Steve Lillis ‏@stevelillis I like George Groves heaps but if he went from Glen Johnson on Eddie's card to Dario Balmaceda on a FW bill people would be losing minds.
Not at a weeks notice they wouldn't. There is a reason he left Frank, didn't just decide the European title wasn't for him two weeks before a fight. He'd have a point if the fight had been scheduled for months but it hasn't so he's not.
I do think a lot people are letting their OTT dislike of Frank colour their view of what's happened. Groves was right to move, but he is going to a totally **** fight.
If groves goes from a european title fight instead to this and then a fight against kenny then i will be back on a here giving him and eddie pelters.
But lets be realistic, whilst its a **** fight its a stay busy one not to waste a training camp and to make a few quid. I accept though if his next fight is a step back then he deserves grief. Wasn't a fan of Groves decision to ditch the Anderson fight to go after the Stieglitz bout at barely any notice but can't level any criticism at him for this.
That's one of the problems though. Hearn gets the benefit of the doubt all the time over FW on here, if FW had made the fight there'd be countless threads on it about bulgarian taxi drivers and the like and just general uproar regardless of the time available to make the fight. The frank hate on here is nuts (and i had tickets for the burns show)
How much underhand/dodgy stuff has gone off with Hearn though? The Groves opponent is entirely understandable given the late notice. If he fights a **** opponent after then Hearn and the Groves team deserve some stick.
Is not a good point at all.... Steve is omitting the real reason Groves has left FW..... Regardless, if Hearn had announced the signing of Groves with his first fight being on May 25th, nobody would have said a word... Instead people are bitching about his opponent with a weeks notice.