Froch interview - Post Groves fight

http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2014/6/1/2014619185410734_20.jpg How are you feeling now, it's all over? There was so much pressure on you ahead of the event. It's been a good day in the office. I need that, I need that kind of pressure because it raises my game. It brings the best out of me. I was too relaxed last time and this time I put myself under a bit of pressure, put myself under the cosh and I knew. I just knew. Were you pleased with your performance overall? Taking everything into consideration I think I boxed absolutely to a plan and I think I boxed brilliantly, I think, watching it back, I think I won more rounds that I thought I did on the night. I thought I controlled the fight from start to finish, I had a couple of sloppy moments in a couple of rounds – it was nothing really bad – and none of that matters because I did what I knew I was going to do and landed that heavy right hand on his jaw. Did you feel yourself getting drawn in by the atmosphere? Not at all, because if I did I wouldn't have been able to fight how I boxed. There was a couple of times where I pushed forwards and I could hear them and I thought, 'I've got him here, if I stay on him he will crumble but I'll get hit doing it' so I backed off and stayed on my jab. I didn't get drawn in by the atmosphere at all. That experience at top level made it possible for me to keep my composure. What was the difference between Wembley and your other big nights? There was no real difference. We both had our blocks of cheers but overall there was a lot of booing, unnecessary booing, for both of us on the night. But I left with cheers and he left with boos this time, so he came in with boos and left with boos. I came in with half and half and left with full cheers but I did what the crowd wanted. 'Are you not entertained?' I'm a modern day gladiator and I'm in there to do a job. They wanted to see what I deliver, I delivered it for them and they loved it. I watched it on the replays on the big screens and there were oohs and aahs and they were satisfied. Everyone in that stadium was satisfied with what I gave them. No one was more satisfied than you... I couldn't be more satisfied. I've got the biggest smile on my face and I don't think it will be gone for the rest of my life. I've had to endure some serious abuse, silly games and unnecessary antagonising. He's been antagonising me for so long and I've only just watched the Sky Behind the Ropes just now, because I was waiting for the seven o'clock repeat on pay-per-view that I just bought, and because I couldn't tape it it cost me £16.95, I'll get some of that back, I get a sniff of that. I've watched them, parts one and two, and it makes me even more satisfied beating him because some of the stuff Gavin was saying and some of the stuff Groves was saying, it was just horrible. And I thought to myself, 'It's such a good thing that they did not win.' If they'd deserved to win I would have held my hands up and said 'Fair play to you, a fight's a fight and I hold my hands up.' After watching the shows I just thought it's unnecessary. Between the pair of them I think they've really made themselves look stupid. both of them. You talked about possibly retiring if you lost. It could have been a career ending fight for both of us. He's only 26 and he probably won't retire but he might never be the same again. He got absolutely stretched. He got put flat on his back in a bad position. He's lost two on the spin, to somebody who in his mind is not any good. He said I'm not any good. I don't know if he tried to convince himself of that or he tried to convince me of that but I think he should eat humble pie now and have some respect. But I'm not building any of my future or any of my past around George Groves now. He's now been sent back to the hole he crawled out of, as far as I'm concerned. He came out his hole and he just abused me, he's been horrible, and I feel no love or hate nor am I happy or sad for him, I have put it to bed. I have a big smile on my face, I've watched it back and I'm the happiest man on the planet.