Froch v Groves 2, to be officially announced on Ringside 13/2

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Claims the IBF president, likely to take place in May. Hope George finishes the job this time.

http://www.boxingscene.com/froch-groves-ii-agreement-reached-confirms-ibf-prez--74593

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TRUSSMAN66 wrote:

TopHat24/7 wrote:No, because he feels like he was cheated by the ref.  

He tells us that.....but he knows If he was hurt.........Consensus is that he lasts a few more seconds....

You can't lie to yourself.........I can't tell myself my physique is bad or that I'm ugly !!

Who's consensus is this? Overwhelming view is that the stoppage was a disgrace.

Groves was hurt, it's fine to say the stoppage was premature but to suggest he wasn't in any trouble at all is exaggerating it. 

As for the mind games, we do have to remember that Froch hasn't taken the rematch, he might not have wanted to but he has. Hhe knows that he can take the best Groves has to offer, he knows he'll start fading down the stretch, he knows he can hurt him and in knowing all that he knows can win and should win.

The balance to that is that Groves knows he can hurt Froch early, he knows he can outbox him and he knows he's a lot quicker but does he definitively know he can win, i'm not so sure.

Venue to be announced on tues live on Sky.

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 City Ground,
Oh mist rolling in from The Trent
My desire, is always to be here,
Oh City Ground.....

Would steel yourself for disappointment Chris, think the City Ground is being ruled out, as it is too small, think they are looking at proper grounds.

Probably Old Trafford, they could do with something to cheer about over there and are used to seeing people being knocked out quite early

Let me dream, Jeff (and for your information, it's only been, like, eighteen years since the City Ground was used for international matches!). It'd be the biggest thing to happen to Nottingham since the Queen visited in 1997 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of us being granted city status.

I remember she didn't look too happy to be there. No idea why.

Old Trafford makes sense to me. Neither fighter would be considered to have home advantage and the ground is massive. Add into that Manchester is easy to get to, has a lot of accomodation and decent night life and seems to tick all the boxes as far as I can see.

Prince William is a Villa fan Chris, he made what I believe is his first visit to Villa Park this season, copped for a nil nil draw against someone as dreadful as we are. Great practice for him though when he has to pretend he is enjoying a Royal Variety performance in years to come.

The queen once visited my school to open up the new library , you were given the option of being allowed to leave the classroom and wave or stay put and play cards. I'll let you guess which had the majority.

Hope it's old Trafford simply for a selfish logistic point of view , however my money would be on the Emirates.

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The Queen's been to Bradford THREE times. To open to old Police Station in the 1970's, then to opn Centenary Square and then the newest Police Station. I was about seven feet away from her and was only prevented from high fiving her by a heavily armed and decidedly shirty bodyguard.

It's a momentous occasion only because it's also the day I first to spoke to my then wife-to-be. Oh how we chuckle as we recall the day we met...watching an elderly couple from London watch a black man being attacked by a Police Dog.

DAVE667 wrote:The Queen's been to Bradford THREE times. To open to old Police Station in the 1970's, then to opn Centenary Square and then the newest Police Station.  I was about seven feet away from her and was only prevented from high fiving her by a heavily armed and decidedly shirty bodyguard.

It's a momentous occasion only because it's also the day I first to spoke to my then wife-to-be. Oh how we chuckle as we recall the day we met...watching an elderly couple from London watch a black man being attacked by a Police Dog.

Four times mate - she was involved in the riots in solidarity with her pakistani brethren.

Don't think so, she was sentenced to four years for gouging one lad's eye out with her tiara. She was definitely on the side of Law and Order that day...although her excuse that she tipped over a Police Van to put out the flames was not believed

DAVE667 wrote:Don't think so, she was sentenced to four years for gouging one lad's eye out with her tiara. She was definitely on the side of Law and Order  that day...although her excuse that she tipped over a Police Van to put out the flames was not believed

Be your age - All and sundry know that she took the fall for philips racist attack.

Which one?

Good point.

Some of those seats at OT would be ridiculous. I've sat at the back behind the goal, upper tier, a couple of times and football at that height is daft. Like watching Sensible Soccer.

Same it true of most football grounds though KM, you'd guess they would have screens up and you'd be going mainly for the atmosphere.

Rowley wrote:Same it true of most football grounds though KM, you'd guess they would have screens up and you'd be going mainly for the atmosphere.

Emirates less so. Wembley too I reckon. OT is so steep it's unreal whereas the others stagger themselves quite nicely.

Surely steep is better? More staggered = more distance from the ring for the Row ZZ seats.