Froch v Groves 2 Final Thoughts

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  1. TERRYTIBBS

    TERRYTIBBS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Does anyone think George might be struggling at the weight and needs to move up to Light-Heavy
     
  2. ant-man

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    http://www.boxingforum24.com/showthread.php?p=16272573#post16272573 :hi:
     
  3. Two Shakes

    Two Shakes Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What i said after the weigh in.

    " Groves looks DRY, his complexion is Matt Grey, and his shoulder points and cheekbones look like there about to tear through his skin "

    I also mentioned the fact that he was 1 3/4lbs under the limit and wearing headphones to try and make out that he'd got well under the limit easily.
     
  4. TERRYTIBBS

    TERRYTIBBS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Could he hang at light hevy though?
     
  5. Two Shakes

    Two Shakes Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I really don't rate Groves that highly at any weight.

    Lots of people have outboxed froch, and he's been buzzed on more than one occasion. Too many people were taken in by Froch having an off night alongside his horrendous first round, and Groves shooting his mouth off after the controversial stoppage.

    Groves hadn't beaten anybody of note, his career highlight was beating a shot to shot ageing Johnson.

    As soon as groves doesn't have things his own way he crumbles, and light heavies punch a lot harder than Carl Froch.
     
  6. ant-man

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    :lol:

    Thank you brother. Not sure if it was Allah or L Ron Hubbard but I was definitely guided by higher powers.

    (ps I've had my fair share of duff predictions too. Please have a word with Allah).
     
  7. bbjc

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    Haha well played ant man....especially when i had...joshua, mitchells opponent, degale and groves(by stoppage) lol.
     
  8. ant-man

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    Cheers mate and respect. No hard feelings. :good
     
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  10. Pro Punter

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    The fight was a stinker until the final punch with the crowd frequently booing the fighters.

    Incredibly most of the crowd had no interest in and did not even bother watching any of the undercard fights.

    Thought that the atmosphere and ring walks did not match Klitschko v Haye in Hamburg 3 years ago.
     
  11. rski

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    I think the fight was heating up, so if the KO didn't happen it might have turned into a decent war towards the end. It wasn't as good as the last fight but it wasn't bad at all imo, very tense affair waiting for something to explode, and it did.
     
  12. HerolGee

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    now heres a weird coincidence.

    the fight was called Unifinshed Business, and the next thing I watched on tv after the fight, was an episode of Battlestar Galactica, called 'Unfinished Business' . Which featured a series of boxing matches and one brutal KO.

    I have yet to count how many rounds were fought in the tv show. that would be too weird.
     
  13. Will

    Will Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    All of us that picked Groves are clueless idiots who know nothing about boxing. Along with the many fighters ex fighters and pundits that picked him.
     
  14. LondonRingRules

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    Hardly clueless idiots for thinking groves might win the 2nd fight. In the end froch did what I thought he'd do in the first fight, the fight that got me to believe groves would win the 2nd.

    People have got predictions wrong before as I'm sure you have, does that make you a clueless idiot? Of course not.
     
  15. Two Shakes

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    When i used the term " clueless idiots " i'm not talking about the genuine boxing fans who thought Groves had the tools, i'm talking about the numbnuts that jumped on the bandwagon after the first fight, and lets be honest here, there were many.

    Jermain Taylor was outboxing and hurting Froch for 6 rounds ( the myth that Taylor schooled Froch for 11 3/4 rounds is exactly that, a myth ), but how many would have picked Taylor to win had there been an immediate rematch ?

    And i still believe that at least half of those who picked Groves to win the first fight, did so simply because they HOPED he would.

    There were also numerous posters who completely wrote Froch off prior to Saturday, and they are now backtracking.

    Now that the smoke is clearing after the devastating KO, there are some who are suggesting Groves was winning comfortably until getting tagged by a " lucky " punch.