FROCH IS RATTLED/ANNOYED/FRUSTRATED.

[ShadrachSimmo]

Has to be the worst episode of ringside I have ever seen. Utter shite.

Load of yes men hyping a fight that needs hyping, especially as its PPV ( joke ) any which they can.

The trash talking is embarrassing from both. Heard better and more intimidating put downs in the junior school playground. Neither are good at this 'needle, grudge match' malarkey

Exactly the reason why I don't watch it anymore.

Pure dung.

[expe]

I'm not sure what was wrong with Groves? People are slagging him off, calling him embarrassing etc. All he did was state a few facts and say he was going to win. Froch was a bellend as usual, the only lack of respect is from him to Groves, he contradicted himself as usual and has a very selective memory, notably about Calzaghe, yes, eventually he was mandatory, but what about the three years before that when he was saying he would knock Calzaghe out? He was definitely riled and at the end didn't respond and just sat there, looking a bit stunned.

Eh?

Groves's embarrassing 'are you gonna cry Carl' comment was just plain silly

He wasn't stunned mate, he was sat there in disbelief at the stupid comments Groves was making

I think people are misunderstanding it a bit, Froch isn't upset or allowing groves into his head, he is just plainly itching to get this fight on and in my opinion, he will REALLY take it out on groves when they meet.

I don't actually think its hype now Froch doesn't like Groves imo

The crying bit was a bit over the top, but Froch had a face like a smacked arse because Groves said he was going to knock him out. Groves got under DeGale's skin and outthought in the ring, if Froch goes in looking to smash Groves all over the ring he's in for a shock because I think that's Groves' plan, wind Froch up so he loses his head, then outbox him on the back foot. I think Booth will show up in the corner as well, he's been very quiet over the last couple of months and has deleted his twitter, in fact when was the last time anyone heard from him? All that seems designed to throw Froch off, drag him into a war that will allow Groves to outbox him.

[ThereByTheGrace]

Has to be the worst episode of ringside I have ever seen. Utter shite.

Load of yes men hyping a fight that needs hyping, especially as its PPV ( joke ) any which they can.

The trash talking is embarrassing from both. Heard better and more intimidating put downs in the junior school playground. Neither are good at this 'needle, grudge match' malarkey

Exactly the reason why I don't watch it anymore.

Pure dung.

Agree. This is Hearn Propaganda trying to sell a fight that should not be on Box Office.

It's all a shitey soap opera now. Why do the fans fall for this crap?

[Crazyboy]

Froch is a big fan of the mind games and he doesn't like the fact that groves is cleverer in that department

Do you honestly mean that?? please explain how groves is cleverer?

[palooka]

Froch is a big fan of the mind games and he doesn't like the fact that groves is cleverer in that department

Do you honestly mean that?? please explain how groves is cleverer?

Do you feel that Carl has shown himself to be very intellectual over the years? They are pretty evenly matched I'd say.

[Crazyboy]

I'm not sure what was wrong with Groves? People are slagging him off, calling him embarrassing etc. All he did was state a few facts and say he was going to win. Froch was a bellend as usual, the only lack of respect is from him to Groves, he contradicted himself as usual and has a very selective memory, notably about Calzaghe, yes, eventually he was mandatory, but what about the three years before that when he was saying he would knock Calzaghe out? He was definitely riled and at the end didn't respond and just sat there, looking a bit stunned.

Eh?

Groves's embarrassing 'are you gonna cry Carl' comment was just plain silly

He wasn't stunned mate, he was sat there in disbelief at the stupid comments Groves was making

I think people are misunderstanding it a bit, Froch isn't upset or allowing groves into his head, he is just plainly itching to get this fight on and in my opinion, he will REALLY take it out on groves when they meet.

I don't actually think its hype now Froch doesn't like Groves imo

The crying bit was a bit over the top, but Froch had a face like a smacked arse because Groves said he was going to knock him out. Groves got under DeGale's skin and outthought in the ring, if Froch goes in looking to smash Groves all over the ring he's in for a shock because I think that's Groves' plan, wind Froch up so he loses his head, then outbox him on the back foot. I think Booth will show up in the corner as well, he's been very quiet over the last couple of months and has deleted his twitter, in fact when was the last time anyone heard from him? All that seems designed to throw Froch off, drag him into a war that will allow Groves to outbox him.

Fair do's mate, its nice to have opinions back in a sensible manner and reading your post that makes sense actually,

we'll see I guess

[Crazyboy]

Froch is a big fan of the mind games and he doesn't like the fact that groves is cleverer in that department

Do you honestly mean that?? please explain how groves is cleverer?

Do you feel that Carl has shown himself to be very intellectual over the years? They are pretty evenly matched I'd say.

never said that mate, I just don't think George is 'cleverer' in the mind games department, that's all I said

[Andypittcov]

Froch is a big fan of the mind games and he doesn't like the fact that groves is cleverer in that department

Do you honestly mean that?? please explain how groves is cleverer?

Cleverer in that department. It's there for everyone to see he's winding him right up and getting nothing back because he knows exactly what to say and froch is lost for words accept when he's contradicting himself

[Crazyboy]

Froch is a big fan of the mind games and he doesn't like the fact that groves is cleverer in that department

Do you honestly mean that?? please explain how groves is cleverer?

Cleverer in that department. It's there for everyone to see he's winding him right up and getting nothing back because he knows exactly what to say and froch is lost for words accept when he's contradicting himself

fair do's mate, opinions and all that, I disagree but its nice that this board doesn't always resort to slanging matches,

Lets see on the night eh

[TJ77]

Froch looked composed then Groves stepped up the antagonism.
Talk of Groves knocking Froch out seems laughable to me it was entertaining.
Eddie is looking and sounding more like a sleazy promoter on every outing.
Froch will KO Groves of this I'm certain he may win the battle of minds but he is out of his depth its 2 or 3 fights too early for him.

