A big missed opportunity for boxing to grab centre stage. With this **** undercard, all is needed now is a clash of heads in the 1st round and a technical draw.
Great that DeGale is on the undercard. Im a big fan of the SMW division and this has added to the bill nicely
If there's one guy in boxing that has got James back its Jim. Lets see how these two perform once they hit some adversity in a future match up. Why couldn't Degale continue down the WBC route ? I thought he was mandatory. Wat happens if the fight between Groves and Froch is close again ? He might have to wait until the trilogy is completed !
Frankie Gavin needs to jump on with matchroom cos he's going nowhere under frank ****** and deep down Gavin knows it
Pleased for Degale seems like he has grown up a bit. Still has that slightly confused look in his eyes though haha
He comes across so much better than back on 'THAT' episode of ringside. Seems a nice enough bloke. Good addition to the undercard, hopefully he can pull something special out the bag so tongues will be wagging for the follow up fight. Another masterstroke from Eddie though. Getting all these big domestic dust ups locked and loaded. People may not like Matchroom scooping up all the talent but if all goes to plan we have some great fights on the way
http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/boxing/9259102/degale-%27ugly-kid%27-will-win-on-points chunky bringing back the ugly kid stuff
Let's not get ahead of ourselves, for a start, this is no pushover for DeGale. Also, I'm under the impression that mandatories are anything but in this game, they can be circumvented/delayed for years for all sorts of reasons (Unifications, temporary retirement etc etc). I personally would like to see the 'Best of British' get straps over-seas or at least attempt it first before giving other belt holders excuses not to meet our best fighters.
And when would these take place ? because im dam sure in November the weather is shocking and they wont be holding out till next summer.