Carl Froch vs. George Groves II

Date

31 May 2014

Venue

Title(s) on the line

WBA (Regular) and IBF super-middleweight titles

Tale of the tape

Boxer	Carl Froch	George Groves
Nickname	"The Cobra"	"Saint"
Hometown	Nottingham, England	London, England
Pre-fight record	32–2 (23 KOs)	19–1 (15 KOs)
Height	6 ft 1 in	5 ft 11½ in
Weight	167.9 lbs	166.4 lbs
Style	Orthodox	Orthodox
Recognition	WBA (Regular), IBF super-middleweight champion; The Ring rank No. 1; The Ring rank No. 10 pound for pound	WBA rank No. 2; IBF rank No. 7; The Ring rank No. 5

Result

Froch wins by knockout in round 8

Boxer	Carl Froch	George Groves
Nickname	"The Cobra"	"Saint"
Hometown	Nottingham, England	London, England
Pre-fight record	32–2 (23 KOs)	19–1 (15 KOs)
Height	6 ft 1 in	5 ft 11½ in
Weight	167.9 lbs	166.4 lbs
Style	Orthodox	Orthodox
Recognition	WBA (Regular), IBF super-middleweight champion; The Ring rank No. 1; The Ring rank No. 10 pound for pound	WBA rank No. 2; IBF rank No. 7; The Ring rank No. 5

Carl Froch vs. George Groves II, billed as Unfinished Business and the Rematch of the Century, was a professional boxing match contested between Carl Froch and George Groves. The event took place on 31 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium in London, with Froch's unified WBA (Regular) and IBF super-middleweight titles on the line. Froch won the fight by knockout in the eighth round, which was named the Knockout of the Year by The Ring magazine. The event, which was named the Event of the Year by The Ring, drew an attendance figure of 80,000 and grossed over £22 million.

Carl Froch and George Groves first fought on 23 November 2013 at the Manchester Arena (then known as the Phones4u Arena). In that fight, Froch's two world titles were also at stake. Groves scored a surprise knockdown in the opening round and went on to build up a lead on all three judges' scorecards. In round nine, the fight ended in highly controversial circumstances when Froch managed land a series of punches to hurt Groves, which prompted referee Howard Foster to stop the fight on a technical knockout. The result was heavily protested by Groves and his team, as well as by fans and the media, creating immediate demand for a rematch.

The rematch was officially announced on 4 March 2014 by Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, for whom Froch had fought since 2011. It was the first boxing event to be held at the new Wembley Stadium since it opened in 2007; the last to be held at the old Wembley Stadium was Frank Bruno vs. Oliver McCall on 2 September 1995. A new attendance record for a British boxing event was also anticipated, which would break the previous record of 57,000 at the City of Manchester Stadium, during Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano on 24 May 2008. Froch's WBA (Regular) and IBF super-middleweight titles would again be on the line.

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