Groves set to outweigh Froch

Last Updated: November 23, 2013 4:07pm

George Groves talking ahead of Saturday’s showdown with Carl Froch. $(document).ready(function() { getBC({‘con’:'#video’,'ob’:'#video-id’,'id’:’2860546537001′}); }); George Groves is set to enter the ring as the heavier man when he challenges for Carl Froch’s world titles tonight.

Champion Froch is putting his WBA and IBF belts on the line in Manchester, live on Sky Box Office, and the second of those governing bodies demands a check weigh-in on the morning of the fight.

Under IBF rules fighters cannot exceed the official 12st limit by more than 10lbs at the second weigh-in, and both were comfortably inside.

The Ringside pundits are joined by a number of guests from the world of boxing to preview Saturday’s big fight. $(document).ready(function() { getBC({‘con’:'#video3′,’ob’:'#video-id3′,’id’:’2860091686001′}); });

Froch tipped the scales at 12st 5lbs – a six-pound overnight gain – while Groves added 10lbs to weigh in at 12st 8lbs.

Both insist there was no problem making Friday’s 12st limit but Sky Sports expert Jamie Moore, whose own decorated career ended at the MEN Arena in 2010, is concerned by the challenger’s significant weight gain.

He told Sky Sports News: “Carl Froch rarely goes above 12st 5lbs. He’ll be healthy and very strong.

“We questioned whether Groves had come in light for speed and wouldn’t put much weight on overnight, but he’s put nine pounds on, and that’s just this morning.

“By tonight he’s going to have added a stone. That suggests to me he was struggling at the weight, he’s not really hit it as he expected to, and that could be a factor as the fight progresses.

“Boxers have a habit of crashing the weight and adding a lot after the weigh-in, but the best fighters in the world are the ones who fight near the weight and Carl Froch is testament to that.

“George Groves will feel like he’s going to be the bigger man, and he probably will be the bigger man, but I don’t know whether that will mean an advantage because Carl Froch is such a strong man anyway.”

Watch Carl Froch v George Groves live on Sky Sports Box Office, November 23. Go to www.skysports.com/frochgroves for full details.

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Groves set to outweigh Froch