Groves faces Alcoba on Froch vs. Kessler bill
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Groves faces Alcoba on Froch vs. Kessler bill
George Groves will face Noe Gonzalez Alcoba on May 25 at the O2 Arena, as part of the Carl Froch vs. Mikkel Kessler bill live on Sky Sports Box Office in ‘Warrior’s Call’ in association with Betfair.
Super middleweight star Groves is hunting a World title fight later in the year and will keep preparations going against the hard-hitting Uruguayan who has 22 KO wins from 32 fights and is hunting a second World title fight of his own having challenged Felix Sturm and Adonis Stevenson for major belts.
Groves boxed twice in March with a spot on the undercard of Robert Stieglitz four round blitz of Arthur Abraham in Germany, at the Londoner is targeting a crack at the WBO champ this autumn.
“He's been in with good company and he's got a big KO record so it will be an explosive fight,” said Groves. “He's a bit of a banger so I'll have to be on my toes. But I feel that I'm right on track for a World title shot now and there's no margin for error.
“I don't think there's any mileage in an immediate rematch between Abraham-Stieglitz, maybe down the line but I think they're sick of the sight of each other I imagine, so hopefully it's time for someone like me to get a crack at the belt.
A stoppage loss for Abraham takes a lot of getting over at this stage of his career and his eye was a mess too, so I don't think he'll be the man to fight Robert, I think I am though and that's a fight I really want.
“A World title fight in London in September would be a dream come true and it's not unrealistic to think it will happen. I'd love for Eddie Hearn to get a World champion over to London and we do a big show in the capital, but I've shown I am happy to box overseas and I would happily do so again for a World title.”
“This is a pivotal moment in George's career,” said Groves’ promoter Hearn. “Gonzalez comes with heavy artillery and is also looking for another shot at the World title. Groves is ready for this test and victory will see us pushing for a World title shot in September.”
Super middleweight star Groves is hunting a World title fight later in the year and will keep preparations going against the hard-hitting Uruguayan who has 22 KO wins from 32 fights and is hunting a second World title fight of his own having challenged Felix Sturm and Adonis Stevenson for major belts.
Groves boxed twice in March with a spot on the undercard of Robert Stieglitz four round blitz of Arthur Abraham in Germany, at the Londoner is targeting a crack at the WBO champ this autumn.
“He's been in with good company and he's got a big KO record so it will be an explosive fight,” said Groves. “He's a bit of a banger so I'll have to be on my toes. But I feel that I'm right on track for a World title shot now and there's no margin for error.
“I don't think there's any mileage in an immediate rematch between Abraham-Stieglitz, maybe down the line but I think they're sick of the sight of each other I imagine, so hopefully it's time for someone like me to get a crack at the belt.
A stoppage loss for Abraham takes a lot of getting over at this stage of his career and his eye was a mess too, so I don't think he'll be the man to fight Robert, I think I am though and that's a fight I really want.
“A World title fight in London in September would be a dream come true and it's not unrealistic to think it will happen. I'd love for Eddie Hearn to get a World champion over to London and we do a big show in the capital, but I've shown I am happy to box overseas and I would happily do so again for a World title.”
“This is a pivotal moment in George's career,” said Groves’ promoter Hearn. “Gonzalez comes with heavy artillery and is also looking for another shot at the World title. Groves is ready for this test and victory will see us pushing for a World title shot in September.”
Pedro147- Posts : 885
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Re: Groves faces Alcoba on Froch vs. Kessler bill
How good is Alcoba?
azania- Posts : 19471
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Re: Groves faces Alcoba on Froch vs. Kessler bill
Seems like he has a bit of a pedigree
Has fought Sturm and Stevenson for world title, with the latter ending early however, and seems to have a fair old whack on him
Should get Groves a good old bit of exposure and should he take him out in style which could happen than its a good scalp to have and will help him get mandatory positions to force title shots
Has fought Sturm and Stevenson for world title, with the latter ending early however, and seems to have a fair old whack on him
Should get Groves a good old bit of exposure and should he take him out in style which could happen than its a good scalp to have and will help him get mandatory positions to force title shots
WHU_Champo_League_in_7Yrs- Posts : 3136
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Re: Groves faces Alcoba on Froch vs. Kessler bill
In that case I hope Groves isn't looking past him.
azania- Posts : 19471
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Re: Groves faces Alcoba on Froch vs. Kessler bill
At least he is keeping himself busy. Wasn't he pretty inactive for a while due to contractual issues, lack of promotion or something of that ilk?
bhb001- Posts : 2675
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Re: Groves faces Alcoba on Froch vs. Kessler bill
bhb001 wrote:At least he is keeping himself busy. Wasn't he pretty inactive for a while due to contractual issues, lack of promotion or something of that ilk?
All of the above.
azania- Posts : 19471
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Groves to Fight ANOTHER CAN: Come on Eddie
George Groves is back next month to face a can.
Never even heard of him. The guy probably works in a Morrison's somewhere.
Adam Booth aint got no sense, George needs to step up in class. Not a manufactured name.
Thoughts?
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=274107&cat=boxer
On second thoughts, not too bad, lol.
Never even heard of him. The guy probably works in a Morrison's somewhere.
Adam Booth aint got no sense, George needs to step up in class. Not a manufactured name.
Thoughts?
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=274107&cat=boxer
On second thoughts, not too bad, lol.
davidemore- Posts : 2693
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Re: Groves faces Alcoba on Froch vs. Kessler bill
Let's merge the two Groves threads can we..
He doesn't deserve two.
He doesn't deserve two.
TRUSSMAN66- Posts : 40529
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Re: Groves faces Alcoba on Froch vs. Kessler bill
Not for this fight.
davidemore- Posts : 2693
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Re: Groves faces Alcoba on Froch vs. Kessler bill
Its not bad, on his way to a world title shot it looks like our Georgey.
AlexHuckerby- Posts : 9201
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Re: Groves faces Alcoba on Froch vs. Kessler bill
Looks like he can bang but has only fought outside of South America twice and has lost both. Groves by late stoppage in this one.
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Re: Groves faces Alcoba on Froch vs. Kessler bill
I was hoping to have a name to look forward to, another Glen Johnson type, but I guess I'll reserve judgement as it could still be a good fight. Doesn't add much value on paper though.
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