Groves-Degale: Who do you think won...Vote

[ICB]

I had Degale winning by 1, but i missed the first 2 rounds. So im just basing it on commentator's opinion. I'll watch it again at some point but there was alot of swing rounds, very hard fight to score.

[Mark TKO]

at the bell I thought - well it's not going to go to Degale. Remember feeling same way re Eubank at end of Benn II.


Thought a draw would be called tonight. No one can grumble really about the result not after this one. Groves won the fight but nothing was resolved. Hopefully these two both go on to better things then meet up in 2 years or so for unification bout. There's every chance they won't but there is a chance they will

[erics44]

at the bell I thought - well it's not going to go to Degale. Remember feeling same way re Eubank at end of Benn II.


Thought a draw would be called tonight. No one can grumble really about the result not after this one. Groves won the fight but nothing was resolved. Hopefully these two both go on to better things then meet up in 2 years or so for unification bout. There's every chance they won't but there is a chance they will

a lot was resolved

before the fight the majority of people in boxing and on here were saying groves wasnt in his league, it would be an easy night for degale

it wsnt, groves beat him in a way i nevere thought he could, he outboxed him

[skel1983]

at the bell I thought - well it's not going to go to Degale. Remember feeling same way re Eubank at end of Benn II.


Thought a draw would be called tonight. No one can grumble really about the result not after this one. Groves won the fight but nothing was resolved. Hopefully these two both go on to better things then meet up in 2 years or so for unification bout. There's every chance they won't but there is a chance they will

a lot was resolved

before the fight the majority of people in boxing and on here were saying groves wasnt in his league, it would be an easy night for degale

it wsnt, groves beat him in a way i nevere thought he could, he outboxed him

Spot on Eric you said this fight would be close, I had Groves winning. Degale look clueless in there, I think we will see the end of Jim McDonnell now he does seem a bit of a cheer leader blowing smoke up his arse all the time, Degale just didnt have a clue on how to fight Groves when he was on the back foot?

That leads me to believe McDonnell did not prepare for this sort of fight he thought Groves waS coming for a scrap, he should of covered all possibilites, I can't believe Degale would of looked that silly early on if he had worked on a gameplan of Groves fighting on the back foot.

Credit to Adam Booth again very good game plan once again from him, does come across a bit of an odd character but he did the biz again last night.

[Fenster]

at the bell I thought - well it's not going to go to Degale. Remember feeling same way re Eubank at end of Benn II.


Thought a draw would be called tonight. No one can grumble really about the result not after this one. Groves won the fight but nothing was resolved. Hopefully these two both go on to better things then meet up in 2 years or so for unification bout. There's every chance they won't but there is a chance they will

a lot was resolved

before the fight the majority of people in boxing and on here were saying groves wasnt in his league, it would be an easy night for degale

it wsnt, groves beat him in a way i nevere thought he could, he outboxed him

Spot on Eric you said this fight would be close, I had Groves winning. Degale look clueless in there, I think we will see the end of Jim McDonnell now he does seem a bit of a cheer leader blowing smoke up his arse all the time, Degale just didnt have a clue on how to fight Groves when he was on the back foot?

That leads me to believe McDonnell did not prepare for this sort of fight he thought Groves waS coming for a scrap, he should of covered all possibilites, I can't believe Degale would of looked that silly early on if he had worked on a gameplan of Groves fighting on the back foot.

Credit to Adam Booth again very good game plan once again from him, does come across a bit of an odd character but he did the biz again last night.

Yeah all those two wally's (Jim Mc/DeGale) went on about was Grove's chin. I mean McDonnell was predicting a first round KO, now normally you'd think that was just hype shit, but it seems they really thought it was an easy KO night.

Groves/Booth mugged them right off.

[erics44]

at the bell I thought - well it's not going to go to Degale. Remember feeling same way re Eubank at end of Benn II.


