Why do fighters who are not close to slick hold their hands so low?

[Derranged]

Cuz urrbody waan be a slick bruva..

And if you don't believe that, I don't know. I guess they just find it comfortable?

[Resilient]

Smh look at the plonker Larry, hates to see white fighters getting they shine and can't do nothing but hate.... smh.

[IronDanHamza]

Froch loved Roy Jones and Prince Naseem.

Unfortunately he wasn't blessed with the same speed and reflexes

Froch is just a hero though. Who can't love him?

Froch is so good he has a style that relies on relfexes and speed yet he has neither and still wins.

Froch is a once in a lifetime fighter.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Froch is so good he has a style that relies on relfexes and speed yet he has neither and still wins.

Froch is a once in a lifetime fighter.

Look at the results he's got.

Seriously, only Andre Ward has convincingly beat him and even then, Ward was getting ragg-ed as fuk in the later rounds.

Froch is a warrior. It's as simple as that.

[IronDanHamza]

Look at the results he's got.

Seriously, only Andre Ward has convincingly beat him and even then, Ward was getting ragg-ed as fuk in the later rounds.

Froch is a warrior. It's as simple as that.

In a serious note, it's incredible what's he's done. Nothing short of incredible.

Simple as that.

[Fr3$h]

I don't think his style relies on reflexes and speed. His style relies on making his head an extremely attractive target but he fights tall enough that it's always just 1 inch out of reach. Most of the stuff that "lands" on him hits when the punch has already lost most of its power ala Vitali:



That way when his opponent commits to a punch he unloads on them with his uppercut/hook hybrid thing:



He also keeps them just low enough that when he does commit to speed the other fighter may not see them coming which actually compensates for his lack of speed rather than conflicts with it:



Those are the advantages I see. It's not without risk though. Both times he's been down because he forgot his hands down while moving forward against someone faster than himself and looked like a chump in the process (but still won both fights on toughness):

[-PBP-]

Froch doesn't have good reflexes but he has a steel chin so it really hasn't come back to hurt him. In today's fight he did a good job of deflecting some of those right hands off of his shoulder or rolling away from them though.

[BafanaBafana]

Many fighters fight with their hands down to conserve energy and draw their opponents in. Good fighters who fight in this way, usually drop their hands when they're out of range, counter when their opponent over commits, and then pivot away. Amateurish fighters drop their hands (particularly the left hand if orthodox) during exchanges and get KTFO.

[Foreign Soil]

Why do slick fighters get on their bicycles after getting hit? Slick fighters aren't really slick, they just cherry pick slow opponents most of the time.

[Spray_resistant]

Because it looks cool, saves energy, makes your punches not so predictable and Froch has a great chin and was walking through Groves best shots the last 2 rounds of the fight so it didn't matter than he was landed on or had his hands down.