LONDON -- Carl Froch knocked out British rival George Groves in the eighth round
to retain his WBA and IBF super-middleweight titles in a rematch in front of
80,000 fans at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
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with a huge right hook with about 30 seconds remaining in the round, with the
referee immediately stopping one of most hyped fights in the countrys boxing
history. He improved to 33-2, with 24 knockouts. "This is the greatest moment of
my boxing career," Froch said. "Its the biggest event Ive been involved in."
Groves (19-2, 15 KOs) had started slower but grew into the fight, only to be
knocked down with Frochs biggest punch of the bout. "I feel like I let myself
down," said Groves, who had vowed to send Froch into retirement with a victory.
"Fair play, he got me with the punch." The rematch was ordered by the IBF after
Frochs win in a controversial first fight in Manchester in November, when the
referee stepped in too soon with Groves wobbling on his feet. This time, there
were no complaints from Groves, who required treatment in his corner before
going to congratulate Froch -- showing the bad blood between the pair that had
dominated the build-up was over. The rematch was not as exciting as the first
fight, with both boxers more restrained and seemingly intent on lasting the full
distance. Froch -- arguably Britains top boxer for the last five years --
dominated the centre of the ring but only first connected with a left hand in
the third round that rocked back Groves. Frochs punches were generally ragged
and he walked into some punches by Groves in the sixth and seventh rounds. The
ending was conclusive, though, with Froch swinging initially with his left and
following it up with a massive right that left Groves in a heap on the canvas.
"It was neck and neck, there was nothing in it," said Froch, who wants to crown
his career with a fight in Las Vegas. "One punch was all the difference." The
fight captured the public imagination, and was considered the biggest grudge
match in British boxing since the days of the Nigel Benn-Chris Eubank rivalry in
the early 1990s.
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. Brazil will announce a coach on Tuesday to succeed Luiz Felipe Scolari, who
resigned after Brazil failed to win the World Cup -- eliminated in a humiliating
7-1 loss to Germany in the semifinals. ST. LOUIS -- Shelby Miller turned things
around against his nemesis -- with some help from his friends. The St. Louis
Cardinals right hander pitched 5 2-3 scoreless innings to lead his team to a 1-0
win over the Pittsburgh Pirates Friday night. That outing was in complete
contrast to Millers history vs. Pittsburgh. Miller (2-2) entered the game with a
0-5 record and a 5.93 ERA against the Pirates. He allowed just three hits and
four walks while striking out four. "Im excited to get a win in general" Miller
said. "But, obviously, Ive struggled against Pittsburgh and theyre a tough team.
Theyre lineups great and they got good starting pitching and a good offence.
Theyre not easy to get out. "Thats the first one against them. Its good to get
it out of the way." MIller said that he made just a few subtle changes, but they
paid off. "I found some back door cutters," he said. "I ended going in a little
bit more on righties and just kind of mixing it up a little differently."
Pat Neshek, Kevin Siegrist, Carlos Martinez and Kevin Rosenthal followed Miller
and preserved the shutout. Rosenthal struck out the side in the ninth for his
seventh save in seven chances. Cardinals manager Mike Matheny wished his
pitchers had some margin for error. "You kind of hate to keep doing that to
these guys, having to be perfect," Matheny said. "The bullpen did a terrific
job." Matt Holliday had three hits, a walk and drove in the only run with a
first-inning double. Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina singled in the eighth
inning to extend his hitting streak to 15 games, matching his career high set in
2007. Pirates starter Gerrit Cole (2-2) pitched seven innings and allowed a run
on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts. The Pirates lost for the
seventh time in nine tries. Pittsburgh has won just three of its last 12 games.
"We kneew there would be challenges coming into the season," said Pittsburgh
manager Clint Hurdle.
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to face our fair share of them in April. You just keep mounting up and you keep
playing." St. Louis got the only run it would need in the first. Matt Carpenter
led off with a bunt single down the third baseline and he went to second on
Jon Jays fielders choice to first. Holliday then doubled to right, scoring
Carpenter. "The guy has been playing for 15 years, he knows what hes doing,"
Cole said of Holliday. Pittsburgh had Miller on the ropes in the third, as
singles by Cole and Jose Tabata and a walk to Neil Walker loaded the bases. But
Miller got Andrew McCutchen to hit into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.
In the eighth, Pittsburgh had runners on first and third with no one out against
Martinez after pinch hitter Starling Marte was hit by a pitch and Tabata singled
him to third. Martinez got Marte hung up on a fielders choice back to him for
the first out. After an intentional walk to McCutchen, Martinez struck out
Pedro Alvarez and Chris Stewart to end the threat. "I dont know if you can get
much tougher," Matheny said. "You look at where we were in that lineup and how
we got there. Hes done that a couple of times now, where hes just been able to
focus in and get the job done." NOTES: Pittsburghs Francisco Liriano (0-3) will
try to get in the victory column when he opposes Tyler Lyons (0-1) in the second
game of the series Saturday. ... Cardinals shortstop Jhonny Peralta snapped an
0-for-22 streak with a fourth inning double. ... Pittsburgh catcher
Russell Martin left the game after grounding out in the fifth with tightness in
his left hamstring. ... This series is the last three games of a 26-game stretch
against Central Division opponents to open the season for the Pirates.
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