GR8 Britain vs The World - Khan v Maidana - Chisora v Klitschko..... etc

[Fenster]

Degale looks like he is absolustely shitting himself.. could be a tentative start

[ICB]

De Gale tagged him with some nice shots at the end of the round.

[Fenster]

He ain't shitting niow., Deagale gshowing he's got some bollocks.

[ICB]

Will be interesting if this goes into later rounds.

[OumaFan]

Seems pretty clear to me that whoever is pushing the other guy back is doing better. Smith especially doesn't seem to fight well moving back/side to side.

[killersheep]

Will be interesting if this goes into later rounds.

Not if Smith doesn't do anything to slow deGale down.

[Chrislfc17]

DeGale does look pretty classy but he doesn't punch properly. He's not getting full power on those punches.

[killersheep]

Why does deGale let off the gas when he gets Smith hurt?

[OumaFan]

I can't decide if Degale is going to get the stoppage I need. He doesn't get full power on al his punches but he is landing pretty easily. That backhand jab annoys me, its like watching Naz again

[ICB]

Very good performance from James De Gale, i was impressed.

[Chrislfc17]

That was an impressive performance! Still a lot of work to do but to become British champion after 9 professional fights is a really good achievement. On that performance you'd have to say that he'll beat Grooves.

[superheavyrhun]

Very good performance from James De Gale, i was impressed.

Me too, mate. I thought that apart from that flicking jab, and a couple of bad habits, then he looked very good indeed. He was pretty much in charge the whole way through. The last few rounds DeGale did back off when he had Smith hurt, but I think with experience he'll become better at finishing guys off. Also, I think he was hesitant of getting caught too much.

Overall a very good performance though, well deserved win, and answered some questions in his development there against a much more experienced opponent.

[Cressa121]

Very impressive from DeGale. I thought this had come too soon for him, but he completely dominated, threw a good variety of punches and combinations, he really showed he's capable of going up another level now.

[Kev]

De Gale looked great. I've never thought of Smith as anything other than a domestic level fighter but to dominate him after only 8 pro fights is impressive.

That was like Lewis taking Gary Mason apart early in his career, he aced the test and showed he may yet prove to be a bit special.

Fighter of the night so far.

[ICB]

Gary Mason was more capable though, he had a very high KO percentage and good wins over solid American fighters like James Tillis, Tyrell Biggs.