I guess the sparring really helped Groves too

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  1. HMSTempleGarden

    HMSTempleGarden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    who was the "top secret" sparring partner they had in London?
     
  2. skel1983

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    Degale has been in with Haye.
     
  3. jimcox88

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    Calzaghe
     
  4. HMSTempleGarden

    HMSTempleGarden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    really?

    I knew Calzaghe had visited the gym a couple of times didn't know it was him though.
     
  5. jimcox88

    jimcox88 Active Member Full Member

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    Niether do i ha, just makes sense.
     
  6. HMSTempleGarden

    HMSTempleGarden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    quit making **** up then :thumbsup
     
  7. skel1983

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    :lol: He hasn't even done any boxing since he retired I think he said recently he hit the pads for the first time since he retired.
     
  8. yakluvich

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    degale sparred floyd mayweather for one of his fights.
     
  9. Chinny

    Chinny Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No he didn't. He was in the same gym though
     
  10. HMSTempleGarden

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    No he didn't he was stated that DeGale was too big.
     
  11. David UK

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    I think this was the key. I still think Degale is more talented than Groves, but Groves has really tested himself in sparring and no doubt been roughed up a bit, so when it came to fighting Degale he had some good experience of mixing it with better fighters than Degale to draw on
     
  12. wrimc

    wrimc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Was in not just Eubank jr? He seems to have a similar style to Degale
     
  13. HMSTempleGarden

    HMSTempleGarden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I knew he had been at the gym, but I reading Boxing News and they said it was "top secret" I was expecting some world class fighter, but Jnr is still an amateur.
     
  14. stutheviking

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    He had been sparring quite a few rounds with a lad called Ryan Aston(southpaw) just turned pro with haymaker.
     
  15. HMSTempleGarden

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    his name had been mentioned in the article.