Groves vs Rebrasse Tonight

Chrissybhoy

Interesting to see how Saint George Groves gets on tonight. If he wins he's back at world stage with a shot a Dirrell

RQ2013

Good finish by Campbell in that fight

Alfred Borden

Fair play to Groves for having that confidence after that last fight.

Johner

Come on Groves!

Mantis Toboggan

Great entrance!

megadodge

Rebrasse looks huge!

Mantis Toboggan

Groves the busier in the first round, can't see the frenchie put up much opposition tonight, groves by ko.

megadodge

Rebrasse looks very solid to me. Groves will do well to stop him.

megadodge

This is going to get very interesting in the later rounds.

Mantis Toboggan

megadodge wrote: »

This is going to get very interesting in the later rounds.

Yeah rebrasse is half decent, behind but fighting clever atm.

Mantis Toboggan

Paddy Fitzpatrick sounds impressive!

RQ2013

Rebrasse was very solid but step up in class was to much for him. Groves looks shattered... Think he thought he could get him out of there early

Chrissybhoy

Comfortable enough for Groves. He has to get a bit fitter he looks great first six then drops in the second half of fight. He won't get away with it at world level

megadodge

But that's always been an issue. Stamina can be worked on but not to a level where it's no longer a problem. I think he'll have stamina/durability issues for as long as he boxes.

It was quite an entertaining fight even though it was one-sided on the scorecards. Groves fights usually are because he's a classy boxer with a hard punch who goes for it, but is definitely vulnerable.

Mantis Toboggan

Chrissybhoy wrote: »

Comfortable enough for Groves. He has to get a bit fitter he looks great first six then drops in the second half of fight. He won't get away with it at world level

I thought his work rate was phenomonal, he threw over 900 punches. Did tire towards the end and probably needs to manage his fitness level over 12 rounds. I think he was confident of an early ko given how fast he started.

Chrissybhoy

He has to stop calling out Froch it's laughable really

Mantis Toboggan

What's the link with ozil and mcllroy?

HigginsJ

Was not at all impressed with Groves Saturday night. Rebrasse seemed fairly durable but you would have thought Groves would have had the power to take him out (maybe it was nothing more than a lucky punch that floored Froch)

Throwing 900 odd punches is great but he was very wasteful and took some decent punishment back & looked rattled on a couple of occasions by a guy that has no power that we are aware of.

His conditioning is still in question as he started looking gassed around the 4th round. Think he seriously needs to consider moving trainer to someone who has a track record of getting a guy ready for World level fights.

He would be mad to go near Dirrell. Abraham would be his best shot at a World title but I would be highly doubtful he would pull it off after Saturday night unless there are some big changes.

More substance, less sideshow needs to be his motto for the next year.

Chrissybhoy

HigginsJ wrote: »

Was not at all impressed with Groves Saturday night. Rebrasse seemed fairly durable but you would have thought Groves would have had the power to take him out (maybe it was nothing more than a lucky punch that floored Froch)

Throwing 900 odd punches is great but he was very wasteful and took some decent punishment back & looked rattled on a couple of occasions by a guy that has no power that we are aware of.

His conditioning is still in question as he started looking gassed around the 4th round. Think he seriously needs to consider moving trainer to someone who has a track record of getting a guy ready for World level fights.

He would be mad to go near Dirrell. Abraham would be his best shot at a World title but I would be highly doubtful he would pull it off after Saturday night unless there are some big changes.

More substance, less sideshow needs to be his motto for the next year.

Agreed. Dirrell and Abraham could put his career back a few years

megadodge

I'm not sure why anybody thinks Dirrell is a certainty over Groves. Dirrell is pretty ordinary and I certainly feel Groves is a more skilful boxer than him. He also hits harder. I see that as a winnable fight for Groves.

Chrissybhoy

megadodge wrote: »

I'm not sure why anybody thinks Dirrell is a certainty over Groves. Dirrell is pretty ordinary and I certainly feel Groves is a more skilful boxer than him. He also hits harder. I see that as a winnable fight for Groves.

He'll definitely have a good chance against Dirrell who isn't head and shoulders above him by any means. It just that you'd worry about groves in the second half of fight especially at world level