IBF appeal may force Froch into Groves rematch

[Sugar Adam Ali]

As for the appeal,,, I dont think its a bad move on Groves part,, he has nothing to lose, and it will keep his name and the rematch in the headlines for awhile..

Do i think the appeal is legit,, no, but i would probably do the same if i was groves' handlers.. The more we can get it into the headlines the better prospects for the rematch

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Lol emotional? What are you talking about?
You said like: "sure he got knocked down. He took his count, got up and continued". That wasn't exactly what happened. His eyes were completely gone when he went down, his legs were clearly unsteady and he stumbled when he got up.

Are you suggesting Groves was more hurt than that?

I'm suggesting its a completely different situation. It was the first round and Froch clearly recovered very quickly after the count was administered.

Ironically if Groves had gone down or taken a knee, he might have been allowed to continue. Instead he got completely ragged and lost all composure. Like I said, there was not a point in the fight that Froch looked like that.

[Frank Ducketts]

Groves sat before an IBF hearing in New Jersey last week to discuss the early stoppage that occurred in his fight against Carl Froch in November last year.

Groves has appealed on the grounds of bias from the referee, and seeing as it was an IBF mandatory, he could be successful should they uphold his appeal.

Article below:

The controversial manner in which their previous super-middleweight title fight ended meant that a re-match was always going to be on the cards, it just, s they say, needed all the ends tying together.

Well the snippets I previously mentioned, infer that although moves are afoot a little thing called time might prove to be the crucial factor.

Eddie Hearn, discussing the road ahead with regards to getting the two combatants in the ring has been quoted, in the media, as having remarked about the difficult situation,

“Carl’s not sure about it.”

“The Groves fight is the biggest financially, but I don’t think Carl feels he needs it. The public wants it but as far as he’s concerned he has beaten Groves.”

“I’ll put the options on the table and the fighter generally chooses the fight which is the biggest financially. I think deep down Carl will want to do a job on George Groves before he retires because he doesn’t like him at all. The animosity is genuine.”

“We’re already talking to venues about doing it at the end of May before the World Cup, but if it drags on in the negotiation process, George will look at other options.”

It seems to be that getting what the public want, what the public deserve and something that’ll decree who is the better of the two men, is down to financial matters rather than anything else. Hopefully, common sense will prevail and the nation will get what it deserves!

http://www.vitalboxing.com/article.asp?a=2214

Force the rematch. Froch doesn't want to see the vicious right hand again.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Force the rematch. Froch doesn't want to see the vicious right hand again.

He won't be able to force a rematch you fool.

[yoz]

I didn't say it was a flash knockdown. Why are you getting so emotional? He was clearly hurt but got up and recovered quickly. Please point me to the moment in the fight where Froch was sagging into the ropes and being hit repeatedly clean then stumbling around the ring with no legs?

[yoz]

You did say that though.

You said that Groves didn't take any punishment and that Froch barely landed anything in the fight.

Green K to you, sir.

[SN!PER]

Before the fight, I predicted and bet on a Froch win, and was a fan of Froch.

The fight changed everything.

Froch looked terrible in there against a kid who was in diapers when Froch was boxing in the amateurs!

Groves knocked Froch on his ass and beat him from post to pillar while Froch failed to knock Groves down. Froch got away with so much shoving and dirty tactics, and when he finally got in a few good shots, the blundering, clueless referee stopped the fight!!

Complete disgrace and embarrassment for the more experienced Froch to claim he won that fight.

That night, I lost my respect for Froch and became a big fan of Saint George!

[LacedUp]

Before the fight, I predicted and bet on a Froch win, and was a fan of Froch.

The fight changed everything.

Froch looked terrible in there against a kid who was in diapers when Froch was boxing in the amateurs!

Groves knocked Froch on his ass and beat him from post to pillar while Froch failed to knock Groves down. Froch got away with so much shoving and dirty tactics, and when he finally got in a few good shots, the blundering, clueless referee stopped the fight!!

Complete disgrace and embarrassment for the more experienced Froch to claim he won that fight.

That night, I lost my respect for Froch and became a big fan of Saint George!

According to a lot of these posters, Froch punished Groves

This is apparently what happened:

Froch was fine after the quick knockdown, it was more or less an equal fight and Froch unloaded dozens of clean shots on Groves who was wobbling around the ring when it got stopped.

I am a big Froch fan as well, but the way they spin the fight to be something it wasn't, is just insane.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

As opposed to Laced Up's version of events where Froch landed nothing throughout the fight and then only landed "half shots" at the end

[hugh grant]

I wanted Froch to win, but I cant even describe it as a premature stoppage, the fight was rather cancelled for unknown reasons as the referee had an appointment somewhere else, ie maybe had a dentist appointment or left the oven on at home.

It didn't even get to the point of warranting being stopped. Don't a fighter have to be in some kind of trouble before being stopped?

This is why Froch shoulnt want the ref to be so clever and claim to see things other people don't see like Hayley joel Oswald in the sixth sense did.

When the ref stopped it, I thought something happened outside the ring or something, like someone parachuting into the ring or maybe Groves gloves had a tear in it or something.