James DeGale and George Groves happened too soon.

To be honest, I prefer this, least your getting a competitive fight, not an old guy with a great name, against a great fighter who's at the top of his game, or a great fighter consciously picking styles that cooperates with his in order to keep him on the win trail, least we dont have to put up the diva ways of some the established fighters wrangling for the thicker end of the financial package.

 

Off subject, but why was George called the 'Bitter rival' when they were announcing the fighters?

More like the other bloody way round.

 

What a surprise, another DeGale fanboy crying that his man got beaten. Get over it.

 

I dont really care how the fight is packaged, in terms of whether it makes money, garners more interest, cause it might not be as competitive. Groves probably wont improve that much, but De Gale will, so its conceivable he would of had a better shot at beating Groves down the line, this rendering it a more non competitive fight.

Its about whats in the package, not how its packaged.

 

He will improve, although I dont think that significantly. Groves has too many fundamental issues technically, to ever excell, he will always be a good to decent fighter though, and probably capable of winning an ABC title.

De Gale has a higher ceiling than Groves imo, despite the loss.

 

No fúck off, it's this mentality that keeps fights like Ward v Dirrell, Bradley v Alexander (for the best part of two years) from happening. Two unbeaten prospects fighting each other always makes for interesting viewing. What is more interesting now that Groves and DeGale have fought is that they could both go down different paths and meet later in their careers at a higher level and have another one or two fights for bigger honours. Fúck waiting for them to fight another 10 bums or so, the fight happened at the right time and was great to watch.

 

Couldnt agree less with this thread.

Boxing should be sink or swim for EVERYBODY. This fight SHOULD have happened.
As a fighter you should be prepared to fight ANYBODY whenever!

 

Agreed, Degale is a great prospect but I dont think he will change much physically. George is very very young for a super middle (most peak in the early 30s) and looks to have a physique that he can grow into.

Still think Degale will ultimately achieve better things, but he can no longer just dismiss groves as being not on his level

 

Yep

He has also come through very tough fights and bad moments

Adapted his style for a fight and executed a plan

He's shown far more than degale as a pro

 

Very good post and one of the things I was thinking before the fight was made that it is very early a fight to be made and could ruin one of the fighters, promotionally, but I dont think thats a problem now, with how the fight turned out, in fact for British boxing fans it has turned out well I think. It was a close fight that many saw and both fighters havent been completely beaten or ruined. It was a tough skilled fight.
I think both should look to move on fast now. Maybe both have an easier fight and then move onwards.
I wouldnt be too shocked if Warren took DeGale down the international route now and Groves goes down the traditional route by going after the European title