My take on DeGale Groves live

[HattonTheHammer]

the argument for and against both fighters is there

at the end of the day it came down to a flip of a coin, groves got the nod largely due to the fact the fight ended with him still punching and de gale appearing out on his feet

very harsh lesson learnt for JDG, he paid the price for believing he was far better than his opponent and got dragged into a dog fight

where next...

george groves - sky is the limit, as previously said on another thread that "0" commands extra poundage in the bank balance department. Booth may choose to get him out there commanding respect off of big US tv companies by challenging the likes of magee/zuniga etc, they may take the option of a couple more tune up fights in britain ala:smith/dodson etc

james de gale - reputation has been somewhat tarnished. Majority expected him to win, minority even expected him to win big but he got beat by this supposed average fighter he told the whole world groves was beforehand. Keep him on undercards with the likes of gavin, saunders for the time being and let him get that winning ethos back, before sending him out again on a groves esque mission that may come too soon for him

[erics44]

the argument for and against both fighters is there

at the end of the day it came down to a flip of a coin, groves got the nod largely due to the fact the fight ended with him still punching and de gale appearing out on his feet

very harsh lesson learnt for JDG, he paid the price for believing he was far better than his opponent and got dragged into a dog fight

where next...

george groves - sky is the limit, as previously said on another thread that "0" commands extra poundage in the bank balance department. Booth may choose to get him out there commanding respect off of big US tv companies by challenging the likes of magee/zuniga etc, they may take the option of a couple more tune up fights in britain ala:smith/dodson etc

james de gale - reputation has been somewhat tarnished. Majority expected him to win, minority even expected him to win big but he got beat by this supposed average fighter he told the whole world groves was beforehand. Keep him on undercards with the likes of gavin, saunders for the time being and let him get that winning ethos back, before sending him out again on a groves esque mission that may come too soon for him

i like the tune up fights idea for groves

not too sure about smith and dobson tho, yep he would more than likely beat them but if he did fight them then he has had a very tough start to his career

id look a bit lower down the order

[HattonTheHammer]

the argument for and against both fighters is there

at the end of the day it came down to a flip of a coin, groves got the nod largely due to the fact the fight ended with him still punching and de gale appearing out on his feet

very harsh lesson learnt for JDG, he paid the price for believing he was far better than his opponent and got dragged into a dog fight

where next...

george groves - sky is the limit, as previously said on another thread that "0" commands extra poundage in the bank balance department. Booth may choose to get him out there commanding respect off of big US tv companies by challenging the likes of magee/zuniga etc, they may take the option of a couple more tune up fights in britain ala:smith/dodson etc

james de gale - reputation has been somewhat tarnished. Majority expected him to win, minority even expected him to win big but he got beat by this supposed average fighter he told the whole world groves was beforehand. Keep him on undercards with the likes of gavin, saunders for the time being and let him get that winning ethos back, before sending him out again on a groves esque mission that may come too soon for him

i like the tune up fights idea for groves

not too sure about smith and dobson tho, yep he would more than likely beat them but if he did fight them then he has had a very tough start to his career

id look a bit lower down the order

to be fair as i posted paul smiths name i did think to myself would booth really wanna just throw groves into an all out brawl this early on

i just hope we arent left with groves fighting messy guys just because of the fact they have goodish records and its something to add to the cv. He isnt world level by a long way yet but the potential is there

[JazMerkin]

the argument for and against both fighters is there

at the end of the day it came down to a flip of a coin, groves got the nod largely due to the fact the fight ended with him still punching and de gale appearing out on his feet

very harsh lesson learnt for JDG, he paid the price for believing he was far better than his opponent and got dragged into a dog fight

where next...

george groves - sky is the limit, as previously said on another thread that "0" commands extra poundage in the bank balance department. Booth may choose to get him out there commanding respect off of big US tv companies by challenging the likes of magee/zuniga etc, they may take the option of a couple more tune up fights in britain ala:smith/dodson etc

james de gale - reputation has been somewhat tarnished. Majority expected him to win, minority even expected him to win big but he got beat by this supposed average fighter he told the whole world groves was beforehand. Keep him on undercards with the likes of gavin, saunders for the time being and let him get that winning ethos back, before sending him out again on a groves esque mission that may come too soon for him

Do you ever actually watch the fight? You know Groves is the white bloke right?

Jaz, I generally agree with all your points - main event was a bit disappointing and could have gone either way, Billy Joe was pretty impressive, Cleverly's opponent suffered a shit premature stoppage, especially considering he was making a fight of it, Gavin was an utter disgrace and I now officially hate him (this is in no way linked to the fact he cost me HUNDREDS!!! Cunt. Fact.)

However, forget all that gloved up shit

What really happened between Fury-Chisora!?!?

They got into some massive barney through most of the 3rd/4th rounds of Gavin's paint peeling exercise. Fury stripped his top off & Chisora took off his jacket, but for no obvious reason left the Fedora on, which Fury flicked off his head. They then started rucking before a mass of security got in there & seemed to beg them to stop rather than forcibly do it. Then about 25 security guys were needed to escort Fury from the building. At some point he'd managed to get his shirt back on. It was the first of many fights in the crowd on the night