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How do you see it going if the fight comes off? Dirrell via stoppage for me

Too hard for me to pick. If pushed I'd go with Groves but that would possibly be patriotism and the fact I think Anthony Dirrell is a bit of a helmet ruling my decision.

Dirrell seems to be on a trend of points wins at the moment and I think Groves is being rushed into this fight far too quickly.

Dirrell has the best win on either mans resume right now against a slightly shop worn Bika, so I'd have to slightly favour him.

A lot would depend on who can hurt who first. People are likely to try and swarm groves early on in fights now and empty that tank, so he has to be prepared for that and i dont think he's learned how to hold and slow things down effectively yet.

Yes We Can wrote:Dirrell has the best win on either mans resume right now against a slightly shop worn Bika, so I'd have to slightly favour him.

A lot would depend on who can hurt who first. People are likely to try and swarm groves early on in fights now and empty that tank, so he has to be prepared for that and i dont think he's learned how to hold and slow things down effectively yet.

I think there's two sides to that. Yes it could cause him problems but equally someone pushing hard at Groves early means there's a chance of him landing. As he showed against Froch, if he can hit you he can deck you and most wouldn't have got up from the one he dropped Froch with. I do wonder if some people have jumped on the Groves is chinny/lacks stamina thing because they wanted to believe it before the Froch fights and use those to justify it. For me the first fight was very much in the balance in late rounds and it is still questionable whether he was completely run out of steam or not. (Although he was definitely slowing rapidly). Second fight, wasn't stamina, simple problem was that he took a punch any SM in the world would have been dropped like a sack of spuds by. If Groves keeps his head he has all the tools to be a genuine world champion, the challenge is to adapt style and stamina to match.

I've yet to see Anthony Dirrell fight, cant find any clips of him on youtube. If anyone knows where i can watch some of his fights, please post a link, thanks.

Not sold on Dirrell. Groves for me but could just be because I've seen more of him

Dirrell stops Groves round 11

Groves is a class above Dirrell. I'm not saying that as any fan of Groves, but a scrappy win over a washed-up Bika is no form to scare anyone. The rest of his record is absolutely awful. Andre is by far the better brother.

gobbles wrote:Groves is a class above Dirrell. I'm not saying that as any fan of Groves, but a scrappy win over a washed-up Bika is no form to scare anyone. The rest of his record is absolutely awful. Andre is by far the better brother.

Do you think that Groves would definietly beat Bika though? I'm not completely sure myself. Groves definietly is somewhat vulnerable and Bika's rough house style would definietly cause him problems I think.

lefty wrote:

gobbles wrote:Groves is a class above Dirrell. I'm not saying that as any fan of Groves, but a scrappy win over a washed-up Bika is no form to scare anyone. The rest of his record is absolutely awful. Andre is by far the better brother.

Do you think that Groves would definietly beat Bika though? I'm not completely sure myself. Groves definietly is somewhat vulnerable and Bika's rough house style would definietly cause him problems I think.

It depends which Groves turns up, the one who made a meal out of beating Rebrasse would struggle against Bika, but the Groves who narrowly beat Degale would shut Bika out.
As for Dirrell, if Groves goes hard and lands big shots early (Froch 1 style) I can't see Dirrell lasting more than 6, however, if Groves tries to box with Dirrell I can see him loosing a wide points decision