Groves only signed a 1-fight deal with Eddie Hearn

[Weebler I]

5:30

He talks about his 'bald swede' in there too.




I guess the judges might not be doing him any favours. Sounds like Hearn caved on the split too.

[Daddy T]

he'll have to win very clearly or they will rob him. the scores they had for the last fight were a joke

[daggum]

he'll have to win very clearly or they will rob him. the scores they had for the last fight were a joke

no they weren't. the commentary was a joke. saying how groves was dominating when every single round was competitive. groves landed some nice single punches but froch's heavy combos to the head and body were landing as well. anything from 6-2 groves to 4-4 was acceptable with froch in clear command of round 9. the groves was dominating narrative doesn't fit with reality. another classic case of underdog doing better than people thought so people overcompensate in their scoring. even their eyeballs stop working correctly.

round 1-very competitive till froch gets dropped so 10-8
round 2 and 3-super close and could easily go to froch
round 4-another super close round maybe groves just got it
round 5-froch clearly
round 6-groves hurts froch badly but froch comes back and hurts groves and dominates the last 2 minutes or so although groves still prob gets it
round 7-groves but close and competitive
round 8-froch but close and competitive
round 9-competitive until froch hurts groves and gets the early stoppage

there was no round where groves just breezed through dancing on his toes popping froch with punches and dominating while taking zero punishment. people act like it was floyd-canelo and froch just got a lucky stoppage. not true. watch the fight without dumbazz mcguigan commentary.

[Weebler I]

not true. watch the fight without dumbazz mcguigan commentary.

jim watt, but I broadly agree, it was closer than he was making it out to be.

[Greed.]

groves landed some nice single punches but froch's heavy combos to the head and body were landing as well..

You're giving Froch too much credit. His body work was good at times, but a lot of his arm punches were hitting gloves, arms and elbows. I gave Froch 2-3 rounds at the most. Cleaner, harder punches were coming from Groves.

[FrankieBruno]

jim watt, but I broadly agree, it was closer than he was making it out to be.

If Froch wins by a dodgy decision again

I dont think he'll enjoy 60,000 people booing him out the stadium in disgrace, last fight he was boo'ed out of the arena, people demanding their money back in the crowd, and these people were the same ones who cheered him into the ring lol

He needs to win convincingly, any sign of dodgy refs or judges will hurt his reputation further

[Citizen Koba]

no they weren't. the commentary was a joke. saying how groves was dominating when every single round was competitive. groves landed some nice single punches but froch's heavy combos to the head and body were landing as well. anything from 6-2 groves to 4-4 was acceptable with froch in clear command of round 9. the groves was dominating narrative doesn't fit with reality. another classic case of underdog doing better than people thought so people overcompensate in their scoring. even their eyeballs stop working correctly.

round 1-very competitive till froch gets dropped so 10-8
round 2 and 3-super close and could easily go to froch
round 4-another super close round maybe groves just got it
round 5-froch clearly
round 6-groves hurts froch badly but froch comes back and hurts groves and dominates the last 2 minutes or so although groves still prob gets it
round 7-groves but close and competitive
round 8-froch but close and competitive
round 9-competitive until froch hurts groves and gets the early stoppage

there was no round where groves just breezed through dancing on his toes popping froch with punches and dominating while taking zero punishment. people act like it was floyd-canelo and froch just got a lucky stoppage. not true. watch the fight without dumbazz mcguigan commentary.

Very close to my scoring and analysis (and goddamn although it was a great fight I've watched it so many times now even I'm starting to get bored).

I gave:

1 Groves 10-8
2 Froch
3 Groves
4 Groves
5 Froch
6 Groves

(though scoring live I gave 5 and 6 the other way round - despite Groves perhaps slightly getting the better of the mid round exchanges, Froch had him badly hurt at the end of 6)

7 Groves
8 Froch

For me only 1, 4 and 7 were clear Groves rounds, only 8 was a clear Froch round, but this talk about Groves dominating every round of the fight only really came about due to Watts absurd commentary.

I don't really see what Groves can do better, but I can see what Froch can do (starting with not underestima

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Not exactly news. We know Groves cried to the IBF after turning down Matchroom's original offer

[Citizen Koba]

no they weren't. the commentary was a joke. saying how groves was dominating when every single round was competitive. groves landed some nice single punches but froch's heavy combos to the head and body were landing as well. anything from 6-2 groves to 4-4 was acceptable with froch in clear command of round 9. the groves was dominating narrative doesn't fit with reality. another classic case of underdog doing better than people thought so people overcompensate in their scoring. even their eyeballs stop working correctly.

round 1-very competitive till froch gets dropped so 10-8
round 2 and 3-super close and could easily go to froch
round 4-another super close round maybe groves just got it
round 5-froch clearly
round 6-groves hurts froch badly but froch comes back and hurts groves and dominates the last 2 minutes or so although groves still prob gets it
round 7-groves but close and competitive
round 8-froch but close and competitive
round 9-competitive until froch hurts groves and gets the early stoppage

there was no round where groves just breezed through dancing on his toes popping froch with punches and dominating while taking zero punishment. people act like it was floyd-canelo and froch just got a lucky stoppage. not true. watch the fight without dumbazz mcguigan commentary.

Very close to my scoring and analysis (and goddamn although it was a great fight I've watched it so many times now even I'm starting to get bored).

I gave:

1 Groves 10-8
2 Froch
3 Groves
4 Groves
5 Froch
6 Groves

(though scoring live I gave 5 and 6 the other way round - despite Groves perhaps slightly getting the better of the mid round exchanges, Froch had him badly hurt at the end of 6)

7 Groves
8 Froch

For me only 1, 4 and 7 were clear Groves rounds, only 8 was a clear Froch round, but this talk about Groves dominating every round of the fight only really came about due to Watts absurd commentary.

I don't really see what Groves can do better, but I can see what Froch can do (starting with not underestimating Groves' speed) to first reduce the danger GG poses and then accelerate the process of wearing him down.

[CraigM]

no they weren't. the commentary was a joke. saying how groves was dominating when every single round was competitive. groves landed some nice single punches but froch's heavy combos to the head and body were landing as well. anything from 6-2 groves to 4-4 was acceptable with froch in clear command of round 9. the groves was dominating narrative doesn't fit with reality. another classic case of underdog doing better than people thought so people overcompensate in their scoring. even their eyeballs stop working correctly.

round 1-very competitive till froch gets dropped so 10-8
round 2 and 3-super close and could easily go to froch
round 4-another super close round maybe groves just got it
round 5-froch clearly
round 6-groves hurts froch badly but froch comes back and hurts groves and dominates the last 2 minutes or so although groves still prob gets it
round 7-groves but close and competitive
round 8-froch but close and competitive
round 9-competitive until froch hurts groves and gets the early stoppage

there was no round where groves just breezed through dancing on his toes popping froch with punches and dominating while taking zero punishment. people act like it was floyd-canelo and froch just got a lucky stoppage. not true. watch the fight without dumbazz mcguigan commentary.

No obvious bias there at all lol