Carl Froch vs George Groves II declared a box office hit

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Carl Froch’s stunning win over George Groves at Wembley in May can now officially be declared the biggest grossing fight on British soil in history, with the largest ever purse, of £10million. Froch took home £8m and Groves £2m.

Sportsmail’s analysis of the finances behind the occasion shows the total income from the night was more than £22m, more than any other fight in Britain, while the crowd of 77,000 beat the previous British record of just over 70,000, set in 1933 at White City when Jack Petersen beat Jack Doyle.

What started out as a straightforward rematch quickly gained momentum as a sporting and marketing phenomenon. As Froch said, it was ‘the fight the British public want to see’.