[Terminator666]

Just wondering if Groves thinks he can make Froch angry which will rsult in him not fighting as well and making mistakes.
Don't think it will work though. Thought Groves looked a bit of a tit the way he kept leaning over towards Froch all the time.

[palooka]

It'll be a tactic; there'll only be so many times he can get close to him before fight time, that was one of them

[NazNaci1]

I'm with Yiddo on this. It was pretty shite and I honestly think Froch was a bit embarrassed / pissed off with some of the 'smack talk' Groves delivered. The whole 'you gonna cry' thing would have wound him up as its the sort of thing he would smack you in the mouth for, but he had to try and keep cool. A bit childish from Groves, and I say that as a Groves fan.

He doesn't mean it, of course and Froch knows its done to wind him up. It might work now and up to the run in, I doubt it will effect the way Froch trains or the outcome, come fight night

Froch and McCracken are far too professional for that.

[lillywhite14]

What's more embarrassing is people lapping this cack up!

Its akin to teeny boppers getting their knickers in a twist over the latest one direction press release

Ooooh, Groves was gonna cry! No he wasn't Froch was! Look at his little red face! Did I see water in his eyes!

Fvck me, back in the day you had Riddick Bowe cheap shotting Donald, Hide rolling around with anyone that would engage him, Tyson threatening to eat his opponents children and then rape reporters for dessert. Half of you here must have been shooting your load over these moments if the erections being sported for Groves saying 'oooooh are you gonna cry?' to Froch are anything to go by!

Entry level mind games trying to sell a fight that ain't anything like a ppv.

[liamlion]

I feel worried for Groves' safety in this fight.

[macaca]

What the fornicate is Carl wearing, that cardigan donkey jacket suit is a rascal

No love lost there between these two, cannot wait

[ALI]

If anyones rattled or feeling a little uneasy its Groves, his goading of Froch seems a bit of center to me.

I'm dumbfounded how anyone can think Groves has Froch rattled. He's pissed off for sure, probably he feels he needs to be in order to find some way of getting up for this fight, but rattled he's certainly not, thats just nonsense and signals piss poor judgement IMO.

[whiskey]

I dont want to say too much,

But after tonight, would you think that Groves would be running from Froch or trying to confidently hang with him ?

[Andypittcov]

If anyones rattled or feeling a little uneasy its Groves, his goading of Froch seems a bit of center to me.

I'm dumbfounded how anyone can think Groves has Froch rattled. He's pissed off for sure, probably he feels he needs to be in order to find some way of getting up for this fight, but rattled he's certainly not, thats just nonsense and signals piss poor judgement IMO.

If he's pissed off he's rattled.

So many people on this thread appear to think that rattled means scared livid

[steve richards]

Difference is froch tags groves he goes, groves tags froch he stands and hits back, end off.

[Kilburn]

The arguments that Fury threw at Haye during their own Ringside sit-off carried far more substance that what Groves produced here, and yet Froch seemed considerably more affected than Haye even though Froch didn't really put a word wrong in truth.

All I read into that is that Froch really doesn't like to be openly disrespected in this way, especially when so many of Groves points are flawed. Don't see it having any bearing on the fight outcome.

I've always enjoyed Groves interviews in the past but the crying bit was utterly cringeworthy.

[dbf]

Groves was on the wind up and I don't understand why Froch is letting it get to him so much.

One thing is clear as day, you can see who Sky's favourite is, they love Froch.

Groves has some valid points, Kessler and Ward (and Dirrell) showed ways of beating Froch and sometimes too much has been made of the fights he's had and his run, and the losses are often over-looked or forgotten.

I think Groves can show Froch's limitations in this fight, but I'm not sure when the heat is on if he can hang with him if it does turn into a fight. Carl is just so damn resilient.

[Bard of Boxrec]

Froch just looked pissed off more than anything and was dying to let rip on him but held back. Groves was embarrassing and cringeworthy

I think Groves won that one I'm afraid, Carl looked lost for words

What powerful words Groves has, those words are going to spell trouble for Carl's chin, I fear for Froch having to defend against this barrage of words.

Etc.

[n1ebf]

The way Groves was leaning over towards him when he was sitting by eddie ... was again embarrising... he cant do trash talk to be honest

in all honesty, that's probably not a bad attribute to have as a human being. It's a cringeworthy format and I don't like it. It's like Loose Women or some Big Brother nonsense and the whole thing was wholly, uncomfortable for me, in a bad way.

The things of interest on that show were that Moore is now training Macklin, Johnny Nelson once won a fight against Carl Thompson and Herbie - who's book I ordered this week of Amazon, flipping a table over at a press conference to get to Williams (??), even though both were fighting other people if I heard it right...

[n1ebf]

Froch just looked pissed off more than anything and was dying to let rip on him but held back. Groves was embarrassing and cringeworthy

I think Groves won that one I'm afraid, Carl looked lost for words

What powerful words Groves has, those words are going to spell trouble for Carl's chin, I fear for Froch having to defend against this barrage of words.

Etc.

it's okay having a chin but that doesn't mean you want to get tickled on it. Any idea that Froch's chin is made from granite really ought to be dismissed. Taylor found it and if George finds one like he found against Paul Smith then the fight's over, simple as that.

It's a show format that makes it very, very easy to come across a bit of/ lot of a tw*t. You can't exactly sit there saying nowt, but getting involved in playground style insults is just embarrassing - AND, I think both are mentally strong enough for it to have jack all to do with what goes down in the ring.
It might get a few more casual viewers (please don't say it's PPV ), but they're both gonna get well paid without these stupid programmes.