Froch vs Goves round 7 revising history

Tht was the story for most the fight mate
Groves bossed it

 

Well the problem with boxing forums by and large is you get biased fans commenting like RoughD. I'm not sure about the thread starter.

If we look at the footage, everyone agrees that the stoppage was premature, no doubt. The thing is, Groves was starting to take flush shots to the chin in the seconds before the stoppage and was hurt and getting more hurt. His legs tell it all. He's all over the place and there was plenty of time left in the round.

It's clear who the fans are and biased guys with an agenda. I'm just looking at the facts of the situation and reporting what I see. Froch taking Groves best shots and still there to hurt him badly and have his legs all over the place and about to be stopped.

The bookies are the ones who have to put their money where they mouth is and they agree with me, installing Froch as a pretty big favourite as they think he will get the KO in the championship rounds again.

If Groves comes in fighting much more conservatively and doesn't blow himself out this time, he can win.

 

Much like Groves fans suggesting that Froch never landed a punch until round 9, yet Groves face was a mess.
From round 6 onwards, Groves was slowing, he was still landing good shots, but only in spurts. Some people score every scoring punch, whilst others only seem to see the big shots.
Take your pick.

 

People are trying to rewrite the fight and keep pushing back the round where froch started coming back into it. I saw a post earlier saying Froch started coming back into in round 5

The truth is groves dominated completely for 7 rounds, round 8 was a pick em round and froch won what we saw of round 9.

 

Groves marks up easily, we all know that.

 

Here's a version without Jim Watt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8Q_YdE9OdPI#t=1602


skip to 26:42, start of round 7

 

What I find helps is taking off the commentary while re-watching it. The first time I watched it I thought Groves totally dominated Froch and Froch did little until the 8th round. I think it was more down to my disbelief that a guy like Froch could be put to sword so much by a new guy.

Now there is no denying that Groves was ahead by quite a few rounds, but Froch was working consistently through the rounds and was hitting it's target, while not flush, they were still hitting Groves and slowly grinding him down.

Froch is a very tough fighter, not the most explosive, but his constant work rate will eventually take it's toll on most fighters and Groves was one of them. Groves was pulling off with all the eye catching hay makers, but Froch was hitting, cutting off, roughing up and grappling Groves consistently.

Fighting someone like Froch, you need to fight a full 12 rounds, anything less will get you in trouble. This time there is no hiding or excuses from either boxer.

 

Yep the Groves cheerleading from the commentators was absolutely disgraceful in that fight. The casuals simply lapped it up and seemed to believe Groves dominated every single round up to the stoppage. If you actually know a bit about boxing and the subtleties that go on during a fight, you can see that Froch works when in close, lands some good shots to the body and had tagged Groves head a fair few times too. Of course all the eye catching shots were the Groves right hands, but Froch was always in the fight. Yes he was losing rounds but he was in there competing, taking shots but still working and trying to impose himself.

His hard work, experience and durability paid dividends later in the fight as we can see.

 

Froch won the 5 th, and the 8th but that was still a close round

The 7th was clear for Groves

 

I agree. I was surprised at how much Froch did in the fight before the 7th round. He has a way of slowly bludgeoning an opponent and wearing him down and that's exactly what he was doing to Groves. He is very experiencing at dragging a boxer into a war of attrition and Groves was feeling the effects by the 8th/9th. I don't think Groves was on his way out on the 9th, but it would have been very difficult for him to last another 3 rounds against a fighter who was coming into a second wind.

Did Groves have another wind or was he gassed? The second fight will put all these questions to bed.

 

Oh have we uncovered another weakness, surely not on God Groves