George Groves....

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I've been watching Groves since the amateurs and I've seen him sparring down at Dale Youth, and one thing that always clearly separated him & DeGale was that George always had a ready-made pro-style, whilst Chunky always fought like an amateur, so it's been an easier transition for him. I think DeGale will be a lot better than most people give him credit for, he's possibly improved more than Groves since going pro, I just think George was better to begin with. Also Groves had amazing power in the ams, you could see it just by watching him, so I'm actually surprised he hasn't been taking people out quicker. The Adamu stoppage was absolutely fucking dreadful though.

Not sure you can call a stoppage "dreadful" in such a one-sided fight. The chances of Adamu turning it around were basically zero. Not even one of those predictable wild swings were gonna get "lucky."

Probably a good stoppage.

Regardles of it being one-sided, he was still ready to throw more punches. Obviously refs should err on the side of caution, but the fact it always seems to favour the young prospect in Britain means it's very frustrating. If I think of ref stoppages that have pissed me off in the last year, probably 80-90% have happened here, usually favouring the guy I'm supporting, but it doesn't change that it's a joke.

For sure some stoppages are shamefully quick. I don't think it's purely a case of the ref being dodgy/poor though (favouring the home fighter).

Maybe the Brit refs today (who do seem to err on the side of caution), like I believe many fans, are consciously influenced by that 90s period of fighters suffering career/life ending brain injuires - Bradley Stone, Watson, McCllelan, Douglas, Oliver, Ingle.

Just two weeks ago I thought Gonzalez-Davis (Mexico) and Bonsu-Bailey (Belgium) weren't stopped fast enough.