DeGale to fight Sam Horton on May 15th

smiths proved to have a good chin and degale cant punch properly:good

 

I have seen an interview that said they were good friends and were unlikely to fight each other so i dont think a Degale Smith matchup is near anytime soon the again ......."He's chunky, he ch-un-ky"

 

yeah i heard this too. End of the day degale needs to worry about other things rather than fighting smith right now, plus smith wouldn't fight him, it would be a giant step backward, regardless of whether people think he wuold get beat.

 

And DeGale is still far far far superior to Smith.

 

if he is even considering that, then he doesn't give much of a **** about degales future.
He is being moved along far too quickly. great amateur or not, pro's are sdifferent, and ok, he has had power to get rid of some people so far, but basic fundamentals are lacking from his game at the moment. slaps far too much. He ain't that quick, and he has not been tested against someone who could potentially put him on his arse.
I can see him coming a cropper tbh, maybe not against horton.
The best thing right now, would be to put him in with groves end of

 

Decent fight. This is English title level.

 

It is a good fight on paper but Horton's ko ratio is poor. These amateurs go from regularly fighting the best in the world to your average joes. It does not help them at all. These guys need to be tested earlier or scared into improving.

Khan and Haye were not true world class before losing. Post losing they were true world class as it made them have to re-evalute their game.

 

This is a decent match up. If Horton fights sensibly; not like he did against Renda then he should last a few rounds but Degale will be far too good for him and he would beat Smith and any of the other British SMW's (except Froch, Magee and maybe Groves) at the moment.

Still think he's a ***** though

 

Should be a decent fight in JDG's favour