Carl Froch vs George Groves

liam7831

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Who isn't watching on sky box office? i'd like to hear from you.

I thought I helped u out?

gene_tunney

megadodge wrote: »

In what way?
Genuine question.

- Overreliance on range control, not comfortable when opponents close the gap
- Scant counterpunching skills.
- Defence is poor. Tends to freeze and put his gloves up when attacked and gives nothing back. That's fine in amateur boxing
- I can tell he has stamina issues that. Unfortunately for him he now has to fight more than 3 rounds.
- Doesn't have top level power.
- Rigid style, lacks fluidity

His handlers will advance him too quickly and he will get KTFO

liam7831

supersean1999 wrote: »

What Sort clown did quigg just fight . Dear god this is terrible

Ur bang on like this undercard is absolute rubbish

Andrew Flexing

Lame undercard...

docmartin

any free streams around for the fight?

Andrew Flexing

Main event next??

Predictions...........??

I'm going for Froch by late KO

Felexicon

That's not a world championship defence. That lad is a stepping stone and no more. Quigg looked good but he will not fight any worse than that

wadacrack

Hopefully the main event is a good fight.The undercard has been shocking.Eddie Hearn has brought in bums from all over the world for his stars to look good!

liam7831

I think it will go the distance, Froch to edge it

supersean1999

gene_tunney wrote: »

- Overreliance on range control, not comfortable when opponents close the gap
- Scant counterpunching skills.
- Defence is poor. Tends to freeze and put his gloves up when attacked and gives nothing back. That's fine in amateur boxing
- I can tell he has stamina issues that. Unfortunately for him he now has to fight more than 3 rounds.
- Doesn't have top level power.
- Rigid style, lacks fluidity

His handlers will advance him too quickly and he will get KTFO

Good answer :-)

Too Tough To Die

liam7831 wrote: »

I thought I helped u out?

Sorry man, didn't see it there. Cheers!

daRobot

That kid was an ultrabum. Shockingly bad.

supersean1999

gene_tunney wrote: »

- Overreliance on range control, not comfortable when opponents close the gap
- Scant counterpunching skills.
- Defence is poor. Tends to freeze and put his gloves up when attacked and gives nothing back. That's fine in amateur boxing
- I can tell he has stamina issues that. Unfortunately for him he now has to fight more than 3 rounds.
- Doesn't have top level power.
- Rigid style, lacks fluidity

His handlers will advance him too quickly and he will get KTFO

Good answer :-)

ronanc1000

Was planning to listen to the fight live on bbc radio 5 live on tune in.
Until I got I audio clip saying I could not listen to it due to right restrictions!!! Arghhhhhhh!

colly10

ronanc1000 wrote: »

Was planning to listen to the fight live on bbc radio 5 live on tune in.
Until I got I audio clip saying I could not listen to it due to right restrictions!!! Arghhhhhhh!

It's not the 50's, download it in high quality in the morning
The streams tend to be rubbish quality anyway

Take Your Pants Off

Ok look for all those people who do not have sky box office what you could do is come to my house and we will have a party.
Address:
Áras an Uachtaráin

Phoenix Park,

Dublin 8

moneymad

WHAT TIME IS THE MAIN EVENT LADS?

bassy

Fight is live on aljazeera sports +3 on 13.e hotbird with the great Steve Celtic warrior in the studio.

Felexicon

moneymad wrote: »

WHAT TIME IS THE MAIN EVENT LADS?

Soon

liam7831

Prob bout 10 mins

Take Your Pants Off

moneymad wrote: »

WHAT TIME IS THE MAIN EVENT LADS?

10.30-45 I heard

Pilsbury Doughboy

Can someone PM me a link for a stream please and thanks.

irishgoldberg

Pilsbury Doughboy wrote: »

Can someone PM me a link for a stream please and thanks.

and me also, thanks.

ronanc1000

colly10 wrote: »

It's not the 50's, download it in high quality in the morning
The streams tend to be rubbish quality anyway

Ah , I'd rather listen to it live instead of tomorrow morning. Plus I dont know where to download from lol! And anyway on BBC 5 there should be a post fight phone in with Stephen Nolan. It doesn't look like I will get to listen in anyhow with restrictions!

megadodge

gene_tunney wrote: »

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Overreliance on range control, not comfortable when opponents close the gap

I haven't seen him uncomfortable so far.
If you're tall, fight tall. That's as basic a tactic as they come.

