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
- BBBoC British super middleweight title
- WBA Inter-Continental super middleweight title
- EBU European super middleweight title
- WBC Silver super middleweight title
- WBA International super middleweight title
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
| Preceded by: Felix Sturm Super Champion Vacated |
WBA Super Middleweight Champion 2017 May 27 – 2018 Sep 28 Super Champion |
Succeeded by: Callum Smith |