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I am undecided....hence my 'what happens?' thread over on the Global Forum.
Bika really is one of the sport's roughest SOBs and an absolute expert at negating the abilities of superior opponents.....he's a niggly, strong guy with a big workrate and he's definitely not going to give up that belt easily.
There's a legit case to be made for Bika just swarming all over James and bringing him to a standstill by just always being in his face, pushing him backwards and landing enough shots to get the decsion. Bika is the champ and that kind of front-foot pressure, however ugly, can get decisions.
But the optimist in me says that DeGale - with little Jimmy McDonnell forcing him to concentrate - could give Bika a boxing lesson. Lots of fast, in-and-out raids and using movement and handspeed with Bika getting frustrated and maybe getting penalised for getting too rough? It is a possibility.
Bika really is one of the sport's roughest SOBs and an absolute expert at negating the abilities of superior opponents.....he's a niggly, strong guy with a big workrate and he's definitely not going to give up that belt easily.
There's a legit case to be made for Bika just swarming all over James and bringing him to a standstill by just always being in his face, pushing him backwards and landing enough shots to get the decsion. Bika is the champ and that kind of front-foot pressure, however ugly, can get decisions.
But the optimist in me says that DeGale - with little Jimmy McDonnell forcing him to concentrate - could give Bika a boxing lesson. Lots of fast, in-and-out raids and using movement and handspeed with Bika getting frustrated and maybe getting penalised for getting too rough? It is a possibility.
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