DeGale's opponant

[Sparked_26]

Will probably be Brophy or someone like that, or even Jamie Cox.

[NEETzsche]

Will probably be Brophy or someone like that, or even Jamie Cox.

Fielding and Cox will face each other next, it was all but confirmed after Fielding vs Ryder

[Eff Pandas]

Degales fighting July 1st

Thanks.

That date lines up about perfect for the WBSS then. Assuming its a keep busy fight & he doesn't get cut or anything else random that can go down anyway.

Have a keep busy fight on July 1 & then 8-12 weeks later his first round WBSS fight & if he's in he should have the pick of the litter opponent-wise cuz without Badou Jack at 168 he's the clear #1 guy.

I don't think he's made $2m in one fight yet (probably only made $1m once or twice), but Smith, Groves and Eubank are all big fights for him over here so he may prefer that route to the WBSS tourney. Although Groves, being a Sauerland fighter, could enter the tournament regardless and then that could have a domino effect on the other Brits in the division

Yea if those UK guys jump in the tournament thats a good sign its gonna be a lot of fun. I don't think Eubank joins (would love to be wrong), but the rest of them seem like strong possibilities to be in it.

My working theory is that Sauerland & Al Haymon guys will have many participates since Sauerland is directly involved obviously + Haymon has the Schaefer relationship + has the biggest roster of unaffiliated fighters so there is not going to be any promoter or network hemming up a guy under contract from entering.

[Randall Cunning]

If it is Smith/Degale it could explain why the McGuigans turned down the 70k for Taylor/Davies because they knew it was a PPV

[Sparked_26]

Fielding and Cox will face each other next, it was all but confirmed after Fielding vs Ryder

Ah nice one.

That's an interesting fight as it goes.

So is Ryder/Cox. I didn't score that Fielding fight but I remember thinking that Ryder was the better fighter in a lot of ways.

Hearn needs to pack undercards with these sorts of fights. He has enough fighters, ffs.

[BigZ44]

Check the IBF rankings, last month Smith unranked, this month hes in at 10, despite not boxing since December

Interesting, I was unaware of that, good detective work. Maybe there is something to it, I just don't get why Hearn would pass up the opportunity for a unification between the 2 if Smith got the WBC first