I had Degale by one point, he did the damage. Still think degale is a future pound for pounder, and not too far away. In fact, this probably will have helped him long term in reaching his potential. J Mc out.
DeGale should of watched some Zab Judah for when Groves tried to force his head into DeGale's chest. He let himself down by simply not letting shots go when he should of, but that lack of the uppercut really frustrated me.
I had it a draw, so did my mate I watched it with. We scored two of the rounds differently and still both had a draw (the rounds we scored differently evened one another out).
A lot of rounds were close, but i think the people who had degale winning because "he did damage" need to get their eyesight checked. Most the damage was done with his head not his fists. It was rounds 2-5 that killed DeGale, he was absolutely clueless. Round 6 was pathetic, as much as he said the crowd don't bother him it clearly does (remember his debut?).
HAHAHAHAHa Groves won simple as that! someones aftershow party is going to stink! hahahahahahahah i love u george groves! hahahahah someones career has taken a severe nosedive, and he deserves it the smug twat!
degale looked lost in there! i would pay a million pounds to just see jim mcdonnells face now!!! i wonfer if he thinks his bet with adam booth has gone under the radar! i bet his clinging on to that money! absolutely bricking it!
I think all bets were void after Adam Booth rang the board of control to see that they weren't allowed :yep
I had it to Degale by a round or a draw. Gutted for him. This will genuinely **** him up, especially if he can't get the rematch any time soon. Was a great fight though.
I had Degale winning the fight, Groves simply didnt do enough overall, had his running shoes on, Degale connected with the better punches, got the better of any exchanges they had and hurt him, plus pressed the fight the whole time, especially in the second half of the fight where i could only give Groves round 10, Degale clearly won 9 (had him in trouble) 11 and 12, the only clear Groves rounds in the fight were 2 4 and 10. It said it all for me when Watt and Darke's cards even had it to Degale at the end despite them being clearly pro Groves during it. Should be a rematch imo, while its not a robbery or anything clearly for me the decision didn't fo the right way.
Bollocks to Degale winning because his punches hurt more - The game's about landing more on your opponent and making him miss. I seem to remember a lot of airshots from Degale and very little in between those up to Round 5. Degale lost it in the early rounds and had too much to make up. He was getting boxed early on and wasn't throwing enough. I agree it was close as he picked up the pace later on (I seem to remember from after the headbutt). I had it 1 round to Groves in the end, my cousin had it a draw.