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Adam Booth: 'George Groves was naive against Carl Froch'

George Groves was naive during his defeat to Carl Froch, according to former trainer Adam Booth.

George Groves has been accused of boxing naively during his knockout defeat against super-middleweight world champion Carl Froch on Saturday.

The challenger's hopes of taking the IBF and WBA belts were ended when Froch floored him with a stunning right hand, but his former trainer Adam Booth suggested that he had been guilty of a silly mistake during the fight.

He told BBC Sport: "George opened his arm out for the left hook. It is something we talked about from day one but if you make a mistake like that then you will lose. I could see from the first round that Carl was sweeping that left hook across. He was doing that to keep George occupied.

"You cannot be naive against a guy like Carl Froch. Underestimate at your peril because he is a tough old man that is a lot smarter than his style and age shows.

"He has to go back and lick his wounds for a while and look at what he did wrong. He has to rebuild but he is young enough and wise enough."

Groves and Booth parted company in the build-up to the first fight in Manchester late last year.

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Carl Froch of England proposes following his victory against George Groves of England during their IBF and WBA World Super Middleweight title fight at Wembley Stadium on May 31, 2014
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