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JimStynes

#3810
May 23, 2015, 10:29:10 PM
Throwing it away here ffs

bridgegael

#3811
May 23, 2015, 10:41:09 PM
two big last rounds for degale there. well done fella. one judge had 8rounds in it!!!!
"2009 Gaaboard Cheltenham fantasy league winner"

beer baron

#3812
May 23, 2015, 10:49:38 PM
Quote from: bridgegael on May 23, 2015, 10:41:09 PM
two big last rounds for degale there. well done fella. one judge had 8rounds in it!!!!

I was wondering did  i hear that right.  :o

BennyHarp

#3813
May 24, 2015, 07:48:30 AM Last Edit: May 24, 2015, 08:39:13 AM by BennyHarp
Quote from: STREET FIGHTER on May 23, 2015, 03:51:13 PM
Have changed my mind on DeGale as well.

Was very unlikeable....

Not sure how he's won most round...

Hope he can win tonight....makes a nice change to see it at a decent time.....

I think this might have helped win a few Irish fans around....


EXCLUSIVE: James DeGale wants to win IBF title for old friend Darren Sutherland

JAMES DEGALE will become a history maker if he wins the IBF title against Andre Dirrell next week - but he also wants to win it for old friend Darren Sutherland.

PAYING RESPECT: DeGale wants to beat Dirrell for his friend Sutherland

The London super-middleweight takes on the American for the vacant strap in Boston on May 23 wearing shorts emblazoned with the initials 'DS'.

Victory would mean DeGale, 29, becomes the first British fighter to win Olympic gold and go on to become a bona fide professional world champion.

And it is the fighter he beat along the way to Olympic glory at Beijing 2008 that he will be thinking of should he create history.

The Londoner edged out Irishman Sutherland in a closely-fought semi-final in their sixth meeting as amateurs in China.

But just over a year later the Dubliner was found hanged in his Bromley flat in London by manager Frank, now Kellie, Maloney aged just 27.

Sutherland, who won bronze in Beijing, was tipped for professional glory like DeGale and had impressed in his first four outings in the paid ranks?

"It was so sad to hear about it. To put his initials on my shorts was just a bit of respect for him and his family who must have found it so hard"
James DeGale
DeGale was left distraught by the news and since that dark day in September 2009 he has worn the tribute to his former foe.

'Chunky' revealed: "It was so sad to hear about it. To put his initials on my shorts was just a bit of respect for him and his family who must have found it so hard.

"We were rivals as amateurs but we had a lot of respect for each other. When I'm going to be world champion, he is going to be world champion.

"We are going to lift this together. Maybe it is just his initials on my shorts but we will do it together."

It is a kind-hearted display from DeGale for Sutherland, who would no doubt have been on his own world title path if he was still with us.

The Dublin-born fighter was highly rated on both sides of the Irish Sea.

But living away from his family in London had a negative effect and he sank into depression amid fears over an eye injury which left him in doubt about his future.

A second inquest into Sutherland's death delivered an open verdict, despite confirming hanging was the cause.

The tragedy serves as a warning to DeGale and other fighters about how tough boxing can be when you leave the team-orientated amateur side of the sport.

He added: "I was so sad when I heard the news, I was absolutely gutted. It was horrible. He must have been in a sad, lonely place.

"That is what boxing is though, it is a lonely sport. You're in the ring on your own but you can be on your own outside the ring too.

"If you do not have the right team around you it is kind of thing can happen. It's horrible."

DeGale admits it is a "shame" they never got to meet again in the ring, but he will be hoping his old friend is in his corner in spirit next Saturday night.
That was never a square ball!!

omaghjoe

#3814
May 30, 2015, 05:49:16 AM
Well Khan by UD against Algieri. Anyone see it?

Reports said that it was close but judges scorecards don't seem to think so

It was on the Spike channel in the states defo a step in the wrong direction for Khan....

Milltown Row2

#3815
May 30, 2015, 09:20:49 AM
Eamon Magee??
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

bridgegael

#3816
May 30, 2015, 09:39:37 AM
watched the khan fight.  probably did enough to win, but never impressed.  got caught a few times with algieri right hand and shook him.  talk of khan v mayweather...no chance,  khans appeal has faded in the US and that performance will only confirm to most over there that khan hasnt got it
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gallsman

#3817
May 30, 2015, 09:40:59 AM

Milltown Row2

#3818
May 30, 2015, 09:47:00 AM
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

gallsman

#3819
May 30, 2015, 09:50:51 AM

STREET FIGHTER

#3820
May 30, 2015, 04:39:36 PM
Can we guess Mayweathers last fight?

Surprised Danny Garcia not linked......

Most likely to be a rematch with an old foe.....

Don't think Khan has a chance now......

CiKe

#3822
May 30, 2015, 08:08:52 PM
Quote from: STREET FIGHTER on May 30, 2015, 04:39:36 PM
Can we guess Mayweathers last fight?

Surprised Danny Garcia not linked......

Most likely to be a rematch with an old foe.....

Don't think Khan has a chance now......

Cotto? Keith Thurman? winner of Broner vs Porter? Think Khan would be more entertaining than any of them and would love to see him get shut up

BennyHarp

#3823
May 30, 2015, 10:34:07 PM
This has been a class night of boxing on the Matchroom PPV. Joshua is a machine.
That was never a square ball!!

HiMucker

#3824
May 31, 2015, 10:54:58 AM
Jesus Mitchell's eye was one of the worst I have seen "grotesque" :o
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