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He's just another of these many boxers that grew up watching naseem hamed and thinks
its looks talented to box with the hands down and swagger around. The guy he fought was handpicked, smaller, not really a banger and limited.He had huge heart though! .
You either really hate DeGale, or your boxing knowledge is a little flawed.

Zuniga has 22 knockouts from 25 wins...not a banger?

Zuniga went 12 rounds with Tavoris Cloud for the light heavyweight championship two years ago, so he's hardly a hobbit size wise.

Limited he may be, but he's a good test for someone with only 15 pro fights.
My knowledge isn't flawed so it must be that I hate Degale . Zuniga spent the first half of his career at light middle and put together a string of knockout victories. He's campaigned at middle, super middle, and once at light heavy where he went down twice. He was a banger at light middle and middle, less so at the higher weights. But you don't need to look at statistics to see whats in front of your eyes. He's not a big super middle, its plain as day. Or maybe Degale's really a light heavy, I don't know. But Zuniga's tough, it doesn't surprise me he could hang at light heavy.

He's a good test in terms of a durable opponent to take him the distance. But if Degale can safely sit on the ropes for half the night, letting the guy tee off, then he's either supremely talented like mayweather or the guy he's fighting isn't that dangerous. Maybe my skepticism about him was overstated, but I get frustrated. when these prospects get matched like this, they get away with their flaws and when it gets to world level they get found out and then its too late to change things - Khan being a good example.