By Marcus Richardson: George Groves (28-3, 20 KOs) will be having shoulder surgery on Monday to repair his injured left shoulder, and he says he’ll be asking the World Boxing Super Series organizers to delay his finals fight against Callum Smith 1 month until July.
By Jim Dower: Callum Smith had to go the 12 round distance to beat substitute opponent Nieky Holzken tonight in winning a 12 round unanimous decision to make it to the finals of the World Boxing Super Series against No.1 seed George Groves.
By Scott Gilfoid: If boxing fans were hoping that British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (14-0, 11 KO’s) change his mind about wanting to fight James DeGale again so that he could actually prove that he’s the better man after winning a fight that many fans saw DeGale as the victor, they were sadly disappointed last night when Groves said DeGale still isn’t on his radar. Groves, 23, defeated former British super middleweight champion Paul Smith (31-3, 17 KO’s) by a 2nd round TKO last night at the Wembley Arena in Wembley, London.
By Scott Gilfoid: David Haye is really concerned for his former fighter British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) in his fight tonight against the older, more powerful and much more experienced Paul Smith (31-2, 17 KOs) at the Wembley Arena in London, England.
By Dan Henderson: The 5th of November is a day we all know as bonfire night and with the fight card from Wembley Arena there sure promises to be some fireworks with two main bouts of the evening consisting of Burns vs Katsidis and also Groves vs Smith.
By Scott Gilfoid: Paul Smith (31-2, 17 KO’s) is a man on a mission coming to win back his British super middleweight title against British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) next week on November 5th at the Wembley Arena. Smith lost his British title in a 9th round TKO defeat at the hands of the talented but flawed James DeGale last December.
By Scott Gilfoid: British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) can’t even begin to entertain the idea that is experienced challenger Paul Smith (31-2, 17 KO’s) could pull off an upset and beat him next week when the two Brits meet up on November 5th at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: European Boxing Union (EBU) super middleweight champion James DeGale (11-1, 8 KO’s) was hoping he would get a rematch with British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) after DeGale defeated EBU champion Piotr Wilczewski by a 12 round majority decision on October 15th.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former British super middleweight champion Paul Smith (31-2, 17 KO’s) likes what he sees in the style of his November 5th opponent British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves 13-0, 10 KO’s) as Smith gets ready for their big fight at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England.
By Scott Gilfoid: In a battle of decent but badly flawed domestic level fighters Paul Smith (31-2, 17 KO’s) and British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion George Groves (13-0, 10 KO’s) on November 5th, the 29-year-old Smith is single-mindedly determined to beat Groves and revive his sagging career while at the same time capturing a couple of domestic trinkets in their fight at the Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England.