Wembley Stadium will stage the rematch between Carl Froch and George Groves on May 31 and the fight is set to break British post-war attendance records, promoter Eddie Hearn revealed yesterday.

Froch retained his WBA and IBF super-middleweight titles with a contentious ninth-round stoppage of Groves in Manchester last November and there have been strong calls from both Groves and the general public for a rematch.

Groves floored Froch in the first round, but the Nottingham man survived in the fight and staggered the challenger with a ninth-round assault, prompting the intervention of referee Howard Foster.

Wembley holds 90,000 but Hearn says a crowd of 60-70,000 is more realistic.

The current post-war attendance record for a boxing match in Britain is held by Ricky Hatton and Juan Lazcano, who fought in front of 55,000 fans at the City of Manchester Stadium in 2008.

"We wanted to make a real statement, and ultimately we needed the seats for a fight of this magnitude," said Hearn.

"This is the ultimate, in my opinion - steeped in history - and this is the first fight at the new stadium.

"And what a fight."

Hammersmith-born Groves is glad the fight will be held on his own patch and has already started the trash talk.

"I can't wait to be crowned world champion in my home city," he said.

"I think I have got a lot of advantages going into this fight and I think the venue, the city is the least of Froch's worries.

"The advantages he wants to worry about are the ones I displayed last time we boxed and that was in a neutral venue."

Meanwhile, Froch has vowed to silence his outspoken foe in the rematch.

"It needs to be held at a big stadium because it is such a good fight.

"I want to beat him and put closure on this whole Carl Froch v George Groves saga."