By Scott Gilfoid: George Groves’ trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick wants to make sure that a good referee is assigned to the May 31st rematch between Groves and IBF/WBA super middleweight champion Carl Froch (32-2, 23 KO’s) in order to keep Froch from getting away with throwing rabbit punches all night. For casual boxing fans who have no clue what a rabbit punch is, it’s a when a fighter illegally hits his opponent in the back of the head with a punch.
It’s against the rules to hit a fighter with rabbit punches due to the danger involved for the fighter getting hit with those kinds of shots. Fitzpatrick wants to make sure that Froch doesn’t hit Groves in the back of the head during their clinches in order to try and gain an advantage or to make him hesitant about clinching.