Groves strategy was on point....

[lewishamboy]

All credit to Froch for that devastating shot...but Groves has only himself to blame

His fightplan was fine, his execution far from it. Choosing to trade on the ropes after what happened in the first fight was careless & unneccessary. It was almost as if he didn't respect Froch's power.

The fight was there for Groves to win but he threw it away with his wild predisposition to forget the gameplan and get involved in a tear-up. Sure sign of immaturity.

If he'd have carried on boxing smart, cautiously slipping and moving whilst catching Froch with the more eye catching shots and the sharper, faster jab... he may well have pulled out the win. He had conserved his energy well through the first half of the fight whilst winning his fair share of rounds and looked the sharper of the 2 going into the 7th and 8th. Froch was slowing and had expanded more energy with his heave-ho combinations inside.



Cong**** to Froch and all the best to Groves who will learn from this and hopefully will be lined up for Abraham's belt by Kalle.

He can come again

[bojangles1987]

I thought Froch was playing right into a very good strategy by Groves. Groves knew he couldn't last fighting 12 rounds at the pace he did the first time, and he knew Froch would be wary of the power early, allowing him to pace himself early. When the middle rounds kicked in, Groves picked up the pace and was hoping to finish strong, figuring his superior speed and technique would make the difference.

Groves isn't good enough to pull off such a strategy against Froch, though.

[zapdos]

groves was dumb.

Everyone had paid the PPV, the 80,000 was in the crowd. Now its time for them to get bored, its time for them to boo.

Let them boo, then after the fight, say, *** it, i dont care, im world champion.

Instead he wanted to prove a point and try and hit carl with this weak left hook.

He said he would get the ko with a left hook. Instead, he got ko'd whilst throwing the left hook.

[zapdos]

groves thought he could ko froch. but it was never going to happen.

Froch's style is so strange he wouldnt get hit with the punch he landed.

Basically cause he wouldnt try and counter punch.

He would rather take the punch on his iron jaw, then try and get revenge on his own punch.

[BattleAxePurist]

Groves had his chance in the first fight and lost this was never going to work pacing himself for what.

He should of been aggressive early and tried to end it Froch wobbled from a hard jab there's a real possibility he was damaged from the first fight Groves should of went for IT.

In terms of strategy Froch wasn't going to walk into anything this time so Groves needed to back Froch up then retreat to catch him coming forward he can't win just moving without seting things up.

[lewishamboy]

I thought Froch was playing right into a very good strategy by Groves. Groves knew he couldn't last fighting 12 rounds at the pace he did the first time, and he knew Froch would be wary of the power early, allowing him to pace himself early. When the middle rounds kicked in, Groves picked up the pace and was hoping to finish strong, figuring his superior speed and technique would make the difference.

Groves isn't good enough to pull off such a strategy against Froch, though.

I'd say he's good enough ...just not disciplined enough

[jas]

that was a bad gameplan actually...............he should have took control of the centre of the ring more

[lewishamboy]

that was a bad gameplan actually...............he should have took control of the centre of the ring more

Froch held it pretty well. Groves didn't want to have to trade too early and get drawn into a fight.

[TGD]

Groves should have used a similar game plan to the first fight. His only chance of winning was by early stoppage. You won't beat Froch down the stretch, and certainly not with the poor fitness that Groves has.

Despite George claiming to the contrary, I think the fact he changed the game plan proves that Froch hurt and took a lot out of him in the first fight.

Froch slowed George down with body shots in both fights. His foot speed certainly slowed last night for Froch to close the distance. Commentators rarely seem to acknowledge body work these days.

[LacedUp]

He was never going to win boxing on the back foot.

His defense is not nearly tight enough to do that, and he's not physically strong enough to tie Froch up - two things that are essential when fighting Froch on the back foot.

He should have taken it to Carl from the beginning, make him remember the last fight and get him cautious.

That didn't happen so he got knocked out.