This crow I'm eating..... full of dark energy....

Well, I'll give my thoughts on a great night of action.

Firstly I've got to congratulate George Groves for his victory.... showing skills that I didn't know he had, executing a gameplan put together by The Dark Lord.... who obviously is a different kind of trainer to the traditional ''hit him'' British guys.

As for DeGale, I was disappointed with his performance, to be honest he looked ****ing clueless for most of the fight and spent lots of time just following Groves around the ring. It's obviously back to the drawing board for him, probably with a new trainer that can improve his punch technique and devise a fight plan against the work of an opposing trainer who clearly does his homework.

It's definitely the last time I'll criticise The Dark Lord for being a one trick pony anyway atsch

So, on to Frankie Gavin. Well, not a lot I can say about that other than that it was crap. Fair play to him for admitting it afterwards, he just wasn't all there tonight and spent nine rounds shoeshining Mutley with his jab. His ''I get paid more than him'' comment was very poor too, someone ought to pull him about that..... hopefully they get him back in the ring sharpish against someone that's actually going to try and beat him.

Billy Joe Saunders was VERY impressive. He's been probably the quietest of the young FW prospects, but really put on a show against a durable opponent that's been on the wrong end of some shitty decisions. He needs to be worked regularly, glad that FW said he's on the Murray/Mitchell card.... hopefully against someone that can give him eight or ten rounds.

The Cleverly fight was..... strange to say the least. The referee seemed determined to stop it as soon as he could, and eventually called it off because of a tiny cut, similar to one you'd get shaving. It was typical Cleverly, balls to the wall, lots of leather and no defence. Hopefully we don't see a milk run of shitty defences like we've had with Burns.

It'll be interesting to see how Warren manages his fighters and does his business from here on in. He's clearly not keeping the likes of Gavin and DeGale busy enough, both showed lots of amateur traits in there tonight, He's signed a few cheques that his ass can't cash, and as a result has to have these lads on PPV way to early and can't afford to get them the right opponents.

If you compare the mix of styles faced by Groves compared to DeGale and Gavin in a similar number of fights, the difference is startling. Groves has faced a rock hard pressure fighter in Germany, a limited banger in the States and various boxer types over here.

The Warren fighters have all faced Eurobums followed by limited boxers that can't crack an egg. DeGale was excellent against Smith, as was Gavin against Lomax, but both need to face more varied opposition in their next few fights to develop further.

Like a few others I'm probably guilty of jumping on the bandwagon with DeGale, up until Groves fought in the States and DeGale smashed Horton I was always saying Groves would win (the evidence is on here for inspection Palmer ) but in hindsight Horton is only really a journeyman with a pretty record, and the American was tough and crude.

Warren was a bitter **** in the post fight interview, no wonder people love it when his fighters get beaten.

Sorry for going on a bit :hi:

 

I'm feeling a bit rough myself. Victoria Bitter always gives me a hangover but it's a lovely drop.

Gavin was talking about the Theophane fight and that he was there tonight watching, then saying ''I get paid more than him.....'' and some other comments that I don't really remember.

Thinking about it more he probably just couldn't get up for the fight against Mutley, who was only there for his £££.

 

I think a lot of people did to be fair. It wasn't just DeGale tooling Smith though.... Groves was all but out against Anderson, though he showed plenty of bottle to come through.

We can't all be right every time atsch

Gavin nearly put me to sleep, showed Mutley way too much respect for me. His interview was mixed, was honest enough that it was poor but then started going on about money :nono

:hi: Olu!

All good points.... who would you recommend for DeGale?

Cleverly's fight was strange, any right hand puncher will fancy their chances with him I think.