Saturday, May 31, 2014

Froch vs Groves and the Boxing challenge

In an era where the best fights usually wind up on pay per view and where increasingly even HBO and Showtime have become showcases for the pay per views,there is a shining exception this week as Carl Froch defends his IBF Super Middleweight belt in a rematch against challenger George Groves.

Groves dropped Froch in their first bout and generally dominated the heavily favored champion before a Froch rally dropped Groves and a seemingly fine Groves had the bout stopped by a bad call by the referee.
That call was so bad that the IBF called for an immediate rematch and the bout sold out 80,000 seat Wembley Stadium in a day.
Yes,I typed 80 THOUSAND.
But,boxing is dead,right?

The rematch will be on HBO and shown live,which is different from their 1st bout,which was shown on AWE TV,which Direct Tv doesn't carry, and I watched the United Kingdom feed online.
I'm really looking forward to this one.

This weeks picks in the boxing challenge

IBF Super Miiddleweight title.12 rds
Carl Froch vs George Groves
R.L:Froch KO 7
TRS: Groves split decision

IBF Middleweight title,12 rds
Felix Sturm vs Sam Soliman
R.L: Sturm unanimous decision
TRS:Sturm split decision

WBA Featherweight title 12 rds
Simpiwe Vetyeka vs Nonito Donaire
R.L. Donaire KO 5
TRS:Donaire KO 8

IBF Featherweight title.12rds
Evgeny Gradovich vs Alexander Miskirtichan
Both of us; Gradovich unanimous decision

Featherweights.12 rds
Nicholas Walters vs Vic Darchinyan
R.L:Walters unanimous decision
TRS:Darchinyan unanimous decision

No comments: