froch didnt do terrible in the fight against groves

[powerpuncher]

i just dont see how froch looked any different than normal. groves was just sharper and landed better counters. the difference between this fight and his other fights against counter punchers is that groves hits hard. he made froch fight more timid. i think that groves was just the better man in the ring. i dont think it had anything to do with froch getting old. just like when he fought kessler this last time. froch won but still had a tough time against somebody who was a little sharper than him and was willing to exchange. groves just happened to be a better version of kessler.

He kept Kessler on the End of his jab and Mikkel indulged him. Groves was having none of it, the difference is huge. Froch didn't just look old he looked confused, out of ideas and clearly scared at points. I don't think he is frightened of anybody but the thought of the embarrassment he would suffer (after all his mouth in the build up) should what he thought was impossible come true, was his downfall. Carl dug his own trap to fall into and used the stuff he dug out to build another mountain to climb afterwards.

thats why i said the difference was that groves was sharper than kessler was. so basically, froch had a tough time against an aged kessler and groves was significantly better than that version of kessler.

[greynotsoold]

i just dont see how froch looked any different than normal. groves was just sharper and landed better counters. the difference between this fight and his other fights against counter punchers is that groves hits hard. he made froch fight more timid. i think that groves was just the better man in the ring. i dont think it had anything to do with froch getting old. just like when he fought kessler this last time. froch won but still had a tough time against somebody who was a little sharper than him and was willing to exchange. groves just happened to be a better version of kessler.

He kept Kessler on the End of his jab and Mikkel indulged him. Groves was having none of it, the difference is huge. Froch didn't just look old he looked confused, out of ideas and clearly scared at points. I don't think he is frightened of anybody but the thought of the embarrassment he would suffer (after all his mouth in the build up) should what he thought was impossible come true, was his downfall. Carl dug his own trap to fall into and used the stuff he dug out to build another mountain to climb afterwards.

thats why i said the difference was that groves was sharper than kessler was. so basically, froch had a tough time against an aged kessler and groves was significantly better than that version of kessler.

Groves was keying more off the right hand of froch than off his jab, at least early on.