By Scott Gilfoid: It seems that #1 WBC 168lb contender George Groves’ recent wins over Denis Douglin and Christopher Rebrasse has gone to his head, because he’s now yapping about wanting to get in the ring with WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack (19-1-1, 12 KOs) for him to fight for Jack’s newly won world title.
Groves believes he’s going to knock Jack out when he gets him inside the ring, and he can’t wait to make that happen. Like I said, I think Groves’ recent wins over weak opposition has gone to his head to the point where he’s talking like he can walk on water and turn water into wine.
“Patience isn’t one of my strengths. I just can’t wait to knock @BadouJack out and get my green belt. #SaintGG #Train2win,” Groves said on his Twitter. “Just done my WBC Boxing 30 day check weigh as requested and required by them… Not long now @BadouJack #SaintGG #Train2win.”
Groves will just have to put a sock in it and wait a little bit longer, because his fight against Jack won’t be taking place on August 22nd like what was originally thought. Showtime Championship Boxing doesn’t have a date for August 22nd, so the fight is expected to take place three weeks later on September 12th on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. But there’s also a possibility that the Jack-Groves fight will take place on a different date.
I don’t think it’s a good thing for Groves if the fight takes place on Mayweather’s undercard on September 12th because there would be a lot of people seeing the fight on either Showtime pay-per-view or on CBS on free television. Either way, we’re probably talking about millions of people seeing the fight. If it goes badly for Groves, like I think it will, then all those fans will have seen him get beaten by Jack, and they’ll likely not forget about the loss for a long, long time.
Groves would obviously like to become well-known and a big star in the United States, but that’s going to be awfully difficult to make happen if Jack knocks Groves out in front of a huge audience. That’s why I think it would be a lot better for Groves if the fight against Jack is put on a different date without it being televised in the U.S.
Jack looked sensational in winning his last fight against Anthony Dirrell last April. Jack used a ton of pressure to pound out a 12 round decision in a close fight. It was a pleasure to watch the fight due to the different styles of the two fighters.
Groves has won his last two fights since being knocked out twice by Carl Froch. Shortly after Groves’ second straight knockout loss to Froch, Groves was put in a WBC title eliminator bout against Rebrasse. I’m not sure what the World Boxing Council’s qualifications were for Groves to get the eliminator fight, but I’m other losing fighters would like to know so that they too could get picked out by the WBC for future eliminator bouts.
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