DeGale-Groves

By Scott Gilfoid: James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) looked to be the much more relaxed fighter compared to his opponent George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) at Friday’s weigh-in. Groves had been getting the better of DeGale during some of their verbal exchanges leading up to the fight, especially in their meeting on Sky Sports Ringside. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: For the most part, tomorrow’s fights between James DeGale vs. George Groves and Nathan Cleverly vs. Aleksy Kuziemski will be mismatches. The DeGale-Groves fight will be decent early on, but once DeGale gets warmed up around the fourth or fifth round, Groves is going to be getting slaughtered. Groves is just too [...]

By Sean McDaniel: For a lot of people, they see Saturday’s match-up between undefeated British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) and challenger George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) as being a potentially close contest that can go either way.

‘THIS IS IT’ THE WBO LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD NATHAN CLEVERLY vs. ALEKSY KUZIEMSKI THE BRITISH & COMMONWEALTH SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP JAMES DeGALE vs. GEORGE GROVES SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2011 THE O2, LONDON ***LIVE ON SKY BOX OFFICE***

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) will be looking to settle an old score with George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) on Saturday night when they go at it in a 12 round bout for the British title at the O2 Arena in London. DeGale was beaten by Groves [...]

THE betting on Betfair suggests that James ‘Chunky’ DeGale will avenge his 2006 amateurs defeat to George Groves when the pair come to blows at the O2 Arena on Saturday. Olympic gold medallist DeGale is the 1-3 favourite to come out on top in this ill-tempered ‘Battle of Britain’.

By Sean McDaniel: Undefeated British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 Ko’s) has made a little wager with challenger George Groves for Saturday’s fight at the O2 Arena in London, England. DeGale, 25, bet to match the earnings that Groves is making tomorrow night if Groves wins the fight. This is a pretty risky [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) says he’s going to get rid of the Klitschko brothers by beating them in 2011. Haye faces IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) on July 2nd at the Imtech Stadium, in Hamburg, Germany. Once these two fights are taken care of, Haye [...]

By Dallan O’ Donnell: Sparks flew today at the press conference for the upcoming Saturday night bill at the 02 arena in London billed as “This is it”. Reporters expected Groves and DeGale to come to blows, but in fact it was the stand in opponent for newly crowned WBO light heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly, [...]

By William Mackay: Unbeaten British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) wants to get his fight with George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) out of the way and then move on to bigger and better things. This is a fight that has kind of been pushed on DeGale by the British boxing public. He [...]

James DeGale has warned George Groves that he’ll need more than David Haye in his corner to beat him on Saturday. The rivals meet for the British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles at the 02 Arena, London, live on Sky Box Office.

By Richard Myers: Saturday May 21st looks to be a good night for British boxing fans. Not only is the talented Nathan Cleverly fighting for his first world title against Juergen Braehmer (a 50/50 fight in my view) but two of Britain’s hottest prospects square off. James Degale 10 (8KOs) – 0 and George Groves [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) and challenger George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) will meet in London next Saturday night in a grudge match at the O2 Arena (Millenium Dome), Greenwich, London, England.

By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) is promising a knockout victory over challenger George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) on May 21st at the O2 Arena in London, England. DeGale, 25, basically gives Groves no chance of escaping a knockout loss no matter how he fights. But DeGale sees [...]

British stars Nathan Cleverly and James DeGale will get maximum television exposure in America following confirmation that EPIX will broadcast live their fights from The O2 in London on May 21. Cleverly will challenge for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Light-Heavyweight title against the champion Juergen Braehmer, and DeGale takes on bitter rival George [...]

Birmingham ace Frankie Gavin has promised to stop Midlands rival Young Mutley in spectacular style. And Gavin believes a win will stand him in good stead as he races close friend James DeGale to a world title.

Top boxing promoter Frank Warren is delighted to announce that new American premium cable channel Epix will broadcast his May 21st show at The O2 in London. US fans will get to see the most talked about show of the year in Britain featuring the highly-charged grudge match between rivals James DeGale and George Groves [...]

James DeGale is taking boxing back to the streets – quite literally. The British super-middleweight champion has been training al fresco ahead of his huge clash with George Groves on May 21, live on Sky Box Office.

By Adam Fillingham Last Weekend Last weekend Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom sports put together an intriguing match up between Barnet’s ex European champion Darren Barker and world title challenger, Italian Domenico Spada.

By William Mackay: British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) plans on showing his power and his class on May 21st when he takes on unbeaten challenger George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) in their grudge match at the O2 Arena (Millenium Dome), Greenwich, London, England. DeGale, 25, says he wants to knock Groves [...]

James DeGale and George Groves returned to their former amateur gym today ahead of their big May 21 clash at The O2, London. The pair will meet in a mouth-watering British and Commonwealth super-middleweight title showdown, live on Sky Box Office.

James DeGale and Nathan Cleverly have abandoned plans to spar each other again – because it was getting too competitive. The Frank Warren fighters shared more than 30 rounds in April ahead of massive fights on May 21 at London’s O2 Arena.

By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) is about to put to rest his grudge match with undefeated Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) three weeks from now on May 21st by batting the 23-year-old Groves and knocking him out in front of what will likely [...]

James DeGale has turned down a string of modeling contracts to focus on knocking out George Groves later this month. The British super-middleweight champion has been approached by a number of high-profile companies since lifting the Lonsdale belt with a punch-perfect display against Paul Smith in December.

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten super middleweight British champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) has little respect for his May 21st opponent George Groves (12-0, 10 Ko’s) and can’t wait to get in the ring with him to put him in his place once in for all. The two have been verbally sparring back and forth [...]

By Sean McDaniel: After only 10 fights, unbeaten super middleweight contender James DeGale (10-8, 8 KO’s) is already ranked high in the super middleweight division at #3 WBO, #11 IBF and #14 WBC. Next month DeGale is facing his toughest test in undefeated Commonwealth champion George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) in a fight at the [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) badly wants to get in the ring and prove himself against undefeated Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s).

British Super-Middleweight champion James DeGale has today turned down the opportunity of a straight shot at the world title in favour of his forthcoming fight with Commonwealth Champion George Groves on May 21st.

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) just finished sparring 30 tough rounds with WBO light heavyweight interim champion Nathan Cleverly (21-0, 10 KO’s) last week in preparation for the 25-year-old DeGale’s May 21st bout against unbeaten Commonwealth super middleweight title holder George Groves (12-0, 10 KO’s) at the [...]

By William Mackay: Unbeaten British super middleweight champion James DeGale (10-0, 8 KO’s) and WBO super middleweight interim champion Nathan Cleverly (21-0, 10 KO’s) sparred recently to get ready for their separate fights next month on May 21st at the O2 Arena (Millenium Dome), Greenwich, London. DeGale, 25, faces unbeaten Commonwealth super middleweight champion George [...]