Carl Froch says George Groves has given him extra
motivation for their domestic dust-up this weekend with his verbal antics and
has warned the young pretender he is in for a ‘pasting’.
Unbeaten 25-year-old
Groves has repeatedly taunted his more experienced British rival
in the build-up to Saturday’s showdown at the Manchester Arena, when Froch will
put his WBA and IBF world titles on the line.
“Maybe I wouldn’t have
been as motivated if he had have been more humble and appreciative of his
chance,” Froch, 36, told The Colin Murray Show.
“Im a professional
anyway so I would have taken him seriously and I would have been very well
prepared, but he has given me a bit of a stronger mindset and stronger
physicalities when I’m training.
“I am digging in, I’m
biting down on my gum shield, I am running hard, because I have got this guy, I
don’t particularly like, in the back of my mind and I’m thinking there is no
way I can lose to this guy, so I'm making sure I go the extra mile.
“It could be his undoing
because he is going to get the very best of me and his going to get a pasting,
for his cheek to be honest. He has put the pressure on himself.
“I look at George Groves
and honestly the fear factor is not there. It is about me being a consummate
professional doing what I do best. If I relax, which I'm going to do, and do
what I do on fight night there is only going to be one winner, it is as simple
as that."
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