Groves: Froch will beat Ward with his unorthodox fighting style

By Boxing News - 12/17/2011 - Comments

Image: Groves: Froch will beat Ward with his unorthodox fighting stylePhoto: Casino/SHOWTIME – By Scott Gilfoid: British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves is going with fellow countrymen WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch in his Super Six matchup against Andre Ward tonight in the U.S. Groves has sparred with Froch in the past and was reportedly knocked down on one occasion and is very impressed with Froch’s power and fighting skills.

Groves told Sky Sports News “He’s [Froch] hard to work out and hard to break down…Being as unorthodox as possible messes up their rhythm…I think Froch will beat him.”

Froch is unorthodox to be sure, but that’s not going to be any help for him at all in this fight. He can be uncoordinated as he wants and he’ll still lose to Ward. Being awkward is not going to get him a win over Ward. It’ll get Froch a bad loss and a lot of criticism. I think Groves needs to put flag down, open his eyes and see things for what they really are in this fight. Ward is simply much too good for a limited fighter like Froch. Groves needs to tell it to us straight next time instead of his wishful thinking.

It sounds nice but Groves is after all a 23-year-old 2nd tier fighter with zero experience against upper level fighters. He did spar with Andre Dirrell in the past, but Dirrell said he had to take it easy on Groves because he didn’t know how to do basic things like move his head. It just seems rather odd Groves talking when he’s not even their level.

Groves would like to fight Froch in a year or so. Groves didn’t look good in handling the power of the light hitting James DeGale when they fought earlier this year, and was forced to run from him in winning a narrow decision. If DeGale can do that to Groves can you imagine what Froch would do? I think it would be a really bad fight if Froch decides to take it one day in the future. Groves would be better off blazing his own trail rather than trying to fight an older Froch in hopes of picking him off late in his career.

We’re talking different levels here. Groves doesn’t really have the tools to go much beyond the domestic level scene in my view and will struggle always if he gets put in with quality fighters at the world level. He can’t spoil his way to a decision against world class athletes. He’s got to have more than that.



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