DeGale may turn professional soon

cant understand the guy, if it was me, i would definitly turn pro. He has won the gold. Nothing left to prove now at amatuer.

 

Maybe he knows he's got his work cut out adapting his style for the pros?

 

personally i think he has a good style for the pros.

 

i don't

 

There isn't anything wrong with his style for the pros. He will take fine tuning, but nearly all amateurs do. As long as he does not have a glass jaw, works incredibly hard on his fitness to get it up to at least 8 round level, and gets the correct fights for his development unlike Khan he will have a good chance.

 

"Fine tuning" as in learning to throw combinations, developing any type of body attack, being able to do any work at all on the inside.....?

 

He can throw combinations. His bodywork might be better than expected, why the hell would you bother throwing them when they never scored?

Inside he is weak, but aren't all the ams? I saw a few sneaky little tricks as well, he's not as hapless as Khan up close.

You can focus on all the negatives, but there are plenty of positive things. Nobody likes fighting a defensively cute southpaw with good speed and counterpunching. It is anybodys worst nightmare. He will be a very frustrating guy to fight and probably not popular, but who cares.

 

I think he will do well in pro. The lad has ok power which may improve and an awkward style. I doubt you will find a better prospect domestically that has turned over in the last year or is near to ready to be a pro apart from Frankie Gavin. Who ever gets hold of him will probably match him in a way that the public gets to see him at his best and then hopefully we will see him develope and grow into the pro game.

 

You're a fine one to talk about "focusing on negatives"

I'm not saying he won't make it in the pros, just that if I was a betting man (and I am) I wouldn't put money on it. He has so many things to correct, a damn site more than most Olympians turning pro.

 

He is definitely the best prospect in British boxing, Gavin could not hurt my grandma with his punches.

DeGale is X10 the prospect Khan ever was too. I havn't seen too many videos of him doing the chicken dance in the amateurs. He does not just stand there infront of you bolt upright waiting to get hit on his glass jaw. He has good movement and defence.

 

Saunders will do better than DeGale in the pros IMHO.

 

You'll see. TFFP is a talent scout. Alexeev, Gamboa and DeGale if he turns pro now rather than in 4 years are the future.

 

I think you will have to see him without the headguard and vest boxing against pros to see if he can fight effectively on the inside.

It does seem rather pointless bothering to throw body shots, when...

1. They aren't being scored
2. The referee waits for the fighter to get up before counting

He would be best served having six months training constantly to get himself in good shape for the pro game - I would reckon that the nature of the pro's will mean he fights at 154 rather than 160.

A good move would be to sign with anyone but Warren - that way he won't be spoonfed ala Khan and will be given meaningful fights straight away where he will have to learn and work hard in order to be successful.

Good luck to the kid, I hope he does well, and avoids the humiliating starching that Khan suffered.