Congratulations George Groves!

I agree to a large extent... a lot of the hatred stems from the polarizing personality of the Eubanks as well as the attitude of their fans. Eubank Jr. is no fraud but he was definitely not as good as many thought.

 

I agree there's no shame in losing to Groves. He should have been the underdog imo.

I think most people hating on him are for two reasons. 1) His over-confidence. 2) A lot of people seem to think Groves is a bit of a soft touch and expected Eubank Jr to walk through him (like he said he would).

If you be that cocky, this is how people react when you don't live up to it.

I agree though that Groves beats almost any MW (even gives GGG hell much like Jacobs did) and maybe any SMW too.

 

I hope he goes back to 160 and then we can see him be befuddled without the excuse of being a smaller man. As for him apparently finding a second gear against BJS, that would be a remarkable coincidence that he manages to turn it on down the stretch against a fairly poor conditioned fighter who would show us that he fades at the business end of a fight numerous times afterwards.

Canelo, GGG, Jacobs and Saunders are all far too much for CEJ IMHO. I'd also pick Murata, Charlo and prob Dev to get the W over him. He's a top 10 guy but that's it.

Other than Truax he isn't picking up a title at 168 so he might just for that just to have a claim of holding a 'legit' world title before cashing out with a money fight over shot and previously overhyped Degale.

 

Decent scrap. Credit to both guys.

 

I don't know. I don't think Groves is elite. He did well but I think Eubank played perfectly into Groves style. A better fighter would have timed Eubank and knocked him out in my opinion.

Canelo would absolutely spank Eubank jr. I wouldn't put it past Canelo to finish the job that Groves couldn't. Groves does hit much harder than Canelo but Canelo perfectly times and lands the counter enough times to put Eubank out.

 

Very few were giving Groves any chance of winning. I thought Groves had an edge, but did not think the fight would be that easy for him! No wonder Eubanks ran Like Hell from Golovkin!

 

Come on man! Originally I thought you were a Brit. Over here, we get behind our fighters no matter what and if they turn out not to be as good as we thought then fair does. It's disappointing but we will still support them. You are acting like an American, who tend to disown the fighters they had previously hyped and pretend they knew the fighter was no good all along.

However, bearing in mind that according to your profile, you're actually a Kiwi, I have no idea what the protocol is over there!!!

 

No wonder Eubank sr never found a pen to sign to fight GGG. He knew it was better to just lose the pen.

 

Never seen someone jump ship so quick, number 1 Eubank fan before last night.

Won't embarrass you with some of the threads and predictions you made about cej you win some you lose some.

 

Congrats to Groves. Eubank is good but i always found him to be a bit of style over substance. Has the aggresive look in his face, pulls the poses and talks the talk, looks in great shape and can throws alot of punches that will overwelm you if you let it. But if you are a good enough Boxer with a good jab and good timing and Groves is all of those things.

A good Boxer beats a good brawler or pressure fighter, a great pressure fighter beats a good Boxer. Eubanks is good but not great. Once you wash away the swagger and the talk and the little things he does to try emulate his dad he works of just a basic set of skills.

 

to be fair though, nobody at SMW is even close to being elite.