By Scott Gilfoid: Tonight, George Groves (19-0, 15 KO’s) will be facing IBF/WBA super middleweight champion Carl Froch (31-2, 22 KO’s) will be meeting up in the battle of Britain in Manchester, UK. Groves is the underdog in this fight, but guys like James DeGale, Ricky Hatton and Glenn McCrory all are giving him a chance to beat Froch. I also see Groves beating Froch and exposing him the same way that Andre Dirrell and Andre Ward did in the past.
Groves has two excellent blueprints to follow in how to whip Glenn McCrory of Sky Sports thinks that Groves will be better off using Ward’s blueprint by going after Froch and putting pressure on him for 12 rounds. I’m not sure if that’s the best strategy for Groves to use, because Ward needed to fight Froch in close in order to dominate him, and I’ve never see Groves do a lot of inside work in any of his fights. I saw him fight Glen Johnson in close, but I also saw Johnson landing some hard shots that had Groves looking kind of discombobulated. I don’t think Groves should following McCrory’s idea unless he’s suddenly developed some inside skills to match Ward’s, which I don’t think is possible unless Groves were to train with Ward’s trainer Virgil Hunter.
McCrory said “I think Groves should push Froch back the way Andre Ward did. That’s the way to beat him. We’ve seen that happen before. That’s what no one’s going to expect. I think there’s no real option. If he runs, it’s going to suit Carl. He’s going to nail him down and he’s going to get him early. He’s got to take the fight to him. He’s got to try and push him back. He’s young, he’s big, he’s strong, he’s got to try and out-man him.”
Nah, that’s not a good idea for Groves to follow McCroy’s plan. I think the plan to use to make Froch look bad is for Groves to follow Dirrell’s strategy of making Froch miss all night long by using movement and beautiful pot shots for 12 rounds. Dirrell had Froch looking uncoordinated and clumsy for 12 rounds in their fight in 2009 in Nottingham. I had Dirrell winning that fight 8 rounds to 3 with 1 even, but the judges gave the victory to Froch by a very, very controversial decision. Groves is much better off using that fight plan because it’s more suited towards his fighting style than Ward’s inside game. It takes too many years to learn how to fight on the inside, and Groves is too far behind in the game to suddenly try and set up shot as an inside fighter against Froch.
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