Groves gets a 4th Shot!

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Originally Posted by Alpha

I also like Groves. I thought the 1st Froch fight was stopped early and the 2nd he went down hard and fell awkwardly with his leg bent back. The ref stopped it but I thought he could have beat the count. I thought Jack had moved to 175? I think I'm the only one on the forum picking Chudinov to win but I'll be happy if Groves can finally get everything to align.

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No your right mate, Chudinov has a real chance of winning this and it's not if it's when he drags Groves into the deep end how will Groves react, is he still able to put a serious beating on man to win after paralysing his last opponent?

Many great fighters were never the same after similar incidents and openly admit they were no longer prepared to pull the trigger when it really came down to it.

Benn and Eubank are two examples, it finished them as fighters.

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Originally Posted by smashup

It'd be a real shame if Groves is no longer the same fighter and won't go for the kill when against Chudinov he most likely will be dragged into the deep end, could be the complete opposite though and Groves gets on his toes, uses his brilliant jab and boxes his head off and gets a points win.

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I don't think many fighters could cope mentally with what happened in his last fight and the damage he has done.
But I do think that Groves can. It'll be extremely hard for him, but he is a very mentally tough focused young man. It will be eating him up inside, but I think he'll just about cope.
The way he has to look at it is that if he doesn't achieve what he sets out to, then Gutneckht's tragic injuries are for nothing.
I really hope, (and it wouldn't surprise me) that for the remainder of Groves's career he tries to financially help Gutneckht in some way. It won't bring his mobility back , but might be able to help a little with his treatment and help his family.
It would be a lovely gesture, and I also hope that if that did happen, that we never ever heard about it because then we would know that it was done for all the right reasons.