"Punchers Chance" ? Have you actually watched the first fight Brock ? Groves boxed rings around Froch and don't forget that at this stage in Froch's career he was fighting Robin Reid for the British Title not a multi belt holding world champion like himself. Froch took 12 rounds to grind out a points win against Adamu in his 12th fight and Groves stopped Adamu in round 6 of his 9th fight. Since when is Glen Johnson a loser when Froch faces him in his 28th fight or when Groves faces him in his 16th?
Do not forget what a massive underdog a young Groves without a manager was before the first fight and how much chutzpah it took to make the bold predictions he did against the darling of sky Sports and the British boxing media and then to follow through and put the Champion on his arse and subject him to a merciless beating round after round. You have either not watched the fight or had your fingers in your ears if you think it is Groves who is over rated.
Froch not only deemed him not worthy of sharing a ring with him but complained like a baby when Groves refused to lick his boots. Remember also that Froch is 36 with a very successful super six tournament behind him and Groves is 26 with his whole career before him so you can not disregard Froch's experience in multiple world title fights when assessing how impressive the demolition job Groves did on him in the first rounds of the first fight. I am a fan of both fighters and have for a long time said that Groves had an enormous amount of potential that I thought was not being capitalised on under Booth, so I had no issue with Froch until he behaved like such a dick head and was still surprised that he did what he did. In the first fight Groves was the underdog and not many people foresaw how well he would do. Even after that demonstration many people have Froch as the favourite going into the rematch, so how exactly is Groves over rated ?
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