Degale v Eubank Jnr

[smashup]

Groves is bang on here....

"I thought Eubank Jr. would stop him,” Groves said to IFL TV in giving what his prediction was before tonight’s Eubank Jr vs. DeGale fight. “I didn’t think James has got it no more. I said it after the [Caleb] Truax fight. He wanted to prove something, and he got exposed. He got exposed [by Eubank Jr.]. We both boxed Eubank Jr. a year apart, and we know what happened. Every time I boxed him, I beat him. Unfortunately for James, he needs to call it a day, unless he has a massive tax bill that he doesn’t have money set aside for. But he needs to call it a day. He’s punchy. If you watch his interviews, he loses track of what he’s trying to say. If you ask what day it is, and how long ago stuff happened, it’s not pretty. It’s not nice to see. I don’t want to see that for anyone. I don’t want to see him in a bad way one day if he carries on boxing. I think he stayed hit from the Badou Jack fight. He was so concussed at the end of the fight, it was unbelievable. He stayed concussed during the entire Caleb Truax fight, and the rematch with Truax didn’t do him much good. He stayed hit the whole night. He’s the sort that wants to go rope to rope for his whole career. Sometimes it worked for him. Sometimes it didn’t. He’s never really looked that sensational, in my opinion. He much inflate his win over [Andre] Dirrell, as a massive achievement, but Dirrell never won a world title. Dirrell’s famous accomplishment was not nicking a decision against [Carl] Froch. His biggest wins was winning by a disqualification [against Arthur Abraham and Jose Uzcategui]. Other than that, he has a draw against Badou Jack. Let’s nip it in the bud for him. Someone put him out of his boxing misery, and call it a day. He won an Olympic gold medal, and a world championship. He’s a massive overachiever. Fair play to him. What would I ever need that man for? I feel sorry for him,”

[p4pking]

Yah Groves isn’t wrong, except for the part where he says he doesn’t want to see him like that He’s kind of giving Degale the same treatment Froch gives him, no? I agree with him about DeGale having been done for a while, and sounding punchy, but no reason for Groves to rag on him for it and feign concern, or downplay what he did do before that. I mean Groves didn’t beat Jack either, Dirrel was as good as anyone Groves managed to beat outside of Degale, and it’s just shitty to be kicking the guy when he just took another beating.

[Master]

That is cruel from Groves who looked "high" all night. You could be critical of his career equally if you were inclined.

[Alpha]

I'm surprised DeGale didn't look for a DQ or try to fake an injury after that slam. Not a very entertaining fight. Good win for Eubank tho. DeGale should retire.

[Master]

Eubank is delusional when he says he is top of the food chain and wants all the other titles. Smith would crush him.

[Alpha]

Eubank is delusional when he says he is top of the food chain and wants all the other titles. Smith would crush him.

I agree.

[X]

DeGale was a much better amateur than a pro. Slippery and awkward southpaw with good technical skills, but never had the power to keep guys off him .... so he got drawn into war after war, and those are career shortening.

Good career though, but time to call it a day James.

Eubank only gets these shots because of his surname. He crassly plays the media game and is taking us all for a bit of a ride. Tough kid, and durable, but achingly slow feet and can (and will) always be outboxed and outworked by elite level boxers.

There is no way that a mediocre domestic level fight, that was never going to be entertaining, should have been pay per view

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

He's a spiteful cunt though.

So I like him.

[Master]

Former two-time world champion James DeGale announces his retirement

Following his points defeat to Chris Eubank Jr. last weekend, James DeGale (25-3-1, 15 KOs) has decided to hang up his gloves at 33, with his legacy including becoming the first British boxer to win both an Olympic Gold medal and a professional world title.

DeGale won his first world championship when he defeated Andre Dirrell in May 2015, before going on to defend it three times, including a majority draw against Badou Jack. The super middleweight southpaw lost and then won back his title against Caleb Truax over his next two fights.



The former British, European and two-time world champion released a lengthy statement Thursday, announcing his retirement via Twitter.

"Today marks 10 years since my professional debut fight on February 28, 2009 and today is the day I am announcing my retirement from boxing. It’s been an unbelievable journey and I’ve had an amazing decade – if I’m honest, the best years of my life – and having started boxing at the age of nine then being selected as part of the England Amateurs squad, I’ve collected many memories along the way. It is hard to admit that I’m not the fighter I once was, but I’m human and along the way, my injuries have taken a toll – both on mind and body and these things have contributed to impact my performance in the ring."

He added: "I lost the fight on Saturday at The O2, but I’m touched to have a good send off from the fans in my home city. The day after the fight, someone said to me that one fight does not determine a legacy. Looking back, if someone had told me at the start of my boxing career, when I was in the England squad, that I would become an Olympic Gold medallist, British and European champion and two-time world champion, I would never have believed them, but I did it and I’d like to think I did it the clean, honest and hard way with discipline and respect to the sport I love. I’m proud to say that I’ve made history as the first ever British Olympian boxer to turn professional and to win a world title and I am also proud to have been a road warrior – to travel wherever I needed to be to fight and to win. There's nothing left to prove."

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/for...132601306.html