James Degale excuse thread(whaddya reckon.)

They are going to have rename that the "DeGale-Khan Effect"

 

only brits ever considered him anything to begin with. the whole 168 division is a dumpster fire.

 

I just watched it in full, yes I'm that sad.

Yeah Truax won and won well in my humble opinion, I thought the 114-114 was a shocking card.

I scored it 116-112 Truax

 

good that they got the correct winner. even if it should have been a ud.

 

I think Degale has been very good.
He travelled to the USA and beat Dirrell, travelled to Canada and beat Bute, travelled to the USA and beat Medina, travelled to the USA and fought a unification with Jack to a draw.

Degale has fast hands, speed and movement but (and its just my worthless armchair opinion) he seems to have to move so much that he works harder than an opponent not having to move as much. He doesnt seem to be able to get his opponent to do most of the moving alot of the time so seems to move around and then need to take a break on the ropes, which I think becomes tiring and leaves him open to attack. He doesnt seem to be able to push his opponent back even when winning.

Still congratulations to Truax.


It will now possibly become one of those situations we have seen before in boxing where suddenly when a talented fighter has been dethroned all the contenders leap to face the new champ when they didnt seem as loud when the talented fighter was champ.
I have always felt Mayweather deserved massive credit for facing Judah after Judah had lost to Baldimor.
It seemed to me that when Baldimor became champ there seemed to suddenly be fighters wanting that fight when I cant recall them looking for Judah in the same way

 

Yeah he’s always had this tendency to take rounds off rest on the ropes and it’s come back to bite him on the arse.

 

Yes, this isn't anything new, people have been saying it for some time now. He's had plenty of time to fix any possible stamina issues, it's clear he doesn't put the work in, in the gym.

His focus in the ring has to be questioned. We've seen him often start well, seem in control then lose focus and instead of press his advantage allow his opponent back into the fight. He simply fights down to his opponents level too often and this time he wasn't expecting any kind of challenge and so was even less well prepared than normal.

He has ability and talent but I don't think he has the mentality of a champion.