keithmoonhangover wrote:Stiverne by stoppage looks inevitable to me. Arreola's chin has been hit so many times, his punch resistance can't be improving.
Does that same logic apply to Froch?
It could do mate, but Arreola was stopped last time, so I thought Stiverne had his number. Thankfully for my bank balance, he did.
Difference between this and Froch-Groves is that George didn't stop Froch. Carl was the one that improved as the fight went on. He ate a lot of leather, but he never once looked like being stopped.
keithmoonhangover wrote:Stiverne by stoppage looks inevitable to me. Arreola's chin has been hit so many times, his punch resistance can't be improving.
Does that same logic apply to Froch?
It could do mate, but Arreola was stopped last time, so I thought Stiverne had his number. Thankfully for my bank balance, he did.
Difference between this and Froch-Groves is that George didn't stop Froch. Carl was the one that improved as the fight went on. He ate a lot of leather, but he never once looked like being stopped.
palooka wrote:We're never going to agree on this one
Do you think Froch should have been stopped?
I think that the referee gave Froch every possibility to get through his sticky patch and did not afford Groves the same. Froch took maybe 30 full blooded, full power shots through that fight and was rattled more than once. If Groves was so bad that he needed 'saving' then the same standard ought to have been held to Froch.
palooka wrote:We're never going to agree on this one
Do you think Froch should have been stopped?
I think that the referee gave Froch every possibility to get through his sticky patch and did not afford Groves the same. Froch took maybe 30 full blooded, full power shots through that fight and was rattled more than once. If Groves was so bad that he needed 'saving' then the same standard ought to have been held to Froch.
keithmoonhangover wrote:Stiverne by stoppage looks inevitable to me. Arreola's chin has been hit so many times, his punch resistance can't be improving.
Does that same logic apply to Froch?
It could do mate, but Arreola was stopped last time, so I thought Stiverne had his number. Thankfully for my bank balance, he did.
Difference between this and Froch-Groves is that George didn't stop Froch. Carl was the one that improved as the fight went on. He ate a lot of leather, but he never once looked like being stopped.
Damn, easy to say in hindsight but I was about to get on the Stiverne train (outright though) but wimped out. You could get him at odds against at one point, great price. That was a chance gone begging
So, anyone seen Cleverly's comeback opponent? A 2012 win over a shot Big Truck Braithwaite is about all he's done. Does he have a chance better than the 14/1 suggests against 'Face First, Ask Questions Later' Nate?
Riddick Blowe wrote:So, anyone seen Cleverly's comeback opponent? A 2012 win over a shot Big Truck Braithwaite is about all he's done. Does he have a chance better than the 14/1 suggests against 'Face First, Ask Questions Later' Nate?
Riddick Blowe wrote:So, anyone seen Cleverly's comeback opponent? A 2012 win over a shot Big Truck Braithwaite is about all he's done. Does he have a chance better than the 14/1 suggests against 'Face First, Ask Questions Later' Nate?
Riddick Blowe wrote:So, anyone seen Cleverly's comeback opponent? A 2012 win over a shot Big Truck Braithwaite is about all he's done. Does he have a chance better than the 14/1 suggests against 'Face First, Ask Questions Later' Nate?
God knows. Saturday's card is utter garbage.
Utter garbage? I don't know what you expect.
1 decent fight on the bill, to go with a series of mismatches, that is more or less garbage.
The only half decent fight on the bill is Rees v Buckland. As expe says, all of the other fights are utter mismatches. Just look at the bookies odds on them.
SteveDow wrote:The only half decent fight on the bill is Rees v Buckland. As expe says, all of the other fights are utter mismatches. Just look at the bookies odds on them.
yeah this is a good fight. Not sure who wins this.
This hangover is quite something.