lillywhite14 wrote:TheCobra wrote:I do love this perception that somehow Froch is a poo boxer who can easily be outboxed. Froch was a really good amateur as well people seem to forget that. He has the skills up to a certain level and has only struggled against really slick guys like Taylor, Ward and Dirrell.
I don't put Groves at the level of any of them, especially in terms of slickness, Froch is not gona find it too hard to find Groves - after a few rounds of spoiling tactics he will have to engage at some point and isn't slick enough to avoid Carl's bombs like those guys mentioned above. The way Kenny Anderson had Groves going just does not bode well for him in this fight.
It is a strange one. Nobody, not even Ward, has had an easy night against Froch.
Yep, you've got Groves dissing Froch in those 3 fights but:
Taylor - Froch was a few rounds behind but crucially came on strong in the last few rounds and bagged the KO.
Dirrell - Awful fight, Dirrell doing his best impression of roadrunner in a world title fight, tried to win with 3 punches a round and for me just got outworked in a fight with very few real connecting punches. Crucial thing for me is, it certainly wasn't a boxing lesson for Carl, it was just the other guy didn't actually want to fight so it was a tough watch for everyone.
Ward - Ward probably won by 4 rounds, one of the recognised P4P best fighters in the world at the moment who has coasted to wins against other fighters still had a tricky night with Carl who landed some of his big shots but Ward proved he had a good chin and could grit it out with a warrior like Froch, something Groves has yet to prove.