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George Groves beats Chris Eubank Jr: World Boxing Super Series - as it happened

This page was last edited on 6 December , at By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Groves. The Observer gave Eubank six rounds, Groves five, with one even, or in favour of the Brighton fighter. Eubank sashayed to the ring; Groves did his London geezer walk. They stayed true to their chosen cliches — but not for long.

As with so many fights overloaded with emotion, the drama and the action cascaded into the final moments. It was an uneven, scrappy contest, but memorable nonetheless.

As he had done in a slow start against Billy Joe Saunders in , Eubank had to take a lecture from his father between rounds to up his workrate. He duly did and emerged from one wild melee with blood leaking from the upper corner of his right eye. Groves now had a target; Eubank had a claret-soaked problem. Distracted by his wound, Eubank struggled to shrug off the look of a put-upon underdog. The difference in size — Groves will have outweighed him by nearly a stone since loading up after the weigh-in — had played some part in the tactics of both fighters, but Eubank did enough in the fourth to get on the scorecard.

After a quarter of an hour of untidy jousting, the contest clicked into life. Still, he outworked his man to post another round in his favour. Murray made weight on second attempt. The three judges scored the fight at , giving Murray only two rounds. Groves hurt Murray with big right hands in rounds 7, 9 and Murray had Groves looking hurt in the 10th after hitting him with a left hook to the head. Both fighters looked tired and ragged in the 12th round. Their conditioning looked less than to be desired at that point in the fight.

On 18 November , Groves was set to defend his International title for a second time, this time against German boxer Eduard Gutknecht , 13 KOs. Gutknecht had previously challenged once for the world super middleweight title and once the world light heavyweight title.

The fight took place at the Wembley Arena in London. In a one-sided fight, Groves defeated Gutknecht by 12 round unanimous decision title. The judges scored it , and all in favour of Groves. Groves showed good boxing skills in surviving an early attack from Gutknecht in the first three rounds.

George Groves and Chris Eubank Jr trade verbal blows before showdown

Groves had to take some hard power shots and jabs. In round 9, Gutknecht took a lot of heavy blows from Groves. Gutknecht was able to catch Groves with some hard jabs that got his attention in the 9th. Gutknecht was no longer throwing power shots, which at this point was what he needed to win the rounds. Gutknecht collapsed in the dressing room following the bout and was taken to hospital where he underwent surgery for swelling to the brain.

This would be his 4th attempt at a world title. Although the venue wasn't confirmed via his Twitter, Groves stated he would like to fight in London. Sauerland Events confirmed they had until January 5, to agree on a deal. The winner of both fights would then need to meet in order to decide one titleholder, as part of WBA's plans to reduce the number of world titles per division. In his fourth attempt, Groves finally became world champion when he stopped Chudinov in round six.

A barrage of punches gave referee Steve Gray no choice but to halt the fight giving Groves the win. The fight was non stop action from the opening bell. After an evenly matched first two rounds, Groves took control.

Groves was cut above the eye in round four after an accidental clash of heads. The official time of stoppage was 1 minute and 14 seconds. Groves spoke to Sky Sports after the fight and credited his trainer Shane McGuigan, "This is the end of a lifetime's work. Shane McGuigan has resurrected my career. Now I'm mature enough to admit that.

I feel like I'm the best in the division. I'm willing and ready to fight anyone. Groves said, That or [I] broke it from over-smiling since.

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On 16 June , Groves announced that he would be the first super-middleweight to join the World Boxing Super Series tournament. The 8-man bracket-style elimination tournament, which would see the winner earn a grand cash prize as well as the 'greatest prize in boxing', the Muhammad Ali Trophy.

The reason for joining was to prove that he is the best super-middleweight in the world. A draft gala was scheduled to take place on 8 July in Monaco to determine who Groves would fight in the quarter finals. At the Draft Gala on 8 July, Groves, who was first-seeded, meaning he had the option to select his opponent, choose to fight undefeated British boxer Jamie Cox , 13 KOs. Groves' WBA title would also be at stake as well the winner advancing to the semi finals against the winner of Chris Eubank Jr.

Groves took back his earlier words of saying Cox was the easiest, "I know there are no easy fights in this tournament and there are no easy fights at world level, but Jamie is the guy I know the most about. A perfectly placed right hand to the body send Cox down in pain. Referee Steve Gray counted him out at 1 minute, 42 seconds into the round.

The fight started with both boxers feeling each other out and trading sporadically.

George Groves beats Chris Eubank Jr on points despite shoulder injury drama

Cox boxed well for the first two rounds however seemed a little reckless in doing so. Groves boxed sensibly, waiting for counter shots. That's what we wanted. I didn't want an easy fight. At first, promoter Kalle Sauerland stated he would try to book the fight for a stadium in either London or Manchester.

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The winner of the fight would earn his place in the final of the tournament as well as walk out with the WBA Super and IBO super-middleweight titles. Groves secured his place in the final of the tournament after defeating Eubank over 12 rounds. The judges scored the fight , and for Groves. Groves, the bigger man in the ring, used his jab to control the fight after a cagey round and mostly fought on the back foot, occasionally landing the big shot.

An accidental clash of heads caused Eubank to receive a cut on the side of his right eye in round 3. The big cut was dealt with by his corner after the round, but as the fight went on to the later rounds, blood was seen flowing expeditiously.

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Many thought Eubanks cutman was inadequate in his attempt to stop the cut, Eubank later said he struggled to see out the eye. The fight was riddled with a lot of clinches and unclean punches from both boxers. Groves also suffered a dislocated shoulder in round It was said that Groves weighed around pounds on fight night. The jab was landing correctly all night.

When he had success, it was because I did something wrong. I thought I did enough in the later rounds to win the fight, but it was a close fight. And all credit to George. You know, this is all part of boxing. You win some and you lose some. Hopefully we can get a rematch. It was enough of a good fight to have another one. Many pundits and former boxers stated Eubank should move forward and hire a trainer. On 13 February, it was announced that the final of the super-middleweight tournament would take place at the O2 Arena in London on 2 June He wrote, "We will be applying to the WBSuperSeries for a one-month extension and are hopeful of securing this.

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