There is a wistful look on the chiselled features of Carl Froch as he holds his year-old daughter Natalia on his lap. George Groves would be unwise to seize upon the tender mood of this photograph, taken by Froch’s partner Rachael Cordingley, as indication that the man he is about to fight in front of 80,000 people is going soft in his sixth year as a world champion. The moment is poignant because Froch has been rationing his cherished family time to the barest minimum during his two-and-a-half months of preparation for the re-match which will fill Wembley Stadium to throbbing capacity on Saturday night.
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Froch fighting George Groves at Wembley next Saturday
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The Cobra insists he won't cut corners as he did before first fight
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He is living away from his family in Sheffield during training
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His punishing regime has been devised by Rob McCracken
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Froch also has a property portfolio
Baby Natalia was a distraction for the Nottingham Cobra prior to his controversial first fight with @placeholder in November.
But lose those belts and @placeholder, at coming up 37, knows it would be a hard road back to the summit.