In terms of what's on the line and career wise this isn't PPV. However both fighters always end up in tear ups. Can see this being an excellent fight. I'll be paying.
Cracking domestic dust up. I'd buy it for £9.99 if a few fighters on undercard i wanna see Not sure it sells out the o2 though. Degale has only had a handful of uk fights in recent years
BS. Warren was against clashes full stop. Amir Khan comeback clashed with Frampton v Donaire and Warren went crazy. If he says nothing about this then it only shows his agenda is simply anti matchroom boxing and not boxing events clashing.
James Degale wins this for me. CEJ is just not good enough and is to arrogant to think he can learn or listen to any experienced trainer. Degale is not the same fighter as a few years ago however technically he is still way better than CEJ.
Crolla, Linares, Warrington, Frampton, Burns, Golovkin, Donaire. There are loads. Not that I think CEJ is the worst culprit in that respect. Exposed is a strong word as it is generally used in a derogatroy manner to insinuate that a fighter is all hype and no substance. But it exposed some of his flaws, which Groves also later capitalised on. Namely the wide punches, lack of head and upper body movement and struggles against anyone with anything approaching footwork. Jesus wept! Jr would whoop GGG in the same manner that Crolla is going to whoop Lomachenko. They are just different levels of fighter. And realistically not one level different, but two or three. Punchstats for their recent 12 rounders: GGG v Canelo 2: 234/879 (https://www.mmamania.com/2018/9/16/...tats-show-just-how-close-the-fight-really-was) Eubank Jr v Groves: 184/842 (https://www.*******.com/george-groves-vs-chris-eubank-compubox-punch-stats--125377) Doesn't look like there's any output problem there to me. Plus Golovkin's punches are harder, more varied, delivered with better technique and his footwork is a lot better. CEJ punches wildly with poor technique, has no footwork and is no quicker (throwing 11 punches a second against a heavy bag is neither here nor there, it's what you throw and how you deliver it in a real fight that matters). You don't bring a knife to a gunfight. The only chance CEJ would have is Golovkin getting old, otherwise this fight would be a mismatch. Canelo would also eat him for breakfast. Just different levels of fighter.
I think Eubank is all wrong for De Gale at this stage in his career and I have always been a massive fan. I think Eubank will just do what Truax done to him. De Gale has too many breaks in rounds and has too many round breaks in fights. Whatever anyone says about Eubank, he has great work rate. Although could De Gale do what Groves done and just expose his technical flaws all fight, maybe he could.
Very hard to see Degale returning to the Jack type performances, Truax is very game but I would expect Eubank to handle him fairly comfortably and probably stop him. I realise it's hard to evaluate different styles etc etc but purely on the two Truax fights I just cannot see Degale being effective in this fight for more than 3 rounds after that he gets beat up I think.
James' heart isn't in it anymore. JNR will see this as a great opportunity to put his name back up in lights. Jnr wins this
