where did degales long game go?

i feel he got a bit too over confident sometimes when a fighter is so assured of himself he dosnt realise the rounds are goin the other way and dosnt put his foot on the pedal like he should

 

Defail looked like a scared rabbit in there.

 

He expected Groves to come forward and be more aggressive giving more opportunities to counter with his superior strength and power. Groves just executed a perfect gameplan and Degale didnt have a Plan B. He also seems to fight mid range and stays mostly flat footed, Groves movement exploited this.

Still i think Degale won by a round or two, they had similar punch stats with Degale walking forward the whole fight and landing more power and doing more damage. But he never expected it to be as competitive as it was and didnt have any back up plan, still has the tools to come back stronger.

 

He didn't turn up last night. He was trying to brawl too much, he was on the front foot, but wasn't throwing. I think he was looking to hurt Groves too much.

DeGale will definitely come back stronger though. I've said it for months, he needs a big crash back down to earth for him to reach his full potential. Khan is virtually the perfect example.

 

"Degale is the second most skilled fighter in the world after Floyd Mayweather"

 

:roflcant let him forget it
mayweather>groves>degale>the rest

 

I think its just how he's developed as a professional, seems happy to stand infront of opponents and make them miss then counter. Even fighting at range Groves still seems to match him in speed and had great footwork, Degale needed to impose his strength on Groves to do this i think he should have made it uglier. Jabbed hard and cut off the ring, risk taking shot to land his own.

 

He's been fed too many opponents that stand in front of him but can't punch or anything..... all British fighters are matched like that it seems.

Groves is the first opponent to move and make him miss. Groves has fought a wider range of styles, against punchers, boxers, sluggers.... he's had to get off the floor too.

I expected DeGale to knock him out in the mid-rounds, but Groves showed a lot of discipline to stick to the plan. Boxing off the back foot isn't natural to him, he prefers to plant his feet and throw bombs.

 

It was transplanted to his long, ugly, mess of a horse face.

 

Frank Warren fighters you mean. :thumbsup

 

Defail corner team sucks.

 

If Degale had boxed at range he would have lost every round. His game is going forward and stalking. I don't understand how so many people don't seem to have noticed that. Degale will never make it because he doesn't have enough power. As Chris Eubank said: I guarantee he will fail.