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Froch 'fit, strong and confident' ahead of Groves rematch

Saturday, May 17 2014 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Carl Froch spoke recently about his super middleweight rematch with George Groves.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Carl Froch (overlaid with various training pictures):

    "Here we are in the rematch. I'm feeling very fit and strong, very confident, ahead of the 31st. The controversy that surrounds the stoppage in the first fight and the feedback we're getting from the general public as well as the boxing fans is definitely, unfinished business. It wasn't a natural conclusion - the referee jumped in. I don't think the fight will go the full 12 rounds. The pace and intensity I'm going to set from round one, I'm convinced George Groves hasn't got 12 championship rounds in him. He's not experienced. In the first, on the build up, George Groves was very disrespectful, in the fact that he's talking to a world champion. He said a lot of things that irritated me, annoyed me and got under my skin, and when I boxed my game plan went out the window. The first time I didn't even box, I was fighting. I was trying to hit him hard from round one, which is always very bad. It's called boxing for a reason, it's not called fighting. I've been so meticulous in this build-up. Just shows the difference between the first fight and the second fight. I'm focusing on my training, on my rest, on my diet and nutrition. I mean I'm always physically in great shape, I always train hard and dig in, but the feeling I'm getting now, fitness-wise, mentally-wise, it's just chalk and cheese from the first fight, but I'm very, very confident that this fight will not be going 12 rounds because of the intensity, the pace, the experience, the ringcraft that I'll be putting on George Groves. I just can't see him coping with it."

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