who isnt convinced by james degale's skill?

James Degale is a ****.

 

I cant believe people are talking about putting a guy who has beaten by a mile fighters like Kessler and AA after about 10 fights where has fought one man who came to win!!! De gale is a good prospect but that is it - him vs groves will show us a little more but they are both untested at any decent levels in the pros

 

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I picked De Gale to win, as I wasn't convinced Groves could fight on the backfoot, and not eventually get him trapped, as I did't think his footwork was good enough, but I kinda always had the feeling of the kind of style that would trouble De Gale( see above), just didn't know Groves was the man to exploit it.



Major props to Adam Booth, I didn't really rate him that highly as a trainer, but the guy needs to start getting his props.

Does make you think though, what would happen in a rematch, cause that fight was close, and If De Gale had started faster, might he of edged it? That said, Groves awkwardness, might be his effectiveness against De Gale, as he uses a lot unconventional head feints etc to offset you before stepping in with his attacks, and has underrated speed to get off first.

De Gale needed an offense jab, not a defensive jab, he needed to move in behind his jab, to create an opening, to put Groves on his heels before putting his straight left in, he also needed to cut the ring down more effectively, however that's De Gale's problem, he has no offensive jab, he doesn't use it as a weapon, so either he waits on you, looking to counter off the front foot, but if he does this and the opponent is able to feint him him out before leading off, then is capable of getting off first on him whilst he's waiting, his counter punching can be negated somewhat, or De Gale will resort to walking straight in, to march up close and let his hands go, which just allows you to rattle off a combo and move, as he's bringing the target to you.

I must say, I overrated James De Gale's ability to dictate from range.

 

Was the Mayweatherian skill on display last night or did I miss it?

Degale seemed decidedly average.

 

There couldn't be anything more wrong with this post.

He's a counter puncher who walks into range, without having worked his way in, thus leaving himself vulnerable for someone to get off first on him.

He holds his hands Mayweather esque, but leaves his head on the line, your supposed to move your head OFF the line, either left or right, when you wont to slip a punch, make someone miss.

 

ive always said any half skillful boxer can look world class when hes facing the 1st 7 or 8 opponants of his career, hes only guna face durable tough men with very limited skill, not enough skill to nulify anything half decent thrown at them.

Its when they start to meet more skillful fighters do all the flaws start to come through and you get a better and more educated feeling of what these guys are capable of achieving.

Last night we saw somebody in against Degale who was smart enough to counter his work and throw him off his game and all of a sudden he didnt look world class.

But this could well be a good thing, I think Froch is similar in the fact he had his own way all the time in most of his fights even though his game was serioiusly flawed and it took the likes of Jermain Taylor to highlight that there is a hell of alot of work to do in the gym. (though it took Froch a couple more fights to realise this)

Hopefully Degale can go back and really work on improving himself, something he seem very capable of doing and not just sulk like his ****in dick promoter.

 

me

 

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