Sorry Tam Seddon

[erics44]

I posted this is another thread:

No doubt Froch was behind and Groves did well. He's been miles better in other fights and it was frustrating to see him getting beat like that. However he kept going forward and recovered after the first round. When he fights Groves again he will have to adjust and box more himself.

I was annoyed the ref stopped the fight because Froch did have Groves hurt and nobody can deny that. Froch is known to come on strong in fights and if anybody was capable of stopping Groves late Froch could have done that. I do think Froch would have knocked him out and I think he will do it again next time. They need a different referee who's willing to for the action to carry on and Froch will have him out of there.

I don't see Groves being able to box like that for 12 rounds in a rematch, no doubt he will be able to get rounds against Froch because Groves was good. But Froch will find a way again to hurt Groves and wear him down. Froch will need to improve though but I see him still being able to stand up to groves' punches and this time will be more aware of his power and abilities. Same with McCracken, he will know Groves better now and work on a more effective game plan.

People shouldn't write Froch off though , he proved he's a warrior though and we already knew. All fighters can have difficulty in fights but he did well to hurt Groves and get back into it , that's what true champions do.

I was frustrated though no doubt, it's not good at all seeing your favourite fighter nearly lose like that. But he did bounce back though after a very poor start. A rematch is the only way to settle this.

@Tam Seddon - I just think that either Groves outperformed or Froch isn't where he once was.

I thought Froch had won two rounds going into the final round. I thought Groves had buzzed Froch with his right hand on multiple occasions and I though Froch was more genuinely hurt when Groves put him on his back than I had ever seen him. If that had been earlier in the round, we might have seen a first round knock out.

Froch also seemingly was coming on at the end of the fight. It might have been the typical Froch fight where he forced a late round stoppage after he was down on the cards a la Taylor. I agree that was a distinct possibility.

I just think Froch has been a warrior for so long that if he is going to get outclassed by a rookie on the world level, he needs to think long and hard about his goals in boxing. Then again, he might have come from behind to force a stoppage. Still, there were moments in that fight before the fifth round that I thought to myself, if Groves keeps fighting like this, Froch might not see the end of the bout.

Anyway, Froch is a warrior and as a fan, you should be proud either way.

you two seem to be of the opinion that froch could have caught up with george despite the stoppage, which looking at past performance this is very true

i think its important in the context of this fight tho to add that there was as much chance of george ending it with one more big right

[Vendettos]

Groves went after Froch and outclassed, outbrawled and outworked him.

If Groves does the same on the backfoot and takes it slow I think he takes a 120-108 UD. <~~~~ this is made worse boy the fact I actually like Froch (or liked).

The 2 judges that had it 4 rounds each were insane.

[Memphis]

Im confused as to why anyone has lost any respect for Froch. From what I saw and heard I saw a man who conducted himself well. We'd all pat ourselves on the back for being mature if we took a moment to compose ourselves before responding to someone we feel has mugged us off.

I've got no problem with him basicaly telling the crowd to fuck off. Boo the decision all you like, thats fair enough, but dont boo him, I think the guy has given enough to UK boxing 'fans over the years and did again against Groves.

He said straight away of course Im going to say it was a good stoppage, just as Groves is goin to say it was a bad one. I think Froch underestimated your average boxing fans capacity for stupidity.

George Groves was happy with what Froch had to say to him and was happy with the way they left things. That says it all for me.