Comments Thread For: Groves Eyes Carl Froch; Hearn Discusses The Fight

[Jim Tom]

To be honest I think it's a decent fight, I don't care what happened in sparring when groves best opponent was Kenny Anderson, they actually have similar fight styles, Dirrellis a bit more defensive minded, groves a bit more powerful.

I think the problem for Dirrell is he's used to facing slow brawlers who don't havethe ffootspeed to force him into a fight, froch and Abraham being his two best opponents, neitherof them have any footspeed at all. I think groves does have the footspeed to keep up with Dirrell, so it'd be interesting.

Also Dirrell is pushing 30 and his career thus far has been shambolic, he's not a fighter i have any faith in

If you ask David Haye he will tell you Groves can't beat Dirrell.
Ask Groves himself he won't mention Dirrell.Not only will he lose ,he will look bad losing that decision,he knows it.

[Earl-Hickey]

If you ask David Haye he will tell you Groves can't beat Dirrell.
Ask Groves himself he won't mention Dirrell.Not only will he lose ,he will look bad losing that decision,he knows it.

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[LacedUp]

If you ask David Haye he will tell you Groves can't beat Dirrell.
Ask Groves himself he won't mention Dirrell.Not only will he lose ,he will look bad losing that decision,he knows it.

There's footage of their sparring on YouTube and Dirrell said Groves was very tough. He also gave him a black eye. And that was two years ago when Groves was 22-23. What are you on about?

[Jim Tom]

There's footage of their sparring on YouTube and Dirrell said Groves was very tough. He also gave him a black eye. And that was two years ago when Groves was 22-23. What are you on about?

That was just him being nice,I know because I was on the ground.Dirrell got that eye on the first day of sparring and yes Groves is good for his level.Remember he was preparing for DeGale.Also the word 'decent' lol,what does that mean?

[Jim Tom]

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That was just him being nice,I know because I was on the ground.Dirrell got that eye on the first day of sparring and yes Groves is good for his level.Remember he was preparing for DeGale.Also the word 'decent' lol,what does that mean?

The thing is, how good is Dirrell? He's fighting club-level bums every 12 months. He's not elite. This guy had potential to beat Ward imo. But he's just screwing up his career. Groves would def be a step up to the competition Dirrell has faced since Abraham.

[Jim Tom]

The thing is, how good is Dirrell? He's fighting club-level bums every 12 months. He's not elite. This guy had potential to beat Ward imo. But he's just screwing up his career. Groves would def be a step up to the competition Dirrell has faced since Abraham.

Dirrell was injured in the Abraham fight.He tried coming back then he was injured again.He wanted Bute but somehow things fell through.Next thing they wanted him to fight in London but they low balled him. I agree with you, he had great potential.I know he's faster than Ward,he has more movement, a great defence and definitely could cause problems.Ward would obviously try to corner him the way he often does but if he can't then he would be destroyed.I do not know why things went this way for Dirrell but he's definitely wasted talent.As for Groves,he's a good fighter but the level he's reached now is difficult because Froch will destroy him and his career and so would Ward and Dirrell.

[IronDanHamza]

I think Groves wants to catch Froch on the slide.

If Froch still has left what he has now after the Kessler fight I see Froch winning with little trouble.

Groves is improving though.

[marvelousmatt]

Groves is very good but he'll need 3-4 more good fights before taking on a WARRIOR like Carl Froch.Froch is a P4P fighter and brings constant pressure while throwing punches. This is a nice publicity stunt as assuming Froch beats Kessler,his dnace card is filled for a year after that.

[marvelousmatt]

Dirrell was injured in the Abraham fight.He tried coming back then he was injured again.He wanted Bute but somehow things fell through.Next thing they wanted him to fight in London but they low balled him. I agree with you, he had great potential.I know he's faster than Ward,he has more movement, a great defence and definitely could cause problems.Ward would obviously try to corner him the way he often does but if he can't then he would be destroyed.I do not know why things went this way for Dirrell but he's definitely wasted talent.As for Groves,he's a good fighter but the level he's reached now is difficult because Froch will destroy him and his career and so would Ward and Dirrell.

The Direll Bros. belong on ESPN VIII that is when they do agree to their yearly fights. These are the 2 most inactive fighters in boxing history. All they do is turn down fights.They are becoming a joke. Andre should have fought Stevenson in Canada. What a waste of talent these 2 are.