Exciting British prospect George Groves to fight July 31st on Marquez vs Diaz undercard
June 24th, 2010
By Samuel K Chatwin: Commonwealth Super-middleweight champion George Groves will return to action on July 31st on the undercard of Juan Manuel Marquez v Juan Diaz in Las Vegas.
This will be Groves first fight in the US and a great stage for him to show off his undoubted talent. He had this to say about the Super-middleweight division “The US have some very promising Super-middleweights starting to break through, it’s my job to show they won’t be having it all their own way in years to come on the biggest stage. GoldenBoy promotions have great faith in me; I plan to repay them with dazzling performances.”
No opponent has been announced yet for the Mandalay Bay bout, but Groves fancies he will be going toe to toe with a hardened Mexican fighter for the first time “We are taking this fight very seriously; it is not a publicity fight where I will go knock over a “bum”. I plan to be tested as always, American fights are the best in the world’
For me, Groves is possibly the UK’s top prospect and this is a real chance for him to show a world wide audience how good he is. He has already shown the power and strong chin he possesses. I expect world championship fights to be just around the corner. A real shining light for British boxing…
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man why can’t yanks just give respect to another boxer even if he is from another country.
plus do you think its ironic that oil is now invading america?
Lol… REALITY_CHECK, your my hero!! I love nothing more than a bitter American!! ‘Your lil friend’ whips Kahn’s arse throughout sparring sessions..?!? Hahahahahahahahahahah… Comedy gold!!
Lmao at Reality Check … ok one of the best Heavyweights in the world … an will be remembered for probably at this rate being known as the only guy to beat Vitali Klitschko … o yeah im talking about lennox lewis
plus ur ignorance is unbelievable … u cannot criticize calzaghe .. not many people can walk into a fixed fight against B-hop (thanks to the ref that is) and still win
plus hmm who has calzaghe beaten ???? try “simply the best” Chris Eubank who dominated the middleweight and Super middleweight divisions
read some of these comments and you understand why USA is the most hated country in the world
@ CHASE – DALLAS U KNOW WHAT UR RIGHT FATTON WAS A VERY RESPECTFUL FIGHTER .. NEVER TALKED TRASH OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT .. HE JUST WASNT WELL MANAGED HE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME BEATING EUROPEAN NOBODIES INSTEAD OF FIGHTING AMERICAN OR LATINO CHAMPIONS HE WAS TOO BEAT UP TO EVER BE ABLE TO REALLY COMPETE OUT HERE I THINK HE WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER A FEW YEARS BEFORE , I LIKE HATTON HES A GOOD GUY I GOT TO B.S. WITH HIM FOR A BIT WHEN HE WAS OUT HERE .. BUT AS FOR THE REST OF UR BRIT FIGHTERS THEY’RE GARBAGE SORRY BUT THAT THE REALITY
@ ANONYMOUS … STAY ANONYMOUS DO UR SELF THE FAVOR U’VE NAMED A BUNCH OF B AND C CLASS FIGHTERS… U TOO ARE AN IDIOT … CALZAGHE WOW A CRACK HEAD WHO BEATS PEOPLE PAST THERE PRIME ??? THAT GUY NEVER PROVED ANYTHING IN BOXING ONLY THAT HE COULD BEAT UP ON OUR SENIOR CITIZENS ,AND IM NOT EVEN GOING TO WAIST MY TIME WITH THE OTHER JOKES U MENTIONED .U BRITS ONLY HAD ONE GREAT FIGHTER AND THAT WAS THE PRINCE …HE WAS THE ONLY ONE OF UR FIGHTERS WHO REALLY HAD THE BALLS TO FIGHT THE BEST IN THERE PRIME NOT RUN TILL THEY GOT OLD ..REALLY LEARN UR BOXING BEFORE U TALK CUZ U REALLY MAKE UR SELF LOOK STUPID… AND @ DON UR UH FUNNY DUDE
@ MACCA ….UR AN IDIOT U ARE THE ONE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A TV EXPERT JOKE OF A FIGHT FAN WITH NO REAL EXPERIENCE . STOP GETTING ALL HUFFY AND PUFFY WHEN U HEAR THE TRUTH AND YES WHERE U COME FROM DOSE PLAY A HUGE ROLL IN THE FIGHT GAME BUT U WOULDNT KNOW THAT CUZ UR NOT A FIGHTER …. U GET UR SELF ALL WORKED UP OVER UR WORTHLESS BRIT FIGHTERS WHO CAN ONLY BEAT OUR UNBURIED DEAD MEN .. GROVES WILL NOT MAKE IT SORRY BUT HE’LL DO FINE UNDER GOLDEN BOY FOR A WHILE THEY’LL SET HIM UP WITH EASY FIGHTS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS JUST TO BUILD UR COUNTRIES SORRY HOPES THEN HE’LL FIGHT AN A+ AMERICAN AND LOSE JUST LIKE HATTON ,AND DONT GET UR HOPES UP TOO HIGH ON KAHN ..MY LIL FRIEND WHIPS HIS ASS ALL THROUGH OUT WILD CARD DURING SPARING SESSIONS AND HE’S ONLY 17 .DONT BOTHER TALKING BOXING WITH ME CUZ THERE IS NOTHING U CAN TELL ME THAT I REALLY DONT KNOW ..
