Eubank- "I guarantee Degale will fail"

[Kev]

Degale does already come across as a bit of a wanker imo...
Got himself a £60k Range Rover and dishes out gold embezzeled business cards to anyone who'll have one.
He admitted it in the paper last week then claimed he gets all the women etc...
Just worries me when he's done f*ck all at pro level yet and it's Khan all over again.
I think the fact that Frankie Gavin had his olympics screwed up will drive him further than Degale can be driven to World honours.
What i mean is ...if Degale is already sorted for cash then where's the hunger coming from...does he really want to go all the way and graft for 5 years for something he has already been "Gifted"

I agree, he'll feel that he has more to prove, and considering he's probably more talented as well he'll go far.

IMO Degale has been much much worse than Khan in terms of lack of modesty since leaving the amateur game. He's a lot of talk.

You both are probably right BUT

Ignore the money and just look at the form.

Gavin was a big favourite to win Olympic gold. He was already rated the best in his division.

Degale was a big outsider (around 33/1) to win his weightclass. He was a SHOCK winner.

We already know Sutherland had beaten him in three previous meetings and his own club mate George Groves has beaten him - so with or without the hype and money, why would he be favourite to beat these guys in the pros? Especially considering his "fencing" style was so suited to the Olympic scoring.

At the outset Gavin will have been expected to do better than Degale whatever the circumstances.

I must admit I have less than zero interest in James De Gale. I'm suprised he has made so much money to be honest because I honestly couldn't give a shit about him. I probably won't even make an effort to follow his pro career, and like Chris I don't expect him to get anywhere near a world title fight.

He fluked his way to an Olympic gold medal much like how Portsmouth and Cardiff got to the FA cup final last year. Do we expect fuck all from either those teams in the future, of course not, sometimes you get lucky, and during the Olympics De Gale did.

If I was a promoter I wouldn't even want him, just not interested in the slightest bit in him.