James DeGale vs George Groves (full amateur fight)

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I reckon that's pretty clear to see from that fight. DeGale looks noticeably quicker but slaps worse than Calzaghe, so it's obvious people would say Groves, who has shown a good dig in the pros too, was the harder puncher. Although DeGale has also shown he's not a powderpuff hitter.

Groves has better success in the third round when he starts feinting/picking his spots before just rushing in letting the punches go, quite interesting as I always criticize him for over cloning Haye's style but it looks like he definitely needed some serious polish.

What a great prospects fight. I just hope it doesn't turn into a quick mismatch. If it does - I'm confident DeGale is the winner.

Im pretty sure it wont be a missmatch

rightly degale has been hailed for his win over smith, it was a great performance

i was singing his praises at the time

but having reflected it was only really great because of the stage of his career he is at, both groves and degale should really go well past where smith has been at

smith is pretty slow and cumbersome and doesnt hit hard and doesnt throw fast punches, he is good at most things without really excelling at anything, and thats only at a level

Groves has fought better opposition than degale, maybe smith would be the best out of all the combined fighters they have fought but it would be close

list all their opponents, and rank them, without geeking on boxrec id say something like

smith
anderson
adamu
that mexican fella
samuels

[erics44]

I reckon that's pretty clear to see from that fight. DeGale looks noticeably quicker but slaps worse than Calzaghe, so it's obvious people would say Groves, who has shown a good dig in the pros too, was the harder puncher. Although DeGale has also shown he's not a powderpuff hitter.

Groves has better success in the third round when he starts feinting/picking his spots before just rushing in letting the punches go, quite interesting as I always criticize him for over cloning Haye's style but it looks like he definitely needed some serious polish.

What a great prospects fight. I just hope it doesn't turn into a quick mismatch. If it does - I'm confident DeGale is the winner.

Im pretty sure it wont be a missmatch

rightly degale has been hailed for his win over smith, it was a great performance

i was singing his praises at the time

but having reflected it was only really great because of the stage of his career he is at, both groves and degale should really go well past where smith has been at

smith is pretty slow and cumbersome and doesnt hit hard and doesnt throw fast punches, he is good at most things without really excelling at anything, and thats only at a level

Groves has fought better opposition than degale, maybe smith would be the best out of all the combined fighters they have fought but it would be close

list all their opponents, and rank them, without geeking on boxrec id say something like

smith
anderson
adamu
that mexican fella
samuels

actually i forgot about dilks

he would probly beat samuels, but i reckon degale got that fight handed on a plate