Boxing Thread 2013.

[paul_e]

nope, the only funny thing on my stream was seeing the ref call it before Groves had gone down.  I o get why he stopped it but I think a lot of people will feel it was unfair, as said, particularly when he hit him into the ropes, Groves was gone, his legs were all over the place when he got in and the ref must've seen that and decided it was enough.

[paul_e]

Very harsh stoppage but I doubt Groves was going to make the end of the round, stayed up twice by falling into Froch then the ropes.

He deserved longer, though.

I agree, that's why I said very harsh, I do think Froch was winning it in that round though.

[danlanza]

Groves was infront by a bloody mile. Bloody stupid. Cannot wait for their next fight together. BOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Fergal]

Very harsh stoppage but I doubt Groves was going to make the end of the round, stayed up twice by falling into Froch then the ropes.

He deserved longer, though.

He did, ref stepped in a few seconds too early. Froch was in a worse state at times, I could understand if someone thought it was fixed...

[danlanza]

First bit of trouble that Groves had and the fight was stopped. Fucking disgrace.

[paul_e]

Groves was infront by a bloody mile. Bloody stupid. Cannot wait for their next fight together. BOOOOOOOOOOOO

Doesn't matter how far in front he was though, the ref stopped it because he thought Groves was going to get hurt if they carried on.  I don't agree and think he should have let Froch land another flurry, which in my opinion would've put Groves down and his legs weren't going to get him back up once he went.

[dave.woodhall]

nope, the only funny thing on my stream was seeing the ref call it before Groves had gone down.  I o get why he stopped it but I think a lot of people will feel it was unfair, as said, particularly when he hit him into the ropes, Groves was gone, his legs were all over the place when he got in and the ref must've seen that and decided it was enough.

On mine the ending was repeated three times times then it went back to a shedload of booing, as though something had kicked off and the cam eras cut away from  it.

[PGW]

George Groves got 'Kevin Friended'

[danlanza]

Froch talking bollox in my view

[paul_e]

If you look at the heavy stuff Froch took he was shaken for a few seconds but looked back with it in the next clash, Groves didn't at the end.  He fell into Froch, got reset and then fell into the ropes a few seconds later.  After that he got up, Froch went at him and he didn't look like he could cope with it, so the ref jumped in, he could and should have let that clash finish but it'd have ended with Groves on the floor in my opinion so I don't think he's been cheated out of it.

I think Groves did very well though and I think he'll be better for this fight, there were a couple of times where he got a bit too cocky an let Froch make it a scrap, which was naive.

[Percy Flage]

Not Froch's sharpest performance by any means, hopefully the ref was in a better position to see that Groves wasn't going to see the end of the round.
Froch was hurt in the previous rounds and whilst he lost his composure he was never hanging on

[john e]

I love boxing fans,
no matter how much they want their man to win if they feel there is an injustice they are not happy, they booed the roof of that arena tonight and most were supporting Froch before the fight

[danlanza]

Should not have been stopped. Rematch.

[paul_e]

Not Froch's sharpest performance by any means, hopefully the ref was in a better position to see that Groves wasn't going to see the end of the round.
Froch was hurt in the previous rounds and whilst he lost his composure he was never hanging on

As above, I think the same, that was the first time I sensed a knockout, it's a shame it wasn't allowed to come to a natural finish but I think all the comments that will come out about him being robbed are off the mark, I think Groves slowed down enough that Froch landed 5-6 big hits in a 15-20second blitz and Groves just couldn't handle it.

[danlanza]

Not Froch's sharpest performance by any means, hopefully the ref was in a better position to see that Groves wasn't going to see the end of the round.
Froch was hurt in the previous rounds and whilst he lost his composure he was never hanging on

As above, I think the same, that was the first time I sensed a knockout, it's a shame it wasn't allowed to come to a natural finish but I think all the comments that will come out about him being robbed are off the mark, I think Groves slowed down enough that Froch landed 5-6 big hits in a 15-20second blitz and Groves just couldn't handle it.

That's a fair comment. I stil think that Groves could have had him if the fight had gone on.