Comments Thread For: Team DeGale Guarantee Purse of 4 Million To Carl Froch

[Grimmer]

Fair enough - Gonzales I suppose is an overall fringe top-10 contender. But these guys like Gonzalez, and Periban are leagues below the level Froch is at.

Groves is on that transition level between fringe world class, and just a solid top 10ish contender, and Degail failed against him. Yeah, it was really close, but he still failed... Which is why I think he should have to rematch Groves and prove he can beat him to get a shot at Froch.

Leading into the Froch fight Groves didn't have better wins than Gonzalez and Periban. He had an old Glen Johnson, Franscisco Sierra, Kenny Anderson and Paul Smith. Groves didn't even have to fight a final eliminator to be considered mandatory, he was ranked 4th.

You're being harsh on DeGale here. His close loss to Groes was 3 and a half years ago and that rematch will only happen soon if both fighters grab world title straps.

DeGale isn't my first choice to fight Froch, I'd rather see the GGG or Ward fight. But DeGale's definitely moe worthy than Chavez Jr and Mikkel Kessler who will have been inactive for two years by the time a rematch with Froch might happen.

Even Gilberto Ramirez and Andre Dirrell don't have the wins to make a claim to fight Froch.

If DeGale beats Periban, considering he's already beaten Gonzalez and is already mandatory, and doesn't have to take this fight, then he's certainly got a bigger claim for the fight than many other of the touted opponents.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

First comment.

DeFAIL - please go away. You're a worthless BUM who lost to Groves. You need to be worrying about rematching Groves, first, ya ole hoe.

I guess you've had your head up your arse for the past few years because DeGale has called for the rematch with Groves ever since losing that gift decision

Groves has never wanted any part of it because he knows he got lucky.

[Funky_Monk]

I guess you've had your head up your arse for the past few years because DeGale has called for the rematch with Groves ever since losing that gift decision

Groves has never wanted any part of it because he knows he got lucky.

It was a close fight and Groves went with a good game plan. If they fight again will be a different fight. 2-0 to groves at the moment I think, 1 in pros 1 in am?
Would be interesting to see another fight though even though the first was a little slow going.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

It was a close fight and Groves went with a good game plan. If they fight again will be a different fight. 2-0 to groves at the moment I think, 1 in pros 1 in am?
Would be interesting to see another fight though even though the first was a little slow going.

2-0 DeGale by my reckoning. He got shafted in the amateurs too.

DeGale knocks him out next time.