Carl Froch-George Groves rematch will set post-war British boxing attendance record

Carl Froch-George Groves rematch will set post-war British boxing attendance record

Carl Froch‘s all British rematch showdown with mandatory challenger George Groves which takes place in the UK at Wembley England’s national soccer stadium is now just over six weeks away. It has already sixty thousand tickets sold and twenty thousand further to be released over the next two weeks WILL break all previous post war British Boxing attendance records on Saturday May 31.

Previous post war highest British Boxing attendance’s are as follows :

Wembley 1986 – Bruno v Witherspoon (40,000)

Old Trafford 1993 – Benn v Eubank (42,000)

Highbury 1966 – Copper v Ali – (46,000)

Millennium Stadium 2007 – Calzaghe v Kessler (50,000)

City Of a Manchester Stadium 2008 – Hatton v Lazcano (57,000)

Froch (34-2, 23 knockouts) puts his WBA & IBF world titles on the line once again against Groves (20-1, 15 KOs) who previously relinquished his Commonwealth title for a shot at super stardom & the super middleweight jackpot.

Groves came close in the first fight – previously winning most of the nine rounds only to be stopped by a controversial ninth round technical knockout as Froch refused to give up.

Froch recently spoke about his training camp and how he’s digging in and more focused this time round!

The Nottingham-based fighter, who recovered from a first-round knockdown in the first fight said, “It’s going to be a mid to late stoppage victory for me unless George Groves does anything erratic and comes out swinging – which he is talking about doing, but I don’t think he’s going to.

“But if he does, that suits me brilliantly. He is going to walk straight into a sucker punch and the fight is going to be over early.

“But I don’t want that to happen because there will be 80,000 people there and I want to give them their money’s worth.”

Groves has called for a neutral referee this time, but Froch does not care who is in charge and thinks the demand is disappointing reflection on the British boxing authorities.

He said: “It looks bad for the British Boxing Board of Control. They are being told they can’t officiate the fight. I don’t like that. I think it’s in bad taste to be honest.

“But who referees the fight is of no concern to me. If they tell me who it is or if they don’t tell me who it is, I won’t even give it a second’s thought.”

The duo clashed at the Wembley press conference to announce the fight with Froch shoving Groves, but Froch is adamant he is not going to get involved in any pre-fight mind games.

He said: “He (Groves) looked petrified actually so I’m just lapping it up and smiling.

“I went away quite happy from the press conference so whoever says round one to George Groves for that….. I mean people are saying round one, round two, round three, George Groves does a lot of that – round one to me, round two to me, round three to me.

“I don’t even get involved in any of that stupidness. It’s just noise – it comes in one ear and goes out the other to be honest.”

Froch is also content with his preparations with the fight now just over six weeks away.

He said: “You can slip into what we call the comfort zone where you are trying to do things comfortably just to get through the session sometimes. I always put the work in in the gym physically with what I need to do.

“But sometimes your mind is not always there and it’s sort of just getting through the session rather than really digging in and then getting stuck into the session.

“So that’s where I am at now, I’m getting stuck in and thinking about what I am doing and concentrating a lot more in the gym than what I did for the first fight.

Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sporr recently said with regards to ticket sales…

“It’s fantastic that we have managed to ensure even more fans will be in Wembley for this monumental occasion.”

-Allan McGoldrick / @shottsabc
-Contributor to wew.BehindTheGloves.com