Thought a draw would be called tonight. No one can grumble really about the result not after this one. Groves won the fight but nothing was resolved. Hopefully these two both go on to better things then meet up in 2 years or so for unification bout. There's every chance they won't but there is a chance they will

a lot was resolved

before the fight the majority of people in boxing and on here were saying groves wasnt in his league, it would be an easy night for degale

it wsnt, groves beat him in a way i nevere thought he could, he outboxed him

Spot on Eric you said this fight would be close, I had Groves winning. Degale look clueless in there, I think we will see the end of Jim McDonnell now he does seem a bit of a cheer leader blowing smoke up his arse all the time, Degale just didnt have a clue on how to fight Groves when he was on the back foot?

That leads me to believe McDonnell did not prepare for this sort of fight he thought Groves waS coming for a scrap, he should of covered all possibilites, I can't believe Degale would of looked that silly early on if he had worked on a gameplan of Groves fighting on the back foot.

Credit to Adam Booth again very good game plan once again from him, does come across a bit of an odd character but he did the biz again last night.

Yeah all those two wally's (Jim Mc/DeGale) went on about was Grove's chin. I mean McDonnell was predicting a first round KO, now normally you'd think that was just hype shit, but it seems they really thought it was an easy KO night.

Groves/Booth mugged them right off.

i agree that mcdonnall hasnt shown himself in the best light

even in the build up he was letting degale run his mouth and sound like a twat

it was more like degale was in charge and mcdonnell was his sidekick

i wonder if they will stay together

[skel1983]

From what I have seen I doubt it, Warren was especially pissed with the tactics, did you see his interview? Haha to be fair who is Warren to comment on tactics he is a fucking promoter but he said the uppercut was there to be landed and wasn't once, he also said maybe the people blowing smoke up Degales arse will be gone, not sure if that was a dig aimed at McDonnell or just cheerleaders who are around Degale all the time.

For me McDonnell is a yes man he has got a meal ticket with Degale, Degale is the boss he is the one paying Jim his wages without Degale he would be earning about 500 quid a fight. Degale needs a change for me not a yes man, I would do a Khan get away from the distractions in London and get on a plane to America and get someone like Richardson or Roach.

[piye]

I had Degale by one but Groves really impressed me.

[killersheep]

115-113 DeGale, it's easy to see that close rounds could have been given to Groves with influence from the crowd. I feel this fight was one of the most fairly scored on the year though and have no complaints. The stoppage in the Clev fight was ridiculous on the other hand.

[Manos de Piedra]

115-113 DeGale, it's easy to see that close rounds could have been given to Groves with influence from the crowd. I feel this fight was one of the most fairly scored on the year though and have no complaints. The stoppage in the Clev fight was ridiculous on the other hand.

Couldn't agree with you more mate. I think the crowd would have gone mental if the fight had gone Degale's way.
The cleverly fight stoppage was ridiculous. cleverly would have stopped him in the next few rounds anyway.

[Manos de Piedra]

I found it difficult to score as well. When Jimmy Lennon Jr. said the word "majority" i thought the next word would be draw. Close fight could have gone either way. But Groves' tactics and boxing did surprise me, before the fight I thought he would be stopped late on.

[skel1983]

The best bit was when Degale started celebrating when Jimmy Lennon said still undefeated haha, then he realised that also applied to Groves haha.

[rjj tszyu]

I had it even but couldn't argue with Groves getting the nod. Got to say didn't think he had that kind of discipline in him. Also have to admit Adam Booth is one of the best tacticians in the game. Wasn't sure about him until the last couple of years but he has really shown he knows how to get the best out of his fighters!

Bed time now! lol

[armyash]

I need to watch it on tv to have a better view but for me it was a clear win for Groves, His movement was good, he didnt get suckered into a scrap and he kept it going for the full 12. I think he landed the better shots and he did it more often. Degale was looking confused at times he thought he had the fight won before it started and thats what you get for believing your own hype.

He expected Groves to come and bang away and when he didnt what else was he was going to do he said he'd beat him whether he boxed or brawled well he boxed good tonight and degale didnt do what he said he would.

Even if Deale had stopped him in the 12th it wouldnt have meant much except saving degales bacon.

Only been back an hour or so and im still buzzing!! Great night......oh yeah met Naz too!

[OumaFan]

Merged since they're the same type threads.

I finally did something mod-like!