The way I see it is the toughest fights in a fighter's career should be those first several professional outings. I'd be ok with a couple of fights against limited opposition but after that, they need to be tested to stop complacency setting in.
Fighters like Kell Brook, Kevin Mitchell, John Murray etc have all amassed 20+ fight records just on British opposition and for how talented Brook is meant to be, this is detrimental.
The way Eubank Jr is progressing and now DeGale is great and how it should be. I understand that for marketing purposes it's important to keep that '0' but if you aren't good enough to do so, lets not beat around the bush.
As we've seen with Mitchell, when that time comes... it comes hard. He showed defensive flaws in the Burns fight that was apparent when he fought Katsidis and was actually the factor in his stoppage loss.
Fighters like Kell Brook, Kevin Mitchell, John Murray etc have all amassed 20+ fight records just on British opposition and for how talented Brook is meant to be, this is detrimental.
The way Eubank Jr is progressing and now DeGale is great and how it should be. I understand that for marketing purposes it's important to keep that '0' but if you aren't good enough to do so, lets not beat around the bush.
As we've seen with Mitchell, when that time comes... it comes hard. He showed defensive flaws in the Burns fight that was apparent when he fought Katsidis and was actually the factor in his stoppage loss.
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