i've just read that degale wants the british title by end of the year and with paul smith the champ who wins this? smith is a decent fighter but can be scrappy at times and detgale had it easy upto now. i think smith might be able to grind out a points win against degale at the moment. who you pick to win?
im not sold on degale yet and smith is limited, would be a good scrap but i could see degale getting his hand raised at the end of it.
Degale has too much for him IMO. I would even go as far as to say it will be a mid to late stoppage in degales favour.
as i have said before, when has smith looked like being stopped.......never. Degale cant win this now.
I hate saying this because i'm not a Smith fan, but I think he handles DeGale quite easy at this stage.
I think Groves vs Smith could be a tough entertaining fight but DeGale would be far too much for either man...DeGale wins this with ease.
I think Warren will get Smith to vacate when the time comes for Degale to fight for the British. Smith will probably want to win the belt outright first. Smith's a good fighter, at this stage he'd probably beat Degale. Im just confused at why Warren has Smith fighting a pointless fight against some guy. He needs some big names now.
For Smith - Move on to european or world title. nobody defends the british more than 3-4 times. For Warren - Easy route to the title for DeGale. Can make money from 2 fighters instead of 1.