Comments Thread For: Froch Furious With Groves, Cleverly Over Kessler Help

[KickAzz]

wow they share the same promoter... Froch should be upset if he isn't getting any insider info about Kessler's training camp

[SAJ10]

He did put Groves down in sparring but i heard Groves put him down as well.

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It's common knowledge Groves is a little weak around the whiskers. I heard and even Booth has admitted that froch knocked him down (not out) in sparring.

Where did you hear he knocked Froch down, is there any credibility to this?

[classicbuzzbox]

cleverly might be trying to give Kessler a pre-fight touch up in sparring to show his patriotism and make a few quid along the way. Looking at that photo, Kessler is near weight and Cleverly looks some kilos past SMW.

[Chris Collins]

I can understand froch's point of view, especially with groves helping prepare kessler for the fight because they have the same promoter and groves trainer, adam booth, is supposed to be a friend of froch.
As for cleverly it's up to him really, he is british but his career is more important to him than national allegiance with other fighters, although I think maybe if froch was welsh he might not help kessler prepare for froch.

[SAJ10]

cleverly might be trying to give Kessler a pre-fight touch up in sparring to show his patriotism and make a few quid along the way. Looking at that photo, Kessler is near weight and Cleverly looks some kilos past SMW.

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I don't think tbh Cleverly gives a _____ about anything other than getting class sparring to bring himself on.

Cleverly was only two weeks after his fight with Kraniqi and he was in ripped shape, he's not a huge party animal outside the ring, he just a very big LHW.

I recently saw Calzaghe and Cleverly standing next to each other and Cleverly is a monster - v tall and his frame in v wide. The picture is pretty true reflection.

I also saw Cleverly a few years (before the Murat fight) and he's gotten taller and filled out.

I saw interview recently before the Kraniqi fight where the interviewer asked him if he's gotten taller and Cleverly said, you're not the only one to think that.

Having seen him at Krasniqi fight, I think he's a genuine 6'3 now

[Szef]

Wow what a selfish prick, boxing is those guys job, they need money like everybody else. Not to mention, sparring world champion is a great learning experience for young boxer.

[LacedUp]

Wow what a selfish prick, boxing is those guys job, they need money like everybody else. Not to mention, sparring world champion is a great learning experience for young boxer.

Exactly. And people are forgetting the little amount of money these guys, especially groves are making. Getting £1000/2000 a week is a good wage and they'd be fools to turn it down out of respect for Froch, when really Froch hasn't respected either of them in the past.

[flat1985]

He did put Groves down in sparring but i heard Groves put him down as well.

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It's common knowledge Groves is a little weak around the whiskers. I heard and even Booth has admitted that froch knocked him down (not out) in sparring.

Where did you hear he knocked Froch down, is there any credibility to this?

It was from someone in Groves camp.

[SAJ10]

It was from someone in Groves camp.

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I've never heard anyone publicly say that so if it's true it be interesting to see them state it officially as has been done the other way around.

I can see why Froch is upset because it is great prep for Kessler.

Of course you can never 100% replicate any fighter but Groves has that low left that flicks up like Froch and is decent all around to be fair, just a question mark over his chin.

Cleverly is bigger than Froch, stronger than Froch and faster than Froch - he also has a great engine that should really push and test Kessler in sparring.

Kessler could come in v sharp and fit, his team need to make sure that he doesn't leave anything in the gym though.

[Weebler I]

Also, if I was Carl Froch I wouldn't be mentioning anything about Cleverly's opponents when he has flat out come out and said he doesn't want to share a ring with Cleverly.

That comes down to promoters, it's a GBP-TR style war between Warren and Hearn. Froch would wreck Cleverly.

LOL, if anything Cleverly has helped Froch.

LOL.............