Comments Thread For: George Groves: My Chinny Rep Cost Me The Fight

[Chunk..]

Is that the round where Froch got hit with a 6 punch combo? Why didnt the ref stop the fight?

Eddie Hearn isn't gonna stitch up his #1 prizefighter. Groves was always gonna be the fall guy.

[titan m]

Groves needs to thank the ref.

5 seconds later and Groves would/could have been out cold on the ground, but since the ref stepped in too early, there's all this misconception that he was 'robbed', he was robbed of carrying on, not winning the fight ...

He lives to fight another day, to get a rematch and a pay day; 5 seconds later and he would be back to journeyman status from getting KO'd by a man who fought bravely to return from a round 1 KD, but let's pretend the first 6 rounds were the entire 9.

Yeah because nobody has ever been a little shaken up ain a fight and recovered to continue right? Anybody saying the stoppage was a good one must feel Bradley should have been saved from Provodnikov as well or Marquez in the first Pacquiao fight, they were taking beatings in those fights but continued for 12 rounds. I think both of those fights could've been stopped and nobody would complain but they weren't, the point is Groves wasn't that hurt and the stoppage was obviously bull**** and anybody claiming Groves was going to be knocked out later is full of **** as well and are probably the same ones that said he didn't stand a chance before the fight. Groves taught Froch a lesson last night and got ****ed over for his troubles.

[NorvernRob]

anyone here back ups froch dont know **** bout boxing, the kid schooled him, he doesnt hev any skills, he just want to land some big bomb, he dont deserve that title, and that ugly fat ref is absolutely wanker, froch is more hurt in round 1, y he didnt stop the fight??? yeahh he hurt groves but atleast give him standing 8 counts, feel sorry for groves, u shud hev won 8 rnds to 4

And you know so much about boxing you can score a 12 round fight when the last 3 rounds never happened, and Groves was fading fast and being punished halfway through the 9th?

Froch was outboxed for large parts of the fight but anyone with a working pair of eyes could see he was starting to walk through Groves and hurt him. Groves did brilliantly but he was fading, and a fading fighter in the late rounds is meat and drink to Froch.

The stoppage was too early yes, but it's actually done Groves career a big favour because in all likelyhood he would have been stopped, instead he's a martyr on the end of a 'robbery'.

Froch's interview also did Groves a favour and himself none.

I'm not sure why the hate for Froch though, he was dropped hard, outboxed yet played his part in another tremendous battle, showed an iron chin and huge heart yet again and looked like he was going to pull an unlikely win out of the bag.

[NorvernRob]

Is that the round where Froch got hit with a 6 punch combo? Why didnt the ref stop the fight?

Because Froch wasn't turning away from his opponent?

[flat1985]

Because Froch wasn't turning away from his opponent?

Good stoppage yeah?

[TGD]

Is that the round where Froch got hit with a 6 punch combo? Why didnt the ref stop the fight?

Because Froch clearly still had his senses, was looking ahead, and was able to defend himself and fire back his own shots.

Groves' legs were sagging, his head was down, his arms flailing (not punching), and he was taking clean shots to the head without being able to defend himself. If Groves is as clever as he likes to think he is, he would have taken a knee.

[NorvernRob]

Good stoppage yeah?

I've just said above that it was too early. But to suggest Froch should have been stopped in the 6th when he was walking forwards and throwing punches is completely ridiculous.

Maybe Groves' inexperience cost him, maybe he shouldn't have turned away, maybe he should have clinched - but he stopped clinching when he started tiring and took punishment instead.

It's a bit ridiculous calling it a robbery, even if Froch was 6-2 down he was on his way to a minimum 10-8 round and would have been 2 or 3 points down with 3 rounds to go.

Who looked the stronger fighter in rounds 8 + 9 and who looked like he was fading?

It was never a robbery in a million years, it was a premature stoppage that denied us all, including both fighters, a proper finish to the fight.

[Money_May]

I went onto twatter to get a view of what groves was saying and this is an interesting picture

Someone the ref knows says he saw him on tv and makes a prediction on the fight which the ref "likes". As it turns out Howard Foster actually did stop the fight in round 9

https://mobile.twitter.com/siepod/st...749184/photo/1

that looks dodgy as hell.

[MDPopescu]

Do you like dags?

Snatch... Good movie...

[El Angel]

Groves is really taking this situation better than I expected. I'd be livid with the ref and commission, but he seems to be able to put it in context. He deserves an immediate rematch and I hope he's given one.