George Groves

Name: George Groves
Alias: 'Saint George'
Hometown: Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 182cm
Reach: 183cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainers: Adam Booth (2008-2013), Gavin Fitzpatrick (2013-2015), Shane McGuigan (2016-2018)
• Promoter: Sauerland Event

Amateur Career

• 2x ABA middleweight champion.
• 2005 European Junior Championships quarter-finalist in Tallin, Estonia as (75kg):
  • Defeated Marian Yankov (Bulgaria) 45:32
  • Defeated Ali Larins (Latvia) 57:50
  • Lost to Sergey Sklyarov (Russia) RSC-OS 2
• 2006 European Union Junior Championships Gold medalist in Rome, Italy (75kg):
  • Defeated Georgios Silidis (Greece) RSC-OS 3
  • Defeated Adriano Sperandio (Italy) W/O
  • Defeated Nasri Poteh (Sweden) RSC-OS 2
• 2006 World Junior Championships participant in Agadir, Morocco (75kg):
  • Defeated Setbek Nurbota (Kazakhstan) RSC-OS 3
  • Lost to Hurshid Mirzayev (Uzbekistan) 20:26
• 2007 Commonwealth Championships Silver medalist in Liverpool, England (75kg):
  • Defeated Nathan McEwen (New Zealand) RSC-OS 2
  • Lost to Eamonn O'Kane (Ireland) 33:34

Regional & Minor Titles

• Commonwealth Boxing Council super middleweight title (April 2010; 4 defences)
• BBBoC British super middleweight title (April 2011; 1 defence)
• WBA Inter-Continental super middleweight title (May 2013; 0 defences)
• EBU European super middleweight title (Sep 2014; 0 defences)
• WBC Silver super middleweight title (Sep 2014; 1 defence)
• WBA International super middleweight title (April 2016; 2 defences)

Professional Record

Championship Record

• 3-4-0 (2 KO's) in world championship bouts.
• 3-4-0 (1 KO's) against former or current world champions.
  • Won against James DeGale, Glen Johnson & Fedor Chudinov
  • Lost against Carl Froch (twice), Badou Jack & Callum Smith.

Variant Record

• Defeated 4 undefeated opponents with ten or more bouts: Kenny Anderson, James DeGale, David Brophy & Jamie Cox.

Notes

• George Groves entered the World Boxing Super Series tournament on 16th June 2017. He lost in the final to Callum Smith.

External Links

• George Groves Official Website

Preceded by: Felix Sturm Super Champion Vacated

WBA Super Middleweight Champion 2017 May 27 – 2018 Sep 28 Super Champion

Succeeded by: Callum Smith