By Scott Gilfoid: George Groves (19-0. 15 KO’s) feels that after his recent meeting with IBF/WBA super middleweight Carl Froch (31-2, 22 KO’s) on Sky Ringside that Froch simply isn’t mentally ready to fight him this month on November 23rd in Manchester, UK. Groves had Froch visibly upset after dogging him for the entire program, and he was seemingly near tears by the end of the episode after Groves gave an appraisal of him.
Groves doesn’t think the tears were from anger, but rather from fear. He believes that Froch is terrified of him, and he can’t deal with it.
Groves told Boxing News “They were not tars of anger, they were tears of being frightened. He clearly is not mentally ready for this challenger…Froch is mentally fragile and that’s been exposed to an extent in the past…I believe I’ve exposed him more than ever before.”
Oh, this is bad. Groves thinks Froch is mentally weak and not capable of winning because he’s not strong enough in the mind to get the victory of him. I would disagree with Groves if I hadn’t seen how upset Froch was in his two meetings with Groves. I mean, Froch lost his composure completely and seemingly had come unglued against a fighter that is over a decade younger than him and much less experienced.
I can’t quite understand what it is about Groves that has Froch so nervous each time he meets with him, because to me Groves just looks like a normal champ that is trying his best to talk logic and facts with Froch.
There’s no reason for Froch to get upset because Groves has been staying totally calm each time he’s met with Froch. I can’t remember once where Groves even furrowed his brow to show a sign or anger of disappointment. He’s not trying to intimidate Froch by flashing anger, yet he sees to have Froch looking badly out of sorts.
Each time Groves has spoken to Froch in a one on one meeting, his voice has been low and demeanor calm, with him staying on message by telling Froch what he thinks of him. The fact that Froch is getting totally shaken up time he meets with Groves gives one the feeling that Froch has some inner issues that he hasn’t quite worked out about his own legacy. I don’t know. But the quicker Froch comes to terms with that then the better he’ll do when he does meet with Groves in the future.
It might be better for Froch to look at his own resume and realize that he got lucky with his wins over the talented Jermain Taylor and Andre Dirrell, because he was getting dominated in both fights. If Froch can accept that he wasn’t as good as those guys and probably should have lost to both guys, then I think it would upset him so much that Groves is pointing that to him.
Froch could simply agree with Groves and treat the subject in an analytical and neutral manner, as if he’s looking from an outward perspective. If Froch can maybe agree that he got whipped by a much better Andre Ward, and that he was beaten by a prime Mikkel Kessler, then it won’t matter that Groves is pointing that out to him. And Froch should let Groves tell him that he feels that he’s better than him, because that’s normal too.
Why shouldn’t Groves feel that way? After all, he did see how Froch struggled against Kessler, Ward, Dirrell and Taylor. Of course, Groves is going to feel he can win after seeing how bad Froch looked in those fights. Froch should get a clear look at himself and realize this is why Groves feels he’s better than him. I think maybe Froch should see himself more as the challenger in this fight and with Groves as the champion.
If Froch flips the roles, and realize that he’s facing the better fighter than himself, then it won’t matter what Groves is saying, because Froch can agree with him. I mean, I think Groves is clearly the better fighter of the two despite not having had the experience to show it. To me, Froch is the challenger and he’s the one that has to prove that he’s the better fighter of the two.
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