Stieglitz: My experience will be too much for Groves

Image: Stieglitz: My experience will be too much for GrovesBy Scott Gilfoid: WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KO’s) will have a tremendous advantage in ring experience against his green 24-year-old opponent George Groves (14-0, 11 KO’s) next month at the Messehalle, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany. Stieglitz has fought 287 rounds as a pro compared to the 67 for Groves.

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Stieglitz will wear Groves down with pressure

Image: Stieglitz will wear Groves down with pressureBy Scott Gilfoid: George Groves (14-0, 11 KO’s) has really stepped in it by agreeing to step up from the domestic level to fight WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KO’s) on May 5th at the Messehalle, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany. The 30-year-old Stieglitz is the most experienced fighter that Groves has ever been put in with, and he’s going to be in trouble from Stieglitz’s pressure.

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Groves gets his big chance against Stieglitz for WBO 168 pound title

Image: Groves gets his big chance against Stieglitz for WBO 168 pound titleBy Scott Gilfoid: George Groves (14-0, 11 KO’s) is going to find out the hard way the differences between the domestic level and the world class level in his May 5th fight against WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KO’s) at the Messhalle, in Erfurt, Germany. Groves, 24, is likely going to wish he had stayed down at the local level to keep tending his garden against over-matched fodder, because Stieglitz is going to put a schooling on Groves in this fight.

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DeGale-Sanavia, Groves-Stieglitz wnner could set up important fight

Image: DeGale-Sanavia, Groves-Stieglitz wnner could set up important fightBy Scott Gilfoid: If EBU super middleweight champion James DeGale (11-1, 8 KO’s) can get by the short 5’7 1/2″ challenger Cristian Sanavia (45-5-1, 13 KO’s) on April 21, and George Groves (14-0, 11 KO’s) beat WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KO’s) next month on May 5th in Germany, we could see a possible grudge match between DeGale and Groves.

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Stieglitz-Groves do battle on May 5th in Germany

Image: Stieglitz-Groves do battle on May 5th in GermanyBy Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated George Groves (14-0, 11 KO’s) is getting a title shot against WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KO’s) on the back of Groves’ win over Paul Smith last November when Smith badly fractured his right hand in the 1st after connecting with an explosive right hand to the head of Groves. Stieglitz I think is really going to give Groves a beating on May 5th when they meet up at the Messehalle, in Erfurt, Germany.

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Stieglitz vs. Groves on May 5th in Germany

Image: Stieglitz vs. Groves on May 5th in GermanyBy Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks as if George Groves’s back injury has healed up enough for him to challenge for the WBO super middleweight title against champion Robert Stieglitz (41-2, 23 KO’s) on May 5th at the Messehalle, in Erfurt, Thuringen, Germany. Groves, 24, was supposed to be defending his domestic level Commonwealth super middleweight title against Kenny Anderson recently but came up with an injury that erased that fight.

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Abraham looks like easy pickings for Groves-Stieglitz winner

Image: Abraham looks like easy pickings for Groves-Stieglitz winner(Picture: Photo Wende) By Allan Fox: Arthur Abraham (34-3, 27 KO’s) defeated Polish super middleweight Piotr Wilczewski (30-3, 10 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night to put him in the driver’s seat to get a fight against the winner of the George Groves-Robert Stieglitz fight whenever that fight takes place. Abraham was handed a victory over Wilczewski by the following scores: 119-108, 119-109 and 118-109.

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Abraham set to face Groves-Stieglitz winner for WBO super middleweight title

Image: Abraham set to face Groves-Stieglitz winner for WBO super middleweight titleBy William Mackay: Arthur Abraham (34-3, 27 KO’s) is now set to face the winner of the George Groves vs. Robert Stieglitz fight for the WBO super middleweight title after the 32-year-old Abraham powered past Piotr Wilczewski (30-3, 10 KO’s) on Saturday night in beating him by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision at the Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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