Comments Thread For: Froch Baiting George Groves To Have an Exciting Brawl

[HWChampion]

What about the first 3-4 rounds? I'm not sure Groves is elusive enough to beat Froch. I pick Froch by KO in 5-7 rounds.

Granted that he was beating him first 3-4 rounds. But Kessler did nothing them rounds. Once he became active he was had froch's number until he forgot his jab. Froch sure hell is the favourite but groves is actually the definition of a young lion haha.

[CraigM]

I'm a bit gutted George is only around the 3/1 mark, was hoping for more so I can put a decent bet on him

[MDPopescu]

The BS article here reads:
"... after Froch's efforts to secure a rematch against Andre Ward were frustrated by the brilliant American's refusal to fight in the UK."

Not true: Ward himself said he was ready to come to the UK and fight Froch on a very big venue such as the Wembley Stadium. I suppose that Ward asked for a huge purse, so Hearn has to work hard on that... Froch said that the Ward fight is 2nd or 3rd down the line.

[MDPopescu]

Froch wants Groves to try and box him. If he does Froch will catch him and stop him.

That's the idea...

[MDPopescu]

What about the first 3-4 rounds? I'm not sure Groves is elusive enough to beat Froch. I pick Froch by KO in 5-7 rounds.

In the last fight Froch has thrown more than 1000 punches -- many of them jabs, of course... He will not change his game.

[KJB]

Granted that he was beating him first 3-4 rounds. But Kessler did nothing them rounds. Once he became active he was had froch's number until he forgot his jab.

Translation: Kessler won some of the middle rounds but was soundly beaten in the fight.
Groves is a pretty good fighter, and he is very young and fresh. Froch is 36 years old and has been in some tough fights, but he has too much experience at the top level to be beaten by a kid like George Groves. Groves isn't an Andre Ward. Groves might make the distance but he will be beaten soundly.

[mathed]

Groves may be relatively untested but he has the body type and style to give Froch a lot of problems. I expect Froch to push himself for the win but it won't be an easy fight I believe.

[Yaconcha]

im a big fan of both these fellahs but, a couple fights more for the saint before takin on carl.
also, carl has a massive dig and probably the the hardest chin in the sport so tangling with carl in a war will not be good at any stage in georges career.
his best hope for the win is to pedal.

[Body_Snatcher]

just saw the betting odds.Groves can be had at +350

[CraigM]

The BS article here reads:
"... after Froch's efforts to secure a rematch against Andre Ward were frustrated by the brilliant American's refusal to fight in the UK."

Not true: Ward himself said he was ready to come to the UK and fight Froch on a very big venue such as the Wembley Stadium. I suppose that Ward asked for a huge purse, so Hearn has to work hard on that... Froch said that the Ward fight is 2nd or 3rd down the line.

Do you realise how big Wembley stadium is?

Ward simply doesn't sell tickets and Froch wouldn't sell 90,000 worth. So yeah, i'd say either Ward is utterly dilusional or it was a clever way to say 'no i dont want to fight over there'

Just to put this into perspective, the highest ever US attendance records.
63,350 Ali vs. Spinks II 1979 Superdome, New Orleans, LA
59,995 Whitaker vs. JC Chavez 1993 Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
50,994 Pacquiao vs. Clottey 2010 Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX