Comments Thread For: Groves' Trainer: Carl Froch Will Implode Like Mike Tyson

[MDPopescu]

That's a strange incoherent sentence. Carl only won because he was gifted a stoppage.

Regardless, I don't really think Fitzpatrick believes what he's saying. Carl Froch is a cool cat and he's not going to implode at all - he'll give it his best.

But there's something about Groves that gets under Carl's skin, it's uncanny.

Froch may be "a cool cat" but only into the ring... Outside the ring, Froch looks sometimes over-emotional...

[MDPopescu]

You don't believe that, do you?

Come on, now.

The stoppage was really bad...
If it wasn't, why do they sell a football stadium for the rematch?
Don't tell me "it's all hype" -- the Brits aren't that ******...

[Weltschmerz]

Froch may be "a cool cat" but only into the ring... Outside the ring, Froch looks sometimes over-emotional...

He is. He stated he would 'kill' Mikkel Kessler before their last fight.

[MDPopescu]

He is. He stated he would 'kill' Mikkel Kessler before their last fight.

I would not be so sure about how "true" their rematch was...

[Weltschmerz]

I would not be so sure about how "true" their rematch was...

Apparently they are 'friends' outside the ring, but Froch made some ******ed statements like the one I mentioned. As we talked about, goes to show he loses his head a bit. No need to take it there.

[yoz]

Froch will promise a war like he promised against Mikkel in the rematch yet hide behind the jab,like he did for the best part of 3-4 rounds until Groves works him out,just like Mikkel did.

I'm a massive Kessler fan, but let's not rewrite the past, eh? Froch was tagging Kessler at will for the first three rounds of the rematch and his jab was very authoritative. He began to tire in the middle rounds and Kessler, who i'm certain was carrying an injury into the fight, had more success.

It was good tactics on Froch's part - he won all the early rounds and thus, the fight.

[yoz]

The stoppage was really bad...
If it wasn't, why do they sell a football stadium for the rematch?
Don't tell me "it's all hype" -- the Brits aren't that ******...

You sure about that?

[boxingfocus]

That's a strange incoherent sentence. Carl only won because he was gifted a stoppage.

Don't be a dumbass.

Yes, the stoppage was bad. However, Froch was enjoying his strongest period of the fight. It's not like he wasn't coming back into it. Who knows if Groves could have ridden out the storm or if Froch had enough in the tank to pour on late pressure, but to say Froch *only* won because of the gift stoppage is a total nonsense - and I think think the stoppage was atrocious.

At the time of the stoppage, the only fighter looking in danger of being knocked out was George Groves. You can't deny that if you are objective, no more than you can deny that Froch got a pasting for 7 rounds. However fights are 12 rounds, not 7. At the end of the day, it is Froch that is proven to have the stamina and strong finishes over 12 rounds, not Groves.

To say that Groves had that fight won is claptrap.

Let's hope we get to find out decisively in the rematch.

[STEELHEAD]

That's a strange incoherent sentence. Carl only won because he was gifted a stoppage.

Regardless, I don't really think Fitzpatrick believes what he's saying. Carl Froch is a cool cat and he's not going to implode at all - he'll give it his best.

But there's something about Groves that gets under Carl's skin, it's uncanny.

it still bewilders me when halfwits make a statement like " Carl only won because he was gifted a stoppage".
groves should thank that ref because now he gets to play and get paid for another day.

[l1ght]

Don't be a dumbass.

Yes, the stoppage was bad. However, Froch was enjoying his strongest period of the fight. It's not like he wasn't coming back into it. Who knows if Groves could have ridden out the storm or if Froch had enough in the tank to pour on late pressure, but to say Froch *only* won because of the gift stoppage is a total nonsense - and I think think the stoppage was atrocious.

At the time of the stoppage, the only fighter looking in danger of being knocked out was George Groves. You can't deny that if you are objective, no more than you can deny that Froch got a pasting for 7 rounds. However fights are 12 rounds, not 7. At the end of the day, it is Froch that is proven to have the stamina and strong finishes over 12 rounds, not Groves.

To say that Groves had that fight won is claptrap.

Let's hope we get to find out decisively in the rematch.

That's right mate. I mean since when does anything that happens early in a fight matter with regards to a guy getting his ass initially beat if he in fact ends up being the one with his arm raised at the end? It doesn't matter in the slightest. Groves was very dominant for early periods but when it mattered in the championship rounds he started to fall apart. Froch was connecting and increasing his work rate like he always does when he senses the victory and Groves couldn't take his power. People need to rewatch that stoppage. Yes it was a very bad stoppage but Groves couldn't put one foot in front of the other, stumbled into Fosters arms and was completely unaware what was happening until Foster released him into the ropes and then he protested.....yet some people believe Froch was the one who was saved? That's ridiculous. He did not protest immediately when Foster Grabbed him because he was didn't have a clue what was going on. Absolute 100% gift to George Groves and he has milked it for everything its worth and acted as if he was in a position where he looked most likely to win the fight when he clearly wasn't at that point in round nine when the fight was stopped. He looked most likely to win until round 9.
With 3 rounds and 1 minute left he was so getting his head pummelled into the ropes the same way Bute or Taylor did. Its undeniable.