George Groves (boxer)

This article covers the boxer George Groves. For the sound engineer of the same name, see George Groves .

George Groves
George Groves Wembley 2011
Data
Birth Name	George Groves
Fight name	Saint George
Weight class	Super middleweight
nationality	British
birthday	March 26, 1988
place of birth	London
style	Left delivery
size	1.82 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	32
Victories	28
Knockout victories	20th
Defeats	4th

George Groves (born March 26, 1988 in London ) is a former British professional boxer in the super middleweight division . He has been coached by Shane McGuigan since 2016 and is a former WBA and IBO world champion .

Career

As an amateur, Groves boxed exclusively in the middleweight division. He became English Champion in 2007 and 2008 and won tournaments in Finland, Italy, Bosnia and Croatia, among others. In 2004 he won a bronze medal at the European Cadet Championships in Russia and a silver medal at the Junior Olympics in the USA. In 2006 he won the Junior EU Championships in Italy, but was eliminated in the second round of the Junior World Championships in Morocco that same year. In 2007 he was defeated at the Commonwealth Championships in England only in the final against Eamon O'Kane with 33:34 and thus reached second place. During his amateur career, he also managed a victory against the Olympic champion James DeGale .

In 2008, Groves turned pro, won eight build-up fights and secured the Commonwealth Super Middleweight Championship on April 3, 2010 with a tKo win against Charles Adamu (17-4). In November 2010 he defended the title early against Kenny Anderson (12-0). On May 21, 2011 he also won the British Super Middleweight Championship after defeating James DeGale (10-0) on points. He was able to defend both titles in November of the same year by tKo in the second round against Paul Smith (31-2). More victories a. a. against ex-world champion Glen Johnson and world championship challenger Noe Alcoba (30-2) followed, where he also won the intercontinental championship of the WBA .

On November 23, 2013 Groves boxed in Manchester against Carl Froch (31-2) for the world titles of the WBA and the IBF in the super middleweight division. In the first round he was able to send the defending champion to the ground with a stroke combination, which was counted up to eight. As the fight continued, both boxers were able to score alternately with good hits before Groves was taken out of the fight in the ninth round by the referee during a series of blows by Froch. Because of the controversial verdict, a rematch was scheduled, which took place on May 31, 2014 in London. Groves lost this by knockout in the eighth round.

On September 20, 2014, he won unanimously on points against Christopher Rebrasse (22-2) and thereby became European Champion ( EBU ) in the super middleweight division. In November he also defeated the American Denis Douglin (17-3) in the seventh round.

In September 2015, Groves was narrowly defeated in the fight for the WBC title against Badou Jack (19-1). After a win against Andrea Di Luisa (18-3) in January 2016, he also won against David Brophy (16-0) in April of the same year and thus became International WBA Champion. In June 2016 he was able to defeat Martin Murray (33-3) unanimously on points. In November 2016, he defended his WBA International title unanimously against Eduard Gutknecht (30-4). On May 27, 2017, he defeated Fyodor Tschudinow (14-1) in the fight for the WBA world title by technical knockout in the sixth round.

George Groves started at the World Boxing Super Series tournament and won his first fight on October 14, 2017 against his undefeated compatriot Jamie Cox (24-0) by knockout in the fourth round. In the semifinals of the competition on February 17, 2018, he met Chris Eubank junior (26-1) and defeated him unanimously on points. He won the IBO world title of his opponent and qualified for the WBSS final. However, there he lost on September 28, 2018 by knockout in the seventh round against Callum Smith (24-0).

In January 2019, Groves announced his resignation.

Web links

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