Cue Wes & his scathing attack on poor old Luke
:winking: :'(
Ha – ok. I’ll be as objective with this as I can be.
Groves, agree with everything. I don’t know what is up with him, whether it’s a mental thing on the back of a hard KO, whether it’s trouble getting himself up for the smaller fights after the glam and glitz of a PPV World Title tilt at Wembley (Carl Froch knocked hium out there in front of 80,000 people dontcha know!), or whether it is the change in trainer. I think it’s a combination of them all. And off the back of that, we’ll see a very different Groves to the last couple of bouts. We’ll see a quick, slick powerful Groves. Jack is a tough little *******, but he doesn’t have the arsenal a tip top Groves has, so I’ll follow your first prediction. Groves to show up, and finish in the sixth.
I will look forward to the Fury fight. But I honestly don’t believe the Gypsy King has the tools, discipline or mental belief to cope with Wlad. I very rarely ever see him in good shape, he always looked fleshy – that’s not a great indication of a man wanting to be the best in his game. He does try and use his weight and height to his advantage, but more in the pushing and holding of opponents, then actual strength in the punch. I honestly think he would be better off converting that energy into punch strength, but then as I’ve said before, I think he’s often scared in the ring, and this leads a lot of his style and work in the gym. The whole bull and bluster we see from him is just a front to hide his insecurities. Wlad despite his age and predictable style, will just be too polished and too strong for a fighter that technically, isn’t a natural fighter. He’s a man with strength and size, and they’ve used that as the starting point to shoehorn him into a fighter.
I know this sounds like a panning, and isn’t really fair to someone that has a title fight. But that’s more to do with how poor the division is; he’s fought no-one of note, a poor European champion in Chisora, Cunningham, an ageing cruiserweight. But in the interest of balance I still wanted to try and talk about how I think he could win, but I’m struggling. He doesn’t have speed, or natural boxing ability, his uncle has had to work hard to get him into something resembling a fighter. He could get some success if he could get inside Wlad and fight dirty, but many better fighters have tried and failed to get inside the jab. I actually believe this good be a wipe out, and will have my money on a finish inside four rounds for Wlad.
Sorry GBJ, but I will finish on a positive for Fury; despite what you think about AJ, despite what I think about Fury, and despite what many think about Wilder; they have all done one thing very well, they’ve breathed some life into a very stale Heavyweight division. It’s become interesting again. Add in Wlad’s legacy, Hughie and White’s potential, and the possible grudge matches in the near future, and I don’t have that lethargic feel every time someone talks about a heavyweight title fight now.
