Dirrell on Groves - iFL interview

Groves sparred Andre Dirrel not Anthony.

Groves gave him a nice shiner aswell.

Looks like Anthony has got the same gonads as his brother then.

 

He'll soon change his tune. The governing bodies will side with the draw and the money in situations like this and that certainly isn't Dirrell.

Other than Chavez who turned the fight down they don't have any big names in their top 15 with which to cash in on the sanctioning fee so don't be surprised to see them push this through pretty quick. The Sauerlands are no mugs.

Dirrell won't ditch the title either as he doesn't beat Ward, doesn't beat Froch, Chavez doesn't want the fight, so where else does he get a title if he vacates and earn some cash.

 

groves is struggling to sell wembley arena in his own back yard :think

 

Dirrell wouldn't fill a balcony, never mind a backyard.

 

look at thier last fights respectively

by rights the groves fight should be sold out oops

he nneds to get on them buses

 

Groves and froch sold because of the controversial ending in the first fight ,Groves was never a big ticket seller in the first place nor was froch...this promotion is going to run on a big loss.

 

where oh where have all the grove fans gone

 

that's a lie heard it was close to 3k with large section sealed off, no a bird who works at the booking office.

 

Hope Groves does get the fight with Dirrell and puts him flat on his ****y arse. Dirrell's level of arrogance for a sub standard fighter is just annoying.

 

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off the back of the last fight according to the above ^ he certainly aint kept the fan momentum going

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Yeah I don't think this weekend will do well, but in a decent fight and with some promotion Groves would be able to shift a few tickets still.

They're suffering from a weak opponent, an undercard full of TBAs and doing a TV deal late in the day which means it's got not much promotion. Sauerlands dropped a bollock here a bit.

Lets put this into context though... Dirrell has never and will never shift close to 3k tickets even if thats all this weekend does. The only times he has been headlining a card it's in venues with around 1000 capacities and he isn't likely to have won many fans from the Bika fights. So regardless, Groves would still be the draw.

 

American fighters aren't usually built up in their hometowns because the big promoters aren't regional. When Andre Dirrell fought Abraham in Michigan it looked sold out though. Terence Crawford's not exactly charismatic and sold out Omaha.

Groves is coming off 2 KO losses, so even if he becomes mandatory by beating his sub-par opponent, Dirrell is within his rights to string him along as long as he can before the mandatory is enforced.

Groves was never built as a headliner in London, but can sell out with the right opponent. Although Froch usually didn't have good exposure or TV when he was built up, he was built as a headliner in Nottingham early.