James DeGale will be a 3 weight world champion and p4p top 3 in his prime

[ishy]

:deal

:lol:

[Dan684]

Come on Ish......

[onourway]

WBO, IBU and WBU?

[ishy]

:lol:

[Beeston Brawler]

Top 3 P4P in his family perhaps

[GazOC]

I'll take that bet Ishy.....;O)

[bored]

Fiver says he isn't.

[ishy]

I'll take that bet Ishy.....;O)

:lol:

[brown bomber]

His opponents record may have been misleading.

[punchdrunkgench]

bit optmistic at this stage but that was an improvement on his debut and his attitude out of the ring was more down to earth he seems to have taken on some of the feedback esb have given him!

[brown bomber]

He was good, his opponent may have been a retard. He sure looked and fought just like a imagine a retard would.

[slip&counter]

you were bound to have one bad thread, we'll give you a pass

[ishy]

you were bound to have one bad thread, we'll give you a pass

:lol:

For the record I don't actually agree with the thread title. Just having a laugh.

[kosaros]

Hey I think he had a decent performance today, and he conducted himself a lot better outside the ring as well - the confidence is still there, but he has toned it down.

[nulty]

Some good improvements tonight, but a long way to go.

[GPater11093]

look people are deriding him but that was a great performance by him and he shows he has good tools. Ok he wasnt tested but his opponent came to fight and he picked him off like a machine gun through a door. I think he can become a decent fighter obviously we have to wait and see how he develops but for me he is the best of ******s 'Olympians'.

[NO MAS]

A long way to go... Jimmy Mac will get him fit and if he listens to the right people he will do the business.... a fight down the line with Sutherland for a strap is where it is going... but will he pass on that to put the record straight with George Groves???... Mmmmm :think:think

[TFFP]

I told you guys.

You gotta give this kid a chance. He's got talent, you don't see the best of this kid until somebody comes to fight and he'll pick them apart.

I feel really sorry for the kid. You can see from his interviews he does not like getting stick, he's really trying hard to be liked and he put on a performance that should make the boo boys eat their words.

[Dan684]

So, we can establish that your older than DeGale then TFFP ? :-)

[p.Townend]

He won gold at the olympics so he cant be a bad fighter,if he keeps his feet on the ground and listens to his trainers unlike guys like Audley or tyrell Biggs why can he not follow in the footsteps of someone like at the worst Mark Breland and win a world title or 2.Give the guy a chance we should get behind all our fighters and support them not give them a load of greif whilst they are on thier way up and trying to learn the game.I wish degale all the best.

[TFFP]

So, we can establish that your older than DeGale then TFFP ? :-)
Hmm I don't think so. I'm guessing he's mid 20's so I'm a little younger.

[Dan684]

Oh right.... Not sure of his age actually

[kosaros]

23 I believe.

[beecho1988]

:lol:

[kosaros]

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This is the future.

[brown bomber]

he was good

[nickthegreek]

Saunders will go on to be the best of the 3 imo.

[DGLASS JAW]

was not that impressed tbh..billy joe was the best i thought.

[Darni187]

Well done James shut the haters up, keep the good work up mate.

[BremnerBomber]

:lol: You lot seemed to have changed your tune over DeGale since his first fight..... I was shot down by everyone on the British forum for saying James will go on and do well and is the best of the 3 "olyimpians" after his first pro fight.

[moorser]

i thought degale was the best of the 3 last night , top performance

[GazOC]

DeGale did what he had to do and looked a damn site better than he did im the first fight but beating that guy has proven nothing other than at least DeGale listened to the criticism from the first fight.

He won't be able to walk forward with his jab fully extended, measuring his opponent for the right hand when he starts fighting live opponents.

[GPater11093]

Saunders will go on to be the best of the 3 imo.

was not that impressed tbh..billy joe was the best i thought.

really i didnt see that. Billy Joe was good. Exactly what i like to see hands high, chin down, workes the body well, dectent workrate and patient a solid pro style. But he was missing that sparkle the thing that seperates the champion from the contender the X factor so to speak.

:lol: You lot seemed to have changed your tune over DeGale since his first fight..... I was shot down by everyone on the British forum for saying James will go on and do well and is the best of the 3 "olyimpians" after his first pro fight.

i liked DeGale with that performance he showed me the 'X factor' BJ Saunders was missing

[Jordan]

WBO, IBU and WBU?

Hahahahaha

[Smith]

I think the boy will go far. I liked some of the things he was doing in there, yes a poor opponent, but you can still tell a lot.

It almost a cliche that people say BJ will go the furthest, if I remember rightly Strike mentioned it first way back and everyone jumped on board. I think saunders won't get past euro level.

[GazOC]

It almost a cliche that people say BJ will go the furthest, if I remember rightly Strike mentioned it first way back and everyone jumped on board. I think saunders won't get past euro level.

I was saying it straight after the Games and I'm still impressed with the lad.

[GazOC]

I told you guys.

You gotta give this kid a chance. He's got talent, you don't see the best of this kid until somebody comes to fight and he'll pick them apart.

I feel really sorry for the kid. You can see from his interviews he does not like getting stick, he's really trying hard to be liked and he put on a performance that should make the boo boys eat their words.

If were are going to have "I told you so" every time Degale beats up a corpse then its going to be a long 18 months.;)

Degale did what he had to do but the opponent was very, very poor and didn't know even know how to throw a punch correctly.

[GPater11093]

Gaz

The guy DeGale fought came to fight. DeGale just picked him off as he threw punches and dropped him and that discouraged him for the rest fo the round

[ishy]

DeGale was still slapping last night. His punch technique is very horrible, worse than Calzaghe's I'd say.

I said Saunders would be a successful pro after I saw his first fight at the Olympics and I'm sticking by that.

Groves > DeGale

[kerrminator]

I quite enjoyed last nights fights and De Gale seems to have learned to do his talking in the ring. Hopefully the boo boys will give him a break and get behind him. Saunders looked good too. Reminded me stylistically of young Paul Appleby when he started out.

[GazOC]

Gaz

The guy DeGale fought came to fight. DeGale just picked him off as he threw punches and dropped him and that discouraged him for the rest fo the round

I don't want to be too hard on the opponent for a second professional fight, they arn't supposed to be world beaters, but the guy had no defense or fundamentals and looked a good 2 weight divisions smaller than DeGale.. He came to fight in as much as he walked foward swinging away for the first 30 seconds but he was in there so DeGale could do a number on him. They couldn't afford a repeat of Degales first fight.

[GPater11093]

the guy looked bigger than DeGale he was huge.

yes he had n defence or fundamentals but he went for it and you need opponents like that to start you off

[GazOC]

the guy looked bigger than DeGale he was huge.

yes he had n defence or fundamentals but he went for it and you need opponents like that to start you off

Eh? Degale out weighed the guy by over 10lbs.

[robpalmer135]

one thing you gotta say about degale is his fast.........real fast hands.

[1stcontact]

P4P top 3 2011
1. Amir Khan
2. James Degale
3. Matthew Hatton

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:nut:nut:rofl:rofl

[GPater11093]

Faz honestly the guy wasnt that small he was muscled as hell

[trotter]

His opponent couldn't have stuck his chin higher i the air if he'd tried lol

Degale is clearly not a 'natural' puncher

But if he makes it to world class he doesn't need to be, he will be able to trade on his skill and speed against better fighters

He's clearly a very talented lad who needs a fair bit of work to convert to the pro ranks.

[GazOC]

Faz honestly the guy wasnt that small he was muscled as hell

Check the weight, it was something like 160 against 171.