Does anyone really think Froch WOULDNT have stopped Groves?

[Ray*]

Did anyone expect Bradley to go the distance after the first two rounds against Provodnikov?

Honestly? No! But a first round is different to 9th round. If the stoppage happened in the 1st or 2nd round then that would have been worse. But this was the 9th round when visibly both fighters would have been tired.

[Doctor_Tenma]

You know interestingly enough, Froch would get more credit if he wins in the rematch as Groves proved himself in that same controversial fight. I don't think people would have given Froch credit had he won in his usual fashion. Me personally, while I strongly felt Froch would be victorious I always acknowledged that Groves had the tools.

[MDPopescu]

I ain't trying to rain on your parade, but anyone saying Froch would have eventually stopped Groves clearly has symptoms of denial... Now anything is possible in boxing, but history is based on fact not fiction. And in the future history will show Groves knocking Froch down in the first, beating Froch to the punch round after round, getting robbed by the ref in the 9th, and winning the crowd over in Froch's hometown... You can justify the stoppage, forget what was happening before the fight was stopped, and judge Froch's ability to stop Groves based on Froch's previous fights with other fighters, but history will know the truth. Froch was on his way to a lost and Groves was on his way to a win, but the gods(money-makers) favored Froch and you know the rest...

... before the fight I voted for a Froch KO victory...
But one cannot assess fights by using the logic of "he would have stopped him"...
We all saw it looked like Froch was on the verge of stopping Groves... But he didn't, actually.
Practically, the ref chose to stop Groves -- during a wild brawl in which Groves missed some punches and Froch landed some punches... One will never know if Groves was going to be staggered (because he wasn't staggered at that moment), or he was going to rebound... a.s.o.

[FrankieBruno]

If Groves was so hurt he could have clinched or taken a knee

He's been down before in the past and got back up

Froch landed two flush punches and missed he rest, and Groves also landed one flush punch, Groves was moving away from the ropes before the ref grabbed him

Froch was gassed swinging widely, and could have easily been countered with a heavy shot from Groves

Froch was saved by the ref all in all

[Doctor_Tenma]

The fact that Groves turned his back the way he did tells me his head wasn't straight, and his survival instincts is definitely questionable.

[MDPopescu]

You know interestingly enough, Froch would get more credit if he wins in the rematch as Groves proved himself in that same controversial fight. I don't think people would have given Froch credit had he won in his usual fashion. Me personally, while I strongly felt Froch would be victorious I always acknowledged that Groves had the tools.

At this moment, Froch is in the position to regain the credit he was awarded by the public before this last fight...
Unfortunately, the rematch is subject to a number of yet to be defined variables. Such as: 1) Hearn would like to take the Wembley stadium as a venue for the rematch; 2) Hearn still maintains that Froch is the bigger draw and he would like Groves to ask for a moderate purse; 3) Hearn thinks that Froch still has options for other big fights (at the same venue) -- Andre Ward, Gennady Golokvin or Julio César Chávez Jr. They are all big fights on the world stage, while Froch v Groves II is massive in British terms it is not globally.

[Holywarrior]

If Groves was so hurt he could have clinched or taken a knee

He's been down before in the past and got back up

Froch landed two flush punches and missed he rest, and Groves also landed one flush punch, Groves was moving away from the ropes before the ref grabbed him

Froch was gassed swinging widely, and could have easily been countered with a heavy shot from Groves

Froch was saved by the ref all in all

Froch wasn't swinging wildly, in fact that was his most controlled combination of the fight. It was Groves who was swinging wildly against the ropes and missing

[MDPopescu]

The fact that Groves turned his back the way he did tells me his head wasn't straight, and his survival instincts is definitely questionable.

No, Groves was going straight forward (his head down)... The ref turned him, when he grabbed him with his right hand... (please see the video again...)

[MDPopescu]

Froch wasn't swinging wildly, in fact that was his most controlled combination of the fight. It was Groves who was swinging wildly against the ropes and missing

Right...
But didn't Groves leave the ropes? Did he lost his legs at that moment?
I would have wanted to see him staggered or dropped... It would have taken no more than 5 to 10 seconds... But the ref couldn't wait that much...

[Holywarrior]

Right...
But didn't Groves leave the ropes? Did he lost his legs at that moment?
I would have wanted to see him staggered or dropped... It would have taken no more than 5 to 10 seconds... But the ref couldn't wait that much...

Yeah, the stoppage was bad. Im not denying it. But to say Froch was swinging acting like hes not knowing what he was doing is false.