Scant counterpunching skills.

That's a joke?

No, really?

Firstly his style in the amateurs was all about counterpunching. And to win what he won he's obviously above average at it.
Secondly, the low quality opposition he's met so far haven't exactly come out all guns blazing, meaning he's the one leading. I've no doubt once the level of opposition improves and the more aggressive they get his true counterpunching ability will be seen.

Defence is poor. Tends to freeze and put his gloves up when attacked and gives nothing back. That's fine in amateur boxing

I think every boxer you criticise that's your default comment - "poor defense". In the followup comments, Mayweather's name often pops up. Like all aspects of life there's an awful lot of grey, it's not just black and white. Again, with the level of opposition he's faced where he's really just trying to stop them as soon as possible, I think he'll get caught with a few silly punches he wouldn't when fighting a more technical fight against quality opposition.

I can tell he has stamina issues that. Unfortunately for him he now has to fight more than 3 rounds.

How can you tell?

Doesn't have top level power.

Probably doesn't, but how many do? Loads and loads of world champions haven't been power punchers.

Rigid style, lacks fluidity

Always the same when a tall fighter fights tall - he's accused of being rigid or "stiff". He's anything but. He won't be bobbing and weaving, because that would be dumb, but that doesn't mean he lacks fluidity.

Anyway, we'll have to wait a while, I suspect, before either of us are proven right, so here's looking at you kid....

colly10

Take Your Pants Off wrote: »

10.30-45 I heard

Surely we won't be listening to this commentary for the next half an hour, with the rest over early it should be soon.
Sitting in the pub and can't hear a thing

gene_tunney

megadodge wrote: »

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Time will tell.

kmart6

colly10 wrote: »

Surely we won't be listening to this commentary for the next half an hour, with the rest over early it should be soon.
Sitting in the pub and can't hear a thing

So you're not actually listening to the commentary then!!

colly10

ronanc1000 wrote: »

Ah , I'd rather listen to it live instead of tomorrow morning. Plus I dont know where to download from lol! And anyway on BBC 5 there should be a post fight phone in with Stephen Nolan. It doesn't look like I will get to listen in anyhow with restrictions!

Boxing scene video trading block, Obama will probably post a thread and his are always good quality. If a stream was my only option I wouldn't be taking it.
When your watching it at 11 in the morning and ye haven't heard a thing, it may as we'll be live

megadodge

Quigg's opponent was very poor. Should not be challenging for a 'world' title.

colly10

kmart6 wrote: »

So you're not actually listening to the commentary then!!

No, barely hear it, it's a pain in the hole

daRobot

"Prince" Nazeem has been eating like a Champ

DuckHook

State of naz.

willmunny1990

Get the microphone away from Naseem, please.

UrbanFret

Whats this?

Kerrydude1981

Good old Don McClean and American Pie

Naz would want to lay off the pie

Felexicon

Naz started off sound in that interview but then showed his true colours. Decent boxer but comes across like a bit of a knob

daRobot

Felexicon wrote: »

Naz started off sound in that interview but then showed his true colours. Decent boxer but comes across like a bit of a knob

Looked a bit coked up to be honest. Chewing gum to hide the jaw.

daRobot

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monty_python

Pm link please

kmart6

monty_python wrote: »

Pm link please

Just open Google and search first row, then bookmark the page...

Felexicon

I'm liking Richie here. Being brutally honest about Groves. Nelson is a Sky pawn trying to add to the Groves hype

HigginsJ

Come on Froch!!

hoooooooot

didnt have luck on google search.....any chance of a pm?

willmunny1990

I just hope Groves can be competitive, I just can't see Groves winning or giving Froch too much trouble tbh, I hope I'm wrong as I'd love to see him win.

I think Carl will stop him in the mid to late rounds.

xtal191

I cant see anything other than an easy night for Froch, I hope Groves can put up a decent fight though.

Too Tough To Die

This is like WWE

Felexicon

Froch win. Might be a tricky start though

Kerrydude1981

Hoping we get to see a great fight that will hopefully go the distance.

pudzy

link here

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