Although the below fighters did their parts, the drama from the press conferences theatrics of James DeGale, George Groves, Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew has been dulled by out of the ring problems and decisions. First is Cleverly and Bellew, who almost came to blows earlier today. Turns out that Tony Bellew, who was already a replacement opponent for Jurgen Brahmer , will not be able to compete this Saturday for failing to make the check-in weight. Instead, Cleverly will face Aleksy Kuziemski for the WBO light-heavyweight title. James DeGale came up with an unprecedented move, agreed to by George Groves, that they bet their entire purses on the winner (reported to be 320,000 pounds). British officials later advised them that their bet could not be honored, leaving the two men with their undefeated records as their main motivation.
Nonetheless, Frank Warren still has a solid card in place this Saturday.Who says only Americans can talk trash?
Me and My bredens going to this fight 2moro, cant wait…
Brahmer is A joke, its like the 3rd or 4th straight time Hes pulled outta A fight now isnt it??? What A pisstake… Thankgod Bellew has replaced him, I like him, its gonna Be A great fight still…
Maaaaan I hope Groves folds Degale and weighs him in, I cant stand Degale!!!!!!! So over hyped… Groves offered that winner takes all on A episode of Ringside A while ago, Degale dodged it…
Rush down just seen that Hes not fighting Bellew now, dauuuuum…
Also just found out that its illegal to for Groves and Degale to have that bet on each other so theyve called it off (the bet) not sure if thats true or not