Carl Froch vs George Groves -- Negotiations underway!

**Tam Seddon** · 07-11-2013 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by Vendettos

Originally Posted by Tam Seddon

Originally Posted by Greenbeanz

Originally Posted by ross

"Not have the pace to keep up with Groves"?

Are you joking?

Froch might get out worked but there is no way that Groves would have survived Kessler beyond the 6th in their last fight. He was really pouring it on.

Groves has the same dull style as Haye which is not built around work rate. He very nearly blew a gasket in the first round against Johnson. Had that been Froch, Kessler, Bika, Steiglitz or even Abraham instead of Johnson, Groves would have been in the shit by the midway point.

15 KO's in 19 fights can hardly be described as a dull style. I am not questioning Froch's stamina, I am merely stating the FACT that he will not have the speed and pace that Groves will bring. Kessler is slowing, Froch is slowing. Bika is shit and Groves would stop him and Abraham on the same night. If Groves nearly blew a gasket in the first round against Johnson then how do you explain him still being there 11 rounds later to have his hand raised?

How is Froch slowing ? He's beating all of his targets in training and he's going off his last 3 performances he's looked the best he has ever fought in his career. He nearly had Kessler out in the 12 round and he was improving as the fight progressed.

An inexperienced Groves might look good knocking out tomato cans, but he's never fought anybody on Frochs level and a very old Johnson doesn't merit that you can hack at the elite level like Froch is on. And I don't see how Groves is so fast? Seriously though I've seen most of his fights, he had a very close one with Degale that could have gone either way and that's his best opponent to date and that fight showed that Froch is above them both, going off how Froch has performed against top world rated fighters.

I agree with green, sort of.

I'd say Groves is just faster than Froch, period. Faster that froch would have been I his prime, that's just a given, but that's a natural trait not trained in boxing.

If you've saw groves, then you know how fast he is Tam, his right straight is fast and hard,Froch has punches that you see coming from a mile away.

He drops both hands by his side then lunges. I predicted half his attacks to my not so knowledgeable mate during the fight.

I believe Groves can beat him, he hasn't fought anyone near that level but tbf to Groves he hasn't struggled a great deal in recent times, his toughest fight was DeGale but it wasn't a that bad, he barely got hit and DeGale's best hit was a headbutt.

Time to move up and this is the right move, if he beats Froch he's in the big time and its not impossible.

Froch has landed punches on andre ward and towards the end of the fight was catching up with him. Andre ward who is p4p one of the best in the world. Froch lands hurtful punches in every fight, what makes groves so good that Froch is going to struggle to find the target. Frochs pressure catches up with loads of fighters. Look what happened to Bute and Kessler as well. Groves might have speed but he's nothing Froch is going to lose sleep on. Froch will come prepared as always for 12 hard rounds and no doubt will do the business.