Saturday 31 May 2014. Wembley Stadium. 80,000 people, plus millions more watching around the world, have just witnessed one of the greatest knock-out punches in the history of British boxing. A brutal right hand from Carl Froch has settled his bitter rivalry with George Groves in devastating fashion, answering his critics in the style of a true champion following a controversial victory in Manchester six months earlier. On that occasion Groves became the first man to send Froch to the canvas, as the challenger from Hammersmith followed up his pre-fight talk with a performance that caught the WBA and IBF super-middleweight champion cold. It took a controversial ninth-round stoppage from referee Howard Foster to ensure Froch held on to his titles, but as Groves left Manchester to deafening cheers after arriving to a chorus of boos, it was clear that the boxing world wanted a rematch.
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