It's Froch that's been robbed!

[ninjaspy3]

Let's be honest, it was a distinct possibility that had the ref not stopped the fight when he did that Groves may have been stopped in that round or the next. That's not to say it was a certainty, it's just a real possibility - and to me a Froch win by stoppage looked the most likely outcome at the time the ref stepped in.

Froch is not in the habit of letting people off the hook whilst hurt. I would argue that the ref robbed Froch of the opportunity to post a 100% legitimate KO, which given the manner of the 1st round knockdown would be up there with his best wins. As it is, he's booed out of the ring and Groves gets all the plaudits. Who's really been robbed here?

I mean, it was gonna be over shortly after Groves was wobbled. But it still was a little bit too soon.

Maybe, maybe not. But it's also possible that Groves could have held on and survived the round, then came back composed enough to get back his strategy in the next round. We can never know now.