Is James DeGale...

[Master]

Looks like De Gale is getting sidelined so must shine by getting a fight against the German or Bika who probably may lose to Dirrell.

[ykdadamaja]

DeGale just needs to go to Wild Card Gym with Roach or Brother Nazeem Richardson to work on that snap and crispness to his punches and he will be just fine.

I noticed the slapping too, and the lack of real pop to his punches. He has good movement and very good defense, he has good hand-speed and EXCELLENT timing, but Roach or Richardson WILL "fix" that slapping nonsense with no real weight behind the shots and teach him how to throw a hard-hitting professional punch.

He should consider it, spend the money with Roach and/or Richardson now, and then try to work back out of the UK when he has mastered real punching.

[ykdadamaja]

... on top of that, he leads in without throwing a punch. It's a nasty-lazy habit. If you are not going to throw a punch, then don't come in. At least initiate a clench. But, he just leads in, hands up, but without doing anything. That's not what a trained, elite and fully conditioned fighter does.

He needs some quality sparring and a coach that can correct these habits.