Comparing the Old with the New

By Adam Moody: To begin with, I would like to put it on record that I do not intend to pick sides over which generations of boxing/boxers are better. Having only developed a true passion for the sport roughly 4 years ago, it would be foolish for me to claim Sugar Ray Robinson’s era for example, is greater than the Floyd Mayweather Jr era (sorry to any Manny Pacquiao fans).

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Who would a rematch favor, Froch or Groves?

froch-1By Daniel James: After watching another truly great domestic dust up between the British legend Carl Froch and one of the best up and coming prospects George Groves, the controversial stoppage almost  immediately had me wondering, “what about a rematch?”. Perhaps this was naive of me, seeing as how unlikely such a rematch would be.

Carl Froch in particular, still has a lot of options to consider, a mandatory defense of his IBF title against Lucian Bute in Canada, a big money fight with the Mexican Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, an opportunity to avenge his only other loss to the Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward, the power punching sensation Gennady Golovkin or even a catch weight fight with light heavy weight IBF champ Bernard Hopkins. However, if a rematch were to happen, who would be at the advantage?

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