A few things De Gale could take from his loss...................

He seemed not to care what public perception of him was, as he must of assumed it was irrelevant, however I think he might of underestimated how big of an impact it can have, cause, as a judge, whether your supposed to be objective or not, I cant help think that one of those judges, subconsciously, without even realizing, might of been pulling for Groves, and if they were, might that of swayed them to give him in the benefit of the doubt in some of the debatable rounds? cause if that is the case, I think illustrates how important public perception can be.

Also, it was a close fight, and in close fight, you often get fans championing your cause, problem is, when majority of people WANT you to lose, would prefer your to lose, they're less likely to jump on your bandwagon, and champion your case for a rematch, to make out you won the fight, there might be a few, but no where near as many as there might of been had you not made an enemy of so many people.

I remember when Froch fought Kessler, and at that point in his (Froch)career, most people, outside of Britain, weren't particularly fans of his, and for my money, there was a portion of fans pulling for Kessler because they wanted him to win, now Froch lost the fight officially, but I felt it might of been draw, or maybe Froch edged it, but my point is, no one seemed to want to accept that Froch might of got the decision, infact some people would dismiss it out of hand as blasphemy, as they seemed happy that he'd lost, as they preferred Kessler to be the winner, which seemed more of a slap in the face for Froch because of their dislike for him, rather than cause they thought Kessler actually won it clearly, then again, that was just my perception. The above is not a reflection of EVERYONE who thought Kessler won, but a portion imo.

BTW, I dont begrudge anyone who thought Kessler did win, its conceivable, it was close, could of gone either way, but you take the point I'm trying to make in relation to De Gale and public perception.


Dont know if this is relevant, just throwing it out there as food for thought.

 

You might be onto something there. What baffled me, was how frustrated he got, relatively early in the fight, I'd of expected that later into the fight, but......

 

Yeah man, Mcdonnell just lost himself his own gig by being a cheerleader, instead of what he's actually paid for, training his fighter and making sure he's prepared, mentally and technically, to cope with all eventuality's, and now he's gonna pay the price for it.

The fighter aint gonna excuse you cause he enjoyed you massaging his ego, he's gonna make his decision based on results, as that's what he's paying you for.