Groves vs Golovkin @ 168

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  1. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    which flavour would you favour?
     
  2. Tman6t9

    Tman6t9 Member Full Member

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    Probably Groves by murder.
     
  3. Bub

    Bub Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'd favour Groves because he has actually fought at 168 before but it's a pick'em really.
     
  4. Koba

    Koba Whimsical Inactivisist Full Member

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    Groves is good, but he loses to GGG the same as he lost to Froch (ie broken down later rounds), 'cept he wouldn't look as good doing it.
     
  5. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    well the posts say one thing... the poll says another entirely
     
  6. vnyc

    vnyc Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Accidentaly voted for stiff british gingerhead. Golovkin takes it!
     
  7. lewishamboy

    lewishamboy Styles Impetuous Full Member

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    Groves stops him. Golovkin is elite and can rule 160 but his frame looks maxed out there, he would be better off dropping down to 154. Groves is too big, too strong GGG would get punished


    When was Groves 'broken down' in the later rounds?
     
  8. drozzy

    drozzy AERE Full Member

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    What are you talking about?! He's average for a MW, he doesn't look like he could make 154 tomorrow. :blood

    Golovkin was fighting the Dirrells and Butes of the world in the ams.
     
  9. lewishamboy

    lewishamboy Styles Impetuous Full Member

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    He's a small MW are you blind
     
  10. Bub

    Bub Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How can you call him stiff? If either of them are stiff it's Golovkin.
     
  11. Two Shakes

    Two Shakes Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Talk about changing the ****in tune, backtrack a little and remind us how much you bigged up Bute prior to Froch punching him ****in senseless in 15 minutes. :rofl
     
  12. Bub

    Bub Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How is that changing the tune? He's saying GGG isn't so small and that he was fighting Dirrell and Bute who are both at least as big as Groves.
     
  13. Koba

    Koba Whimsical Inactivisist Full Member

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    My take on the fight is unpopular, but it helps to watch it without the commentary.

    Whilst Groves is headhunting (though without really landing anything that even wobbles Froch until he gets through one time in 5 or 6) Froch is steadily landing to Groves' body.

    By 6 Groves' perfectly tense triangle posture is ragged, his hands have started to droop and he's fighting a portion of the subsequent rounds mouth open.

    IMO Groves actually fought the perfect fight, and gave himself the very best chance of winning by utilising his advantages in speed and technique early. Ultimately though he failed to stop Froch and did lose the fight. I'm not going to argue that the stoppage was OK but, despite Groves managing to get his feet back under him for a few seconds he was very close to being KOd.
     
  14. drozzy

    drozzy AERE Full Member

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    No he's not, he comes into camp at a lean-ish 168-170. Bulking up to SMW is plenty feasible and is likely a long term career move. :deal

    :huh :patsch

    :good
     
  15. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    :lol:

    I'll go with my boy Groves also.