I had Groves up Not sure what fight the people who had Froch 5 rounds up were watching. I was at the stadium though, maybe some were influenced by commentary
I had groves up i felt he had the cleaner scoring punches. Froch had lots of punches which were eye catching but we're not as clean and conclusive hitting as groves.
I had froch 4-3 up with groves winning the 8th until the ko. I felt he controlled the pace of the fight took centre ring and I liked alot of his work to the body but groves was having some succes but struggling to land anything really meaningful both fighters jabs was quality. Also I dont like this people judging who should have been up by punches thrown punches landed and percentage **** it just doesnt work like that you wanna judge fights like that then go watch the ams
1st too close could go either way 2nd same as 1st 3/4/5/6 Froch 7 Groves So anything from 6-1 to 4-3 from me some rounds were a nightmare to score, Always said Froch would get him eventually though.
You were at Wembley, a million miles from the action, yet your questioning the scores of people who whilst watching on TV had a ringside seat ? :rofl
they were watching ring generalship and effective aggression. i like to rewatch a fight sober and without distraction before giving a definitive score, but i'd say each clearly won a couple of rounds with punches landed and neither is particularly special defensively. however froch won the close rounds through his work to the body and dictating the pace and nature of the fight. that was the most impressive thing for me, after reading how easy it would be for groves to outbox froch over 12. froch was disciplined with jabs, feints and movement, holding centre ring and preventing groves from getting off the power shots his stance showed he was trying to throw. froch didn't just outbox groves, he made it look pretty easy.
...and although i imagine the commentary was pro-froch in the pub i watched it in, i don't speak a word of polish!
For the most part froch was landing on air, the nmost effective punches he threw was the jab and the final right hand that ended the fight. We can all judge fights on body language and taking punches well (like Jim Watt does) but in the real world people judge fights by effective scoring shots which I feel George was ahead with.
5-2 Groves. He was out boxing him from the start making Froch miss, countering with cleaner punches and jabbing the **** out of him. Got caught carelessly.
This was exactly how I saw it on the night. Haven't watched it back yet though, I was close enough to the action to see but admitedly need to watch it back. Groves got complacent, should never have been there for thet shot.