Comments Thread For: DeGale: If Groves Beats Froch, We Can Do a Rematch

[CraigM]

Did Groves earn his shot?

As he was mandatory, yes.

Err...how's that exactly? Because he didn't nosh off Eddie Hearn like Groves did?

Well, he joined a promoter who isn't capable of staging quality cards (or cards at all by the looks of it).

[ArturoBalboa]

Groves has been ducking the rematch for a good 3 years now.

Yeah, and Kenny Anderson right. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Grimmer]

Groves has been ducking the rematch for a good 3 years now.

They've both been on very different paths. Aside from the immediate outcry from DeGale he's not really chased the rematch at all.

Groves hasn't ducked anything, he's worked his way up to fight for a world title, as James is doing down the WBC route. The rematch will happen in the future, Groves and DeGale have even said this.

They've gone about it the right way. I wouldn't rule out them both being champions by the end of the year and a domestic unification coming into fruition.

Saying either fighter ducked one another is wrong. They've both moved on and gone about their careers down different paths which haven't clashed yet. But they will, George isn't scared, neither is James, it'll happen, they've both got a long way to go in their careers.

Think DeGale should go back to Warren or move to the states though as Hennessey just hasn't progressed him anywhere near as well as he should have.

[Grimmer]

Groves probably should have rematched Anderson though, that was a really good scrap as well. Groves would have won, but it would have satisfied the fans and at the level he was at when that fight happened there was no reason an immediate rematch couldn't happen.

[uncommon]

DeGale needs Groves; Groves does not need DeGale. If Groves beats Froch he will hardly need to waste his time fighting DeGale (who?) for chump change. Groves may go on to fight bigger and better.

[yoz]

As he was mandatory, yes.



Well, he joined a promoter who isn't capable of staging quality cards (or cards at all by the looks of it).

Again, thanks to Eddie Hearn and the fact that the next 4 SMWs were injured/scheduled to fight.

[yoz]

They've both been on very different paths. Aside from the immediate outcry from DeGale he's not really chased the rematch at all.

Groves hasn't ducked anything, he's worked his way up to fight for a world title, as James is doing down the WBC route. The rematch will happen in the future, Groves and DeGale have even said this.

They've gone about it the right way. I wouldn't rule out them both being champions by the end of the year and a domestic unification coming into fruition.

Saying either fighter ducked one another is wrong. They've both moved on and gone about their careers down different paths which haven't clashed yet. But they will, George isn't scared, neither is James, it'll happen, they've both got a long way to go in their careers.

Think DeGale should go back to Warren or move to the states though as Hennessey just hasn't progressed him anywhere near as well as he should have.

You really believe that?

[Grimmer]

DeGale needs Groves; Groves does not need DeGale. If Groves beats Froch he will hardly need to waste his time fighting DeGale (who?) for chump change. Groves may go on to fight bigger and better.

DeGale doesn't even need Groves. DeGale is going down the WBC route and I'd fancy him to beat Bika. Then he'll have a belt of his own.

He flatters to deceive sometimes DeGale but there is a quality fighter there. He needs to make some promotional/training camp changes though.

[CraigM]

Again, thanks to Eddie Hearn and the fact that the next 4 SMWs were injured/scheduled to fight.

You haven't confirmed our bet yet btw!

[uncommon]

DeGale doesn't even need Groves. DeGale is going down the WBC route and I'd fancy him to beat Bika. Then he'll have a belt of his own.

He flatters to deceive sometimes DeGale but there is a quality fighter there. He needs to make some promotional/training camp changes though.

I don't see beating Bika the same as beating Froch. But, I'd say the same for DeGale if he were the one fighting Froch - if he won, he'd be "the man".