Froch has decided, no groves rematch

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Carl Froch all but dismissed the idea of going 'over old ground' in a rematch with George Groves.

"Do I want to go over old ground? Not at the minute, no. I like to move forward in my career and the only old ground I like to go over again is for a defeat."

Carl Froch

The WBC and IBF middleweight champion was on Ringside for the first time since his controversial win on November 23.

Groves has demanded a rematch after being stopped in the ninth round of their contest and promoter Eddie Hearn has even admitted he - as a fan - wants to see a second showdown.

But the final decision falls to 36-year-old Froch and he all but ruled it out.

"I defended my title against a mandatory. I beat an unbeaten fighter, a hungry, ambitious fighter who came to try and win the fight - and winning with a technical knockout in the ninth round is a great result," he said.

"Do I want to go over old ground? Not at the minute, no.

"I like to move forward in my career and the only old ground I like to go over again is for a defeat.

"It was nice to avenge the Mikkel Kessler defeat, it would be nice to avenge the Andre Ward defeat if that can possibly be made."
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Promoter Hearn revealed he has been in America discussing possible fights with Ward, Gennady Golovkin and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Groves - Foster made terrible decision

Froch himself ruled out a match-up with former mandatory but now light-heavyweight star Adonis Stevenson, but although he knows there is still public demand to see him and Groves go at it again, he believes the interest is fading.

"It's a 50-50 split right now and the longer the time goes and the longer people watch the fight, opinions are changing a lot," he added.

"Like Eddie said, I have got a lot of options.

"I am going to enjoy a wonderful Christmas with my beautiful family, then I am going to make a decision - and I decide who I am going to fight.

"If I decide to fight again I am going to make the correct decision based on where I want to go forward.

"I will speak to Eddie, my trainer Rob McCracken and my family and then I will make the decision based on what I feel is right for me - and everyone else."

From sky sports

this is a total duck job of the finest if I ever saw one

[southpaw103]

what a ****ing *****....

[TonitosWay]

Froch .. What can I say?

[kurt0411]

Ward better not ever give a rematch to this guy, use the same logic against him

[shade darkar]

not surprising really. groves will have to become mandatory again if he wants another go i suspect.

disappointing from froch but i guess he knows he cant outbox groves and would probably need a tko/ko to get the win.

[billeau2]

Froch is a ****. A club fighter who pretended to have half the balls of a Gatti. Duck job indeed....take consolation though because if he decides to fight Ward again he won't last the fight. In a just world his victory would be overturned due to incompitance and the fight put on again.

[F!x]

Well I can understand Froch's perspective - he is right that the premature stoppage wasn't his fault and the referee may well have taken away a clear and decisive KO or TKO by his decision to stop the fight at that point which basically places Froch in a position now where he has to defend himself from people complaining about the early stoppage.

Groves did very well against Froch but he was fading fast, I don't think he would have lasted the full 12. The rematch might be a good payday for Groves but Froch is going to make a good payday regardless of who he fights and there are other great matchups out there for him.

I'd like to see the rematch one day, perhaps it'll happen in the next 12 to 18 months if Groves goes on to win a world title. Remember though, Groves never gave Degale a rematch and most people thought Degale beat Groves. Call it karma or fate or what goes around comes around..

[bojangles1987]

Unless he ends up fighting someone better, this will be horribly disappointing.

[LacedUp]

Well I can understand Froch's perspective - he is right that the premature stoppage wasn't his fault and the referee may well have taken away a clear and decisive KO or TKO by his decision to stop the fight at that point which basically places Froch in a position now where he has to defend himself from people complaining about the early stoppage.

Groves did very well against Froch but he was fading fast, I don't think he would have lasted the full 12. The rematch might be a good payday for Groves but Froch is going to make a good payday regardless of who he fights and there are other great matchups out there for him.

I'd like to see the rematch one day, perhaps it'll happen in the next 12 to 18 months if Groves goes on to win a world title. Remember though, Groves never gave Degale a rematch and most people thought Degale beat Groves. Call it karma or fate or what goes around comes around..

There was nowhere near the same amount of hassle around a rematch between Groves and DeGale as there is for Froch-Groves. And most people didn't think he beat Groves - some did. There was disagreement. I thought Groves had it by a round or two for instance.

I also don't agree that Groves was fading fast. I don't recall seeing specific evidence of that in the fight.

[Weebler I]

Don't be so gullible OP, it's negotiations. Froch will fight Groves next.