Nov 23, 2013 -- 11:54PM, Jimmy Diamond wrote:
After the round 1 knockdown he only had 10 seconds until the bell so he wasnt in massive trouble. He was getting tagged often and rocked but i didnt think at any point he was about to be stopped, whereas i could tell Groves was getting broken down - i commented on it during the fight.
getting knocked down like that as close to the definition of massive trouble as you can get without being out cold....shots like that take years of fighters lives
Nov 24, 2013 -- 12:05AM, Jimmy Diamond wrote:
Credit to Groves, outstanding performance but he was on his way out, the stoppage was premature but maybe only slightly........he was on his way out from round 7. Froch is a freak as a boxer, can take an almost unbeliavable amount of punishment, quite worrying for his health but what a spirit.
i agree with you there at least. but its not out of the realms of possibility that groves could of held on.
and the end of a round does not signify that a fighter is going to be recovered at the start of the next round. using the defense that the round was nearly over when the knockdown happened to suggest he could hang on to till the end of the round only gives credence to the idea that he actually was very hurt when the knockdown happened. so there's another contradiction
Nov 24, 2013 -- 12:11AM, Jimmy Diamond wrote:
Makes me wonder how many on here have watched many Carl Froch fights before tbh. Name me another boxer in any division who could take the shots that Froch took tonight the first half of the fight and come out through rounds 7,8 and 9 and stalk Groves down like he did.
provodnikov
Nov 24, 2013 -- 12:11AM, Jimmy Diamond wrote:
Makes me wonder how many on here have watched many Carl Froch fights before tbh. Name me another boxer in any division who could take the shots that Froch took tonight the first half of the fight and come out through rounds 7,8 and 9 and stalk Groves down like he did.
we all know froch is a warrior but his chin should'nt be used as a scapegoat imo, boxing is about landing more and better shots not who can take the most
Nov 24, 2013 -- 12:21AM, thefarmer wrote:
Would love to see Froch fight Golovkin. Will never happen though.
behave
Nov 24, 2013 -- 12:16AM, Jimmy Diamond wrote:
and the end of a round does not signify that a fighter is going to be recovered at the start of the next round. using the defense that the round was nearly over when the knockdown happened to suggest he could hang on to till the end of the round only gives credence to the idea that he actually was very hurt when the knockdown happened. so there's another contradiction Not really Razz, Froch is known for his recovery ability and the incredible punishment he can take. Was he out on his feet in round 2???? Not at all, lost round 2 for sure but wasnt on the edge of getting stopped.Groves was getting weaker from 7 onwards and Froch had took massive punishment and was still piling forward........poor stoppage but only 1 or 2 shots early.
ecaxtly! froch's chin is incredible and the fact that groves knocked him down like that makes it undeniable that froch was in trouble. the memory loss he had probabbly came from that. serious brain trauma results in concussions like that. that is not just massive trouble in the fight (as proved by not only the memory loss but frochs legs when he stood up), but massive trouble medically as well
Yeah and Groves shouldve been allowed to show his recovery ability and what punishment he can take but he never got that chance did he!
indeed.
froch's chin holding up(for the most part) does NOT mean that he wasn't in trouble. shots like he was taking are are incredibly damaging to a persons quality of life in the long run. a good chin should not be used as defense of him being in trouble or not(in this case at least), judging by the end of the fight the ref put more emphasis on a fighter being able to take punch than a fighter landing punches which is plain stupid imo