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 Groves getting knocked out quickly if he elects to slug it out with him early.
It’s doubtful that the limited Groves will try and punch with an excellent fighter like DeGale, especially when Groves struggled to beat Kenny Anderson in November and was dropped by him. Groves doesn’t have the speed, the power or the boxing ability to beat DeGale. He’s got to really get lucky with a big shot. That’s really the only chance Groves has in this fight.
Groves did beat DeGale in the amateur ranks but that was a short four-fight and Groves didn’t even appear to win it my eyes. I had DeGale winning that one. But Groves continues to brag about the victory as if it means something for this fight. It doesn’t. DeGale is a better fighter now and without the head gear and having a longer fight, Groves is going to be in trouble.
DeGale said this on Sky Sports Ringside: “If he comes to fight me and throw bombs at me, he’s going to get knocked out early. If he wants to try and be Mr. technical and move around the ring and try to box me, and there’s only a few people in the world that can do that, he’ll maybe last a couple more rounds. He’s got more balls than brains.”
Groves commented, “He’s still bitter about me beating him. I don’t know what he’s going to do after I beat him again.”
DeGale is probably bitter because he doesn’t respect the fighting ability of Groves and feels that he got a raw deal with the judging of their previous fight. I would be bitter too if I guy I thought was below me was able to get a win over me. I’d want to get revenge and then move on. This is what DeGale is doing now. He’s going to beat Groves and then leave him behind to fight the other domestic level guys for the remainder of his career, while DeGale goes on to bigger and better things.
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