Boxing Thread

[J OGorman]

Old cute Jim Watt is never slow to pin his colours to the guy he thinks is gonna win

Some scrap

[ballinaman]

Old cute Jim Watt is never slow to pin his colours to the guy he thinks is gonna win

Some scrap

Is that the co commentators name?? Some bias alright!!

[ballinaman]

What a joke. No wonder boxing has such a bad rep. Robbery

[J OGorman]

What a joke. No wonder boxing has such a bad rep. Robbery

I hear what you are saying lad, but the ref seen groves take 7 or 8 bang on the head and didn't look like he could defend himself. Froch hits hard. Froch did well to get up from that sweet hit in Rd 1. He's a tough nut. Rematch

[ballinaman]

What a joke. No wonder boxing has such a bad rep. Robbery

I hear what you are saying lad, but the ref seen groves take 7 or 8 bang on the head and didn't look like he could defend himself. Froch hits hard. Froch did well to get up from that sweet hit in Rd 1. He's a tough nut. Rematch

He didn't look any worse than Froch did in the 1st round IMO. Sure Froch admitted after in the interview that he just remembered he got knocked down! 1st time Groves looked a bit wobbly and ref grabbed him. Aye, rematch will be decent, I'll be watching anyway!

[stiff breeze]

wat a disgrace , froch took massive shots and the ref never did a thing, its not like groves had his head up in the air taking shots , he had the head down pushing into froch. gutted for him

[BennyHarp]

What a joke. No wonder boxing has such a bad rep. Robbery

I hear what you are saying lad, but the ref seen groves take 7 or 8 bang on the head and didn't look like he could defend himself. Froch hits hard. Froch did well to get up from that sweet hit in Rd 1. He's a tough nut. Rematch

I wouldn't be surprised if Froch didn't fancy a rematch, though he was beginning to get on top in that fight and probably would have won had the ref let it continue. He was exposed tonight by a younger and very hungry fighter. Age and a lot of tough battles may have caught up on him.

[ballinaman]

What a joke. No wonder boxing has such a bad rep. Robbery

I hear what you are saying lad, but the ref seen groves take 7 or 8 bang on the head and didn't look like he could defend himself. Froch hits hard. Froch did well to get up from that sweet hit in Rd 1. He's a tough nut. Rematch

I wouldn't be surprised if Froch didn't fancy a rematch, though he was beginning to get on top in that fight and probably would have won had the ref let it continue. He was exposed tonight by a younger and very hungry fighter. Age and a lot of tough battles may have caught up on him.

Can't be sure of that. Few cheap shots by Froch, he was trying anything.

[JimStynes]

The scorecards were even worse than the refs decision ffs. What a joke of a stoppage. Groves moving and throwing punches and the ref jumps in and grabs him in a headlock ffs. Froch will know deep down that he was a lucky man tonight.

[J OGorman]

Groves caught Froch with a dream punch that very few fighters would have got up from.  Froch was slow as a result.  Have never seen him look as laboured even against Kessler 1 and Ward. To continue like that in itself showed some bottle. Groves was hit repeatedly and didnt look like he could defend himself.  Froch hits hard.  He may well have finished groves,  we'll never know. Fight was maybe stopped early but he could have been badly hurt if a few more had landed.  He was bucked against the ropes after the ref stopped it. Exciting stuff

[BennyHarp]

What a joke. No wonder boxing has such a bad rep. Robbery

I hear what you are saying lad, but the ref seen groves take 7 or 8 bang on the head and didn't look like he could defend himself. Froch hits hard. Froch did well to get up from that sweet hit in Rd 1. He's a tough nut. Rematch

I wouldn't be surprised if Froch didn't fancy a rematch, though he was beginning to get on top in that fight and probably would have won had the ref let it continue. He was exposed tonight by a younger and very hungry fighter. Age and a lot of tough battles may have caught up on him.

Can't be sure of that. Few cheap shots by Froch, he was trying anything.

Indeed, we definitely can't be sure that he would have won, but he was coming more and more into the fight like he tends to do - he was in a battle and he had to do whatever it took to get through it. Froch getting booed was immensely unfair as lesser men would have been long gone after taking some of the shots he was taking, but he dug deep to try and turn the fight around. If anything Froch should be annoyed at the ref too as he's tainted what could possibly have been one of his greatest victories, coming from behind to hold onto his belts. Instead, he gets booed out of the ring!

[GalwayBayBoy]

Terrible stoppage but even worse scoring. Two judges had Groves only one round up which was a joke. The main boxing writer with ESPN had it 7-1 in rounds to Groves. Thought it was 6-2 myself. When the ref jumped in I thought Groves was actually trying to come forward to get himself off the ropes. Ref hopped on him and put him in a headlock.

Eddie Hearn the happiest man in the building.

[washed_up]

i thought the fight was closer but Groves definetly in front and a poor display from Froch although the knockdown certainly had an effect,was a standing count not an option for the ref when Groves looked in trouble?,otherwise some of the "you have to knock the defending champion out to get the verdict over the distance" will surface this week in the media

[BennyHarp]

i thought the fight was closer but Groves definetly in front and a poor display from Froch although the knockdown certainly had an effect,was a standing count not an option for the ref when Groves looked in trouble?,otherwise some of the "you have to knock the defending champion out to get the verdict over the distance" will surface this week in the media

That only happens in amateur boxing.

[J OGorman]

I would have had it 5-3 @ that stage. Jim watt is such an arse, even the 2 rounds Froch clearly won our jim had had thwm as 'nip n tuck'. The crowd weren't booing Froch,  they wanted blood and were booing the premature stoppage...ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED??!!

Fair dues to Groves,  he is a top class boxer, really fast hands and light on his feet but froch was fighting almost from the outset like a heavily handicapped race horse having been nearly pummelled into next week. Some difference watching this division than the heavyweights