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By Kbarsey: Tonight at the 02 arena in London, UK, we will be witnessing a mouth watering card on Sky Box Office that will entice all boxing fans. Everybody will have their opinion on whether it is a PPV worthy card but none the less it is a very good card.
Their are four bouts I want to focus on in particular.
Firstly Anthony Joshua vs Kevin “kingpin” Johnson
By Kbarsey: After many months of debating and arguing I have come to the conclusion that James ‘Chunky’ DeGale will be the first British Olympic gold medalist to become a world champion. I do not believe this because a certain route to a title shot will be cleverly managed by his adviser’s or he’s been gifted his position within the governing bodies (unlike like his old foe George Groves, Just my opinion) but because I truly believe that he is that good.
Before his surgery prior to the Brandon Gonzales fight in May of 2014, I did have some issues with DeGale. At that time I labelled him the ‘What could have been fighter’.
By Kbarsey: The first fight between British super middle weights James “CHUNKEY” Degale and George “SAINT” Groves was a close affair. In my opinion Degale one by a round through activity. But that is history and I feel both fighters arsenals and ring skills have changed since their first meeting.
I was very impressed with Degale’s performance against “highly rated” Brandon Gonzales at Wembley stadium on the Groves V Froch undercard. He looked confident, strong and composed through the bout but also had an aggression which I had been waiting to see.
By Kbarsey: Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank Snr, Johnny Nelson, Naseem Hamed, Lennox Lewis, Joe Calzaghe just to name a few have all been fantastic boxers who have had successful careers. As have many Brits from our Previous generation (too many to list).
But as we embark on 2015 I truly believe Britain’s boxing scene has something to be excited about. Assessing Britain’s current crop of talent one has to believe that they will surpass our previous generation.
Kell Brook in my opinion did fantastically well, Carl Froch still possesses two world titles. Jamie Mcdonnell is also a world champion as is Scott Quigg and Carl Frampton.