Comments Thread For: Steiglitz vs Groves Clash on May 5th in Erfurt, Germany

[D-MiZe]

He might well do, I hope he does, but Groves getting buzzed by Smith so early in their fight and ask hurt by Anderson leaves it a bit more open.

Yeah, he is way too open at times but he'll surely work on that for a world title. Plus he has Booth in his corner who will create a good strategy.

Groves switched up his game when he fought DeGale, going on the back foot and countering.

[BattleAxePurist]

Really good card..Steiglitz has such a huge advantage with experience plus he'll be confident being in Germany and having defended his title already a few times plus he's a very solid fighter and would give him the edge, Groves is a bit of a mystery as to how legit he is or isn't at this level Steglitz isn't Elite or the tip top of the division but he's just below

[Spray_resistant]

Steiglitz though nothing special is an overall good fighter a tough test for Groves I think Steiglitz will win but props to Groves for the step up in comp maybe he will prove me wrong.

[D-MiZe]

I didn't realise Afolabi-Huck & Dimitrenko-Pulev were on the card too!

I'm more excited about this than the Mayweather-Cotto fight later that night.

[BattlingNelson]

This is a killer card.

Stieglitz-Groves
Huck-Afolabi
Dimitrenko-Pulev.

Wauw!

[Ray*]

Am shocked but Groves has nothing to lose here, and he might get up more for fights like this one, hope he pulls it off.

[SaintGeorge]

Think it's a step too soon for Groves if i'm being honest. He can win the Stieglitz fight, don't get me wrong, infact I think he will win it. But he'll be like Cleverley and defend it against loads of bums for 5 years, he's not ready for the Froch's, Kessler's, Bute's, Ward's etc for another 2 or 3 years, he's still too open, he does possess all the tools though. He should be stepping up the class of opponents, Brian Magee was a good shout, even Glen Johnson.

[D-MiZe]

Even if he wins the title and defends it against the likes of Johnson/Magee, it's still much better than what Cleverly is doing.

[Hougigo]

May 5th.... championship night.
Bunch of interesting fights going on

[rochemback]

Stieglitz, especially with home advantage, will be a huge test for Groves, who I can't really rate since I've only seen the DeGale-fight.

Huck-Afolabi should be good, although Huck beat him already a few years ago. But now Afolabi is with the Klitschkos' K2 promotions and Vitali's trainer Fritz Sdunek. Will be very interesting to see if he can do better this time (the first fight was competitive, but Huck won it in the later rounds). If not, it's at least a nice setup for Huck vs one of the Klitschkos.