Carl Froch v George Groves (IBF & WBA Super-middleweight world titles) will be live from the Phones 4U Arena, Manchester, plus a full undercard including Scott Quigg v Diego Silva (WBA World super-bantamweight title).
While Froch remains quietly confident he questions the standard of Groves’ previous opponents, we also feel Groves is still a few fights away in terms of experience to face the likes of Froch. With 11 years between the two Groves’ youth and speed is definitely an advantage, but Froch has faced some big opponents in the past and this experience is bound to be the deciding factor.
The event will start at 6.00pm, Saturday, November 23, live on Sky Sports Box Office (Channel 731) and Sky Sports HD Box Office (Channel 752).
The event is priced at £14.95 for UK customers, €21.95 for customers in the Republic of Ireland.
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On Saturday afternoon November 23rd, boxing fans will get an early holiday gift as one of most anticipated All-English bouts in a long time will take place as IBF/WBA Super Middleweight champion Carl Froch defends his crown against undefeated George Groves.
The bout will be televised LIVE and exclusively in the United States by AWE and awetv.com
The announcement comes on the heels of a great afternoon of boxing that will see IBF number-one Welterweight Kell Brook take on former WBA Welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko that will be shown LIVE TODAY AT 3 PM EST / 12 PACIFIC
Froch, 31-2 with 22 knockouts has been a world champion for the better part of five years and has become a fan favorite all over the world due to exciting fights and willingness to fight anybody, anywhere and anytime.
Froch has fought nine current or former world champions (10 total) and is 8-2 in those bouts with wins over Robin Reid, Brian Magee, Jermain Taylor, Jean Pascal, Arthur Abraham, Glen Johnson, Lucian Bute, Glen Johnson and Mikkel Kessler.
Groves of London has a record of 19-0 with 15 knockouts was a prized amateur who scored the biggest win of his career when he scored a 12 round unanimous decision over 2008 Olympic Gold Medal winner James De Gale. He also holds victories Kenny Anderson (12-0); Daniel Allotey (13-1); Paul Smith (31-2); Francisco Sierra (25-5-1); Johnson and his coming off a 5th round stoppage over Noe Alcoba (31-2).
We admire the confidence of Groves telling Sky Sports he will be the “first person to stop Carl Froch” insisting Froch will not be able to go the distance once he unleashes his continuous onslaught. He acknowledges that Froch is getting himself in shape for the fight and feels this will mean he will be more able to withstand the intended beating he will give him.
While Froch remains quietly confident he questions the standard of Groves’ previous opponents, we also feel Groves is still a few fights away in terms of experience to face the likes of Froch. With 11 years between the two Groves’ youth and speed is definitely an advantage, but Froch has faced some big opponents in the past and this experience is bound to be the deciding factor.
Groves feels Froch is past his peak and aims to take advantage of this, and with an impressive record of nineteen straight wins the 25 year old intends on making it 20. Groves also referred this as “the Premier League against Championship“, although we feel it could be the exact opposite, but then again we have seen plenty of upsets in the past.
Froch is the three time world champion boxer who is the unified IBF and WBA super-middleweight champion, as well as former two-time WBC super-middleweight champion. Boasting a record 33 fights with 31 wins and 2 losses he is a force to be reckoned with, while the inexperienced George Groves is undefeated as a professional, therefore we expect a decent fight after all this talk.
The fight will be shown live on Sky Sports Box Office on November 23 as both UK fighters intend to impress a home crowd looking for one of the best matchups with British based boxers for some time. While we feel Groves still needs a few more fights before he takes on the likes of Carl Froch, this could be the upset that could gives Froch reason to evaluate his age and consider retirement.
