Honestly, these are the fights boxing needs and the stoppage is exactly what it doesnt need right now.
They have to put the standing eight count back. The ref couls have seen Groves was still alert, and the fight would have continued
I'm wondering if Froch is a bit past it, underestimated Groves, or Groves is a lot better thn most tought
Groves CLEARLY wanted it more than Froch. Plus his speed was kryptonite to Froch. Groves ain't p4p material but after this fight he at least deserves some respect.
Yeah even saying he was hurt is too emphatic. Mildly hurt and tired I guess. Crazy stoppage, it's not like he was being bludgeoned on the ropes unable to defend himself etc.
I'm wondering the same thing, and think it's probably all 3. He definitely underestimated Groves, you could tell he was surprised in the early going, I think he was confident he'd flatten Groves without much effort, especially given his fragile reputation. I get what Hut and Feebs said about Groves having a good style against Frock, but honestly I didn't think it was relevant, I thought he was basically a European level fighter who would get battered by a proven elite fighter like Frock.
Probably a couple of Calzaghe opponents in that compilation that was recently posted :: But certainly not in a fairly big fight, no way.
It was an appalling stoppage. The fight went exactly as I saw it. Groves gave a 36 year old fits wth his speed early doors but Watt and that other cunt were disgusting in their bias and the fight had closed up by the time Froch started teeing off and Groves looked fucking knackered as the farmer started making hs move. The stoppage stunk of money. A disgrace. MTF
That's how I had it. The SKY cunts were disgustingly biased. Froch won rounds 3, 5, 7 and 8 at least. MTF
The KD was exactly what I was talking about. The farmer has a great chin unless he can't see the punch coming. He got decked by the same kind of fast right hand that Taylor dropped him with. I'm a huge fan of Froch. The cunt won me round a long time ago. But speed really does kill him. As it happens, Groves was knackered by round six and Froch was doing his usual recovery routine by the time that the corrupt cunt referee stepped in. But Carl really struggles with a bunch of quick stuff. MTF
But for real. Superman Froch needs a gift stoppage over a guy who got a gift decision over DeGale. Trust me, Chunky wins that fight.
Yet he was never in as much trouble as Froch, nor was he CLEARLY behind at any stage of the fight. Let's be serious here man.