What do people dislike about George Groves

[yoz]

His pink salmon trousers.

[Weebler I]

Well DeGale was a risky fight, both were prospects, so the loser was gonna have to work hard to come back, like DeGale has been doing. Then he got some experience fights like against an old durable Glen Johnson, and now a top fight vs Froch and now Froch again. If I am not mistaken, hasn't there been some small talk between his team and Ward or something like that? It took Froch several years to be recognized as a guy who takes on all comers. Let the resume stack up and see how it looks several years from now.

Ward says Groves turned the fight down, I don't blame him for that one though as the Froch rematch was a very lucrative alternative.

Froch started his career late and couldn't land the Calzaghe fight. Held up his progress.

[Adamjr91]

He's an eyesore is all.

[phatcatboxing]

If Groves wins, he will probably avoid DeGale again and fight Abraham as he has now signed with Sauerland.

I'm really confused by people suddenly claiming he's "avoiding"/has avoided the monstrous, terror inducing force that is James "95% Knee" DeGale. Groves has improved immensely since that fight and it could be argued that, with his underrated punching power and speed, he had a game plan that didn't entirely suit him.

All this while DeGale, in his last fight, was hit repeatedly, cut and nearly stopped at one point by a light hitting middle weight not even ranked in the top 100 of his actual division let alone SMW.

Since their fight the two have fought at a similar level, up until the Froch fight, with Groves dominating/obliterating his opposition while DeGale struggled and remained consistently inconsistent with much of his.

Looking at all that for what possible reason would Groves avoid the rematch?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I'm really confused by people suddenly claiming he's "avoiding"/has avoided the monstrous, terror inducing force that is James "95% Knee" DeGale. Groves has improved immensely since that fight and it could be argued that, with his underrated punching power and speed, he had a game plan that didn't entirely suit him.

All this while DeGale, in his last fight, was hit repeatedly, cut and nearly stopped at one point by a light hitting middle weight not even ranked in the top 100 of his actual division let alone SMW.

Since their fight the two have fought at a similar level, up until the Froch fight, with Groves dominating/obliterating his opposition while DeGale struggled and remained consistently inconsistent with much of his.

Looking at all that for what possible reason would Groves avoid the rematch?

Delusional.

Groves avoided the rematch because he got lucky the first time and that's the kind of man he is. He ran away with his 1 point decision.

[phatcatboxing]

Then you must be as delusional as Groves. Groves didn't put on some defensive clinic for the first 7 rounds, he was getting hit with shots.

I'm in no way saying Groves put on a defensive clinic. He was regularly sloppy and let Froch wale away on his gloves far more than he needed to.

My point is that Froch over the course of the fight simply didn't land with enough clean punches to turn Groves face into that much of a mess. He just didn't, and that's as much about his offense as George's defense.

It won't matter as I'm sure Carl will be allowed to be equally dirty in this fight, hit constantly on the break and cheat his nuts off without any kind of reprisal.

Also the fact that Groves is a pasty ginge who bruises easily may have contributed to his, as The Cobra "hilariously(!!!)" put it, panda complexion.

[LacedUp]

Delusional.

Groves avoided the rematch because he got lucky the first time and that's the kind of man he is. He ran away with his 1 point decision.

Right.

Give us proof that he rejected an offer.

Sounds like he's running by the looks of things though:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/box...h-Wembley.html

[Dr.Eisenfaust]

I don't really mind him, but he's not a guy who is going to take on all-comers like Froch and I don't think that's good for the sport.

If Froch wins, we'll get DeGale, Chavez or Kessler III. If Groves wins, who knows, might be some keep-busy Euro defence.

Quite frankly, Groves stands more chances against Golovkin for instance than Froch.

I do really believe that most of people dislike Groves because they blindly like Froch. Well it doesn't bother me at all.

Groves' personality is none of my interest ( he might be nice or not, I don't care). But the boxer really impresses me!

[Dr.Eisenfaust]

Tell me I am crazy but I really do believe that if Groves improves his stamina, he might become Ward's biggest threat with Golovkin!

[PrinceNaz88]

I'm really confused by people suddenly claiming he's "avoiding"/has avoided the monstrous, terror inducing force that is James "95% Knee" DeGale. Groves has improved immensely since that fight and it could be argued that, with his underrated punching power and speed, he had a game plan that didn't entirely suit him.

All this while DeGale, in his last fight, was hit repeatedly, cut and nearly stopped at one point by a light hitting middle weight not even ranked in the top 100 of his actual division let alone SMW.

Since their fight the two have fought at a similar level, up until the Froch fight, with Groves dominating/obliterating his opposition while DeGale struggled and remained consistently inconsistent with much of his.

Looking at all that for what possible reason would Groves avoid the rematch?

Regarding the game plan, DeGale is just as quick as Groves, if not quicker and it would suit DeGale more with Groves coming forward than fighting on the backfoot.

DeGale has not really fought an opponent who can really test him since. It must have been hard fighting in shopping centres and getting paid not a lot. That must have a big effect on motivation and he claims to have been injured also.

See how he looks against Gonzales.. he might get beat. Very tough test for him.

But if Groves beats Froch then him avoiding DeGale to fight Abraham in a unification (which would be an easier fight IMO) would not surprise me.

Other than unification, I think Groves would have to defend pretty much straight away against DeGale/Gonzales. BUT, he would win WBA and IBF so could just throw the IBF in the bin like he did with the British title if I am not mistaken.