@ TORKO YEAH UR RIGHT ONLY THE HEAVIER DIVISIONS FINALLY AFTER HOW MANY DECADES BUT U STILL CANT COMPARE THEM TO AMERICAN HEAVY WEIGHTS THROUGH OUT OUR HISTORY ..SORRY U GUYS ARE NEVER GOING TO BE BETTER THAN US IN THE FIGHT GAME . BUT ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS CUZ I PROMISE IT’LL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE IT EVER HAPPENS AGAIN
Brits boxers dominates in heavier divisions.. yeah!
@ don, your just like gilfraud and mackey, you dont look pst american fighters cos your anglophobic. circle america off just like bush did you fool
a ring is a ring don, it doesn’t matter what country its in. I can tell you have no real experience of boxing do you? because when youre in that ring, you dont even see beyond the ropes you moron
don…you remember a fella called lloyd honeyghan? in fact, i bet your don curry aren’t you. Still bitter when no one gave Honeyghan a chance and he whopped Curry (considered the Mayweather of his era).
Also, Ricky Hatton i think you’ll find, beat possibly the greatest light-welterweight of all time in Kostya Tszyu (who was not washed up)
Also, who was you last heavyweight great? We’ve had david haye and lennox lewis (who beat tyson) so…
Groves has the potential to be a star…and ive got him on facebook
@ dON. Groves has the potential to eclipse the achievements of Hatton or Haye, not that you’ll give him any credit anyway. And by the way, Haye and Hatton are English, with your seemingly poor understanding of Geography, are you by chance an American?
P.S Like what you did with the fighters names, maybe you should go by the name of dONG or wRONG, is that obvious enough for you? LOL.
Smartz, all were world champs. Which apparently made them ‘world beaters’. Hatton was all class and deserves respect. Funny how bad everyone is down on him after getting beaten by the two best fighters of the last decade in 47 fights.
badboy……..
You need to back off the big mouth thing when it comes to Hatton. He is nothing but respectful when it comes down to business.
@ smartz
ok……so he beat B level fighters, whats your point? am i suppose to be impressed with that? Next thing your gonna do is try and justify Amere Con trying to make lightweights move up a division to fight him
@ don
well he beat collazo urango castillo and malignaggi. Ok theyre not world beaters but they are decent opponents
Good luck groves! Thank you sky sports for picking up this fight!!!!!
168lbs has been britains division for a long time… Eubank, benn, Collins, calzaghe… So watching the next wave of Brits that’ll pummel the USA mediocre fighters should be entertaining.
@ simon
tell me im wrong? Hatton came to the states, and mayweather knocked him out, what top quality fighter has Ricky Flattoned beat in the states? Go ahead……take your time in answering, but i can save you the trouble, none.
he will be superb on his back like hatton if he has a big mouth like the other british fighters….like hayes and hatton…
knowing british fighters, like Amir Con, he’ll try and fight the winner of Marquez vs Diaz also.
i saw him at the MEN against adamu and he was superb! Great prospect i think he’ll be the one to beat degale!