal. :rolleyes:

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I agree 100% , Eubank talks total bollocks ,
Degale may fail but at least give the guy a chance , then judge him.

all the media coverage amir khan got put me off him u opened the paper & there he was a double spead on the little shite, where as other boxers were lucky to get a tenth of a page. see this all again with degale. i dislike both of them.