Eubank- "I guarantee Degale will fail"

[Bomp]

He has some very good points. Guarantee may be too strong a word, but then again he likes to make a statement.

[leftylee]

I agree with him. DeGale is nothing special. I doubt he goes beyond British/European level. Darren Sutherland beat him 3 times out of 4.

[Gandalf]

Ive always liked Eubank. He might be right about Degale, but Im not in an informed postition to judge. Ive never actually seen Degale fight before.

[Drago]

eubank has done everything & he has the right to say what he believes, degale gats on my tits already so bored of him & he aint made his pro debut yet. he is in fkin love with himself & i cant see him going to far

[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.

[smashup]

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"

[Bomp]

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.

[Fenster]

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.

[Dark Lord Al]

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.

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

[Drago]

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.

[Bomp]

Ive always liked Eubank. He might be right about Degale, but Im not in an informed postition to judge. Ive never actually seen Degale fight before.

He wasn't knocking degale's ability, just the comforts he has.

Like Fenster said, even with G medal, very few become genuine stars. Haven't seen much of Degale to jusge how he does as a proffessional. I don't know who the little fella next to Groves was, but something he said about himself may be relevant to Degale - he said he was taught a different style by the international coach (Edwards I assume) of straight shots from the outside, rather than his own come forward approach with hooks. It just occurred to me as he said it that Degale probably adjusted his style to this 'fencing' approach which was successful in the amateurs, especially his 4th fight with Sutherland, who he couldn't really compete with when the guys may have been 'proper' boxing. Don't really know as i haven't seen the fights outside the olympics.