Groves comments on Degale's retirement

[bigjack]

Degales always come across as a bit of a peculiar chap to me,definitely puts people's back up

I was at a fight in Manchester when DeGale was introduced to the crowd in the early days of his career and he was loudly booed,i felt a bit sorry for him until the build up for the Groves fight when i realized he was a total bellend and deserved all he got.

[Oiky]

Degales always come across as a bit of a peculiar chap to me,definitely puts people's back up

I was at a fight in Manchester when DeGale was introduced to the crowd in the early days of his career and he was loudly booed,i felt a bit sorry for him until the build up for the Groves fight when i realized he was a total bellend and deserved all he got.

Not surprising mate,I've never took to him either....he's never been a good talker either,always seems to trip up on his own words

[bigjack]

Degales always come across as a bit of a peculiar chap to me,definitely puts people's back up

I was at a fight in Manchester when DeGale was introduced to the crowd in the early days of his career and he was loudly booed,i felt a bit sorry for him until the build up for the Groves fight when i realized he was a total bellend and deserved all he got.

Not surprising mate,I've never took to him either....he's never been a good talker either,always seems to trip up on his own words

The butures fright

[oogiebe]

Degales always come across as a bit of a peculiar chap to me,definitely puts people's back up

I was at a fight in Manchester when DeGale was introduced to the crowd in the early days of his career and he was loudly booed,i felt a bit sorry for him until the build up for the Groves fight when i realized he was a total bellend and deserved all he got.

Not surprising mate,I've never took to him either....he's never been a good talker either,always seems to trip up on his own words

The butures fright

It's all bass ackwards.

[tobyh5]

Good for George. He is being normal and like the rest of us. I am sure we all have a geezer or two that we will never like and smile at any misfortune, and probably do not even care to hide it.

I have a guy who was always giving it the billy big bollox, a friends brother, always lording it up, acting the hard man, one night in the pub he went too far and I warned him, he carried on so I dropped the nut and he got me done. I'd not mind if he was just some guy I assaulted but he has had a lot of pub tussles himself so to cry to the old bill was a bit off.

11 years later, he still scowls in Tesco and stares at me if he drives past. And I will always laugh at the fck ups of his life.

Why pretend otherwise. Sometimes, we just gotta hate

[jlh]

I really tried liking Degale but he has this amazing talent of always saying the wrong things.
Frustrating fighter as well.
Great boxer but would often just sit on the ropes. At times seemed to box within himself but also had this huge heart where he would never quit.

[Ricky]

Groves > DeGale

[banjo]

I think Groves knows he got a gift vs Degale and is still bitter knowing he never really won.

[Twinkle Toes]

Degale lacks a lot of class himself. He was always rubbing it into groves when he was a champ and Groves wasn't, let alone the bile he came out with during the build up to their fight - A fight he most definitely did lose.

When it comes to these two talking about each other, they both give as good as they get. The upper hand is with Groves at the moment because he didn't lose to Jr.

[black panther]

Groves may be right about Degale but where I’m from you don’t kick a man when he’s down.

Degale taunted Groves for years and even after Groves beat Degale he taunted groves so why cant Groves stick a sly boot in? He picked Eubank to beat Groves weeks before and he was right. Tbh Degale sounded punchu in the press conferences leading upto the fight and i think Badou Jack took something away from Degale the night they fought because Degale hasnt looked the same since. I wish Degale well in his retirement,he has served this sport well regardless of wether you like him or not,a true road warrior

To be fair it was pretty funny too what groves said!

I guess I’m just more partial to taking the higher moral ground - I just think it Makes you look classier too as it’s easy to stick the boot in when someone is on a downer/coming off a loss. Like Ward for example: nothing but class.

[black panther]

Groves may be right about Degale but where I’m from you don’t kick a man when he’s down.

Where you from ?

Classy Town, Classingdon
UC8 NT8UYCLASS

[smiling assassin]

I think Groves knows he got a gift vs Degale and is still bitter knowing he never really won.

I had Degale winning their fight but there were lots who had groves. I doubt he's bitter about the fight itself, he's just got a genuine dislike of the man

[Noxy]

I saw Groves being ignorant about Degale in an interview, either Boxing Social or IFL, I'm not sure. Anyway, it was uncalled for and classless. It was similar to when Carl said what he said about George.

And I'm a Groves fan, have been for quite a while so I'm not going out of my way to say this. You have to be real though, if Groves was just speaking his mind, so was Carl. Personally, I see it more the other way, neither of them needed to act the way they did.

As far as I'm aware, Degale hasn't actually announced his retirement yet. Everyone else seems to want to do it for him ....

[Noxy]

I saw Groves being ignorant about Degale in an interview, either Boxing Social or IFL, I'm not sure. Anyway, it was uncalled for and classless. It was similar to when Carl said what he said about George.

And I'm a Groves fan, have been for quite a while so I'm not going out of my way to say this. You have to be real though, if Groves was just speaking his mind, so was Carl. Personally, I see it more the other way, neither of them needed to act the way they did.

As far as I'm aware, Degale hasn't actually announced his retirement yet. Everyone else seems to want to do it for him ....

[lefthook82]

I think Groves knows he got a gift vs Degale and is still bitter knowing he never really won.

I will always mantain that Degale won that fight.

https://eyeonthering.com/boxing/it-jame ... rge-groves

Just checked this and can see that lots of people agreed with me

[Boxerbeetle]

Bunch of snowflakes on this thread Since when did disliking someone become such a bad thing? It’s totally natural and healthy, as long as you have a reason for it. Sometimes people just don’t get on, that’s life.

[Oiky]

Yeah I was thinking that there's genuine reason for these two not to like each other....and anyway,who's business is it?

[Coco]

Who was Groves's best win?

I'd say Degale, who else is there? Eubank, Johnson, Murray? Jamie Cox!

[lefthook82]

I'm personally annoyed because I was very critical of Carl Froch for disrespecting Groves

[Noxy]

Who was Groves's best win?

I'd say Degale, who else is there? Eubank, Johnson, Murray? Jamie Cox!

Chudinov was a good one.

[TheLeprechaun]

Groves is smart. I think in the back of his mind he wouldn't mind coming back and starching Degale for a few million quid

[Coco]

Groves is smart. I think in the back of his mind he wouldn't mind coming back and starching Degale for a few million quid

I don't think the fight would be difficult to make or to sell

[jamamb]

groves-degale was epitome of could go either way, no way was it a robbery, there were loads that had it for either guy on every forum i was on. searching here, its the same way. lol at that link posted with a 9-3 degale score, he hardly started fighting till the 6th round or so.

heres a boxrec poll, 124-60-40 for groves for example viewtopic.php?f=9&t=137899, it wasnt some robbery, just a very very close one

i really doubt that groves would be bitter about being undefeated vs degale, what type of nonsense is that

[ILikeBeer]

It was always a bit silly between those two, wasn't it?

You could be mistaken for thinking they were characters from The Only Way Is Essex, or something.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I think Groves knows he got a gift vs Degale and is still bitter knowing he never really won.

I will always mantain that Degale won that fight.

https://eyeonthering.com/boxing/it-jame ... rge-groves

Just checked this and can see that lots of people agreed with me

Most, if not all the scorecards are close. It’s just a matter of opinion. Most them guys probably like DeGale better