Froch was never going to NOT take the fight. If we know one thing about Froch, he's not a bottler.
IMO Froch will beat Groves this time round. But Groves will definately hold all of Frochs belts, and maybe more, at some point in his career, its just about who he beats to get them.
Groves was saved by the referee, Froch actually would of knocked him out with the next swing, of that I have no doubt, he was unguarded and ripe for the picking. The ref should've let it go though, he should've of let a full conclusion come to the fight.
What people forget is that these refs are profesionals,. there are very few situations that happen in a ring that they are not accustomed t, or experienced before. The ref could see what was coming, and a hell of a lot clearer than Groves could.
The telling thing for me, was that Groves knocked Froch down right at the beginning, when he had all the power in his arms. Froch got up fro that and caused Groves damage when the punches were slowing down. Froch has/had more heart than Groves, though I was hugely impressed by Groves.
Froch made a bit of a bulb of himself in the interviews during the weeks after though.