GEORGE GROVES is going camping in the woods to ensure he is ready to cut down Christopher Rebrasse and land another world title shot.
The London super-middleweight takes on the French European champion on September 20 at Wembley Arena as he looks to bounce back from his KO loss to Carl Froch.
The winner has been promised a shot at Sakio Bika or Anthony Dirrell, who square off for the WBC title next month.
And Groves, who was knocked out in emphatic fashion by Brit rival Froch in May, knows this fight is make-or-break for him.
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He wants to get back on track and I'm not usre how you can blame him. He just lost the biggest fight of the year in his backyard with 80k in attendance.
Cool to see Groves training in Big Bear though, he's getting good sparring there with GGG.
There's a number of private camps for altitude training around Big Bear Lake apparently - Sanchez' Summit is the best known cos of GGG, but it doesn't sound like Groves is gonna be exclusively training with any one gym.
And I can understand Groves wanting a 'tune-up' fight, which Sauerland assured us this wasn't, but Rebrasse?
I have to admit the guy might be a formidible boxer as far as I know, but my pet Boxrec warrior tells me this appears improbable.
Still the EBU title can't hurt Groves' chances of getting further fights whether in Europe or the US.
Groves is a quality fighter, he can still win a title.
Skills, speed and power are there, we'll just need to see how he responds to being flattened by the Cobra.
Groves is in too much control. Paddy seems to be a yes man. This is a showcase fight. The sauerlands picked this guy bcoz hes has never fought anyone and he only has 6 kos in 20 odd wins. This aint a final eliminator either.
He wants to get back on track and I'm not usre how you can blame him. He just lost the biggest fight of the year in his backyard with 80k in attendance.
Cool to see Groves training in Big Bear though, he's getting good sparring there with GGG.
Groves is in too much control. Paddy seems to be a yes man. This is a showcase fight. The sauerlands picked this guy bcoz hes has never fought anyone and he only has 6 kos in 20 odd wins. This aint a final eliminator either.
He was on his own against the Froch, Hearn and Sky. He had to fight his corner by himself. Kudos to him I say.
That has nothing to do with what will happen in the ring.
However, as for what you're saying yeah I'd give Groves props, because he seems like a smart businessman.
He was on his own against the Froch, Hearn and Sky. He had to fight his corner by himself. Kudos to him I say.
Yeah agree with this. I did cringe at both Groves and Froch at times in the lead up to both fights, but at the end of the day they both delivered on what they promised in the end and like my guy here said Groves did it all on his own basically. I'll defo be at the Wembley show to show my support and hopefully they can get bika or dirrell over here for the title shot late 2014.....
He was on his own against the Froch, Hearn and Sky. He had to fight his corner by himself. Kudos to him I say.
Don't get me wrong, I like Groves a lot.
I just think he tried to be someone he's not.
It's a bit cringey to see Groves acting all arrogant and over-confident.
Sometimes I look back at the DeGale-Groves Skysports show, and see how much he's changed. I liked the other version better.
He was on his own against the Froch, Hearn and Sky. He had to fight his corner by himself. Kudos to him I say.
Looking forward to this scrap; it will be interesting to see if Groves has recovered from the KO.
Hopefully he'll come good, again. He's a decent guy when he isn't trying to emulate motor-mouth Haye.
It's a bit cringey to see Groves acting all arrogant and over-confident.
Sometimes I look back at the DeGale-Groves Skysports show, and see how much he's changed. I liked the other version better.
DeGale was on course to fight Bika, he then jumped ship from Mick Hennessy to Matchroom, where he is now in position to challenge for Froch's IBF.
Yeah i remember Hearn announcing he was putting Degale in for an IBF eliminator instead of carrying on the path they were on for the WBC and they spitefully dropped him in the rankings.
The belt organisations seem very petty.
Looking forward to this scrap; it will be interesting to see if Groves has recovered from the KO.
Hopefully he'll come good, again. He's a decent guy when he isn't trying to emulate motor-mouth Haye.
This is weird. I thought DeGale was promised a bout with Sakio Bike a while ago. since when did Groves come top of the list in front of DeGale? I am a fan of both DeGale and Groves (more Groves) but it does seem like DeGale is getting ignored and whereas it was probably right before in the Super Middleweight division, arguably it isn't now. Groves isn't ranked with the WBC is he?
DeGale was on course to fight Bika, he then jumped ship from Mick Hennessy to Matchroom, where he is now in position to challenge for Froch's IBF.
problem with groves is a no chin, b too small for super middle, c he loads up too much and he'd get countered if he cant run away all fight, golovkin he isnt.
lol too small. He's huge for a SMW. The guy goes up to 200 pounds sometimes. He's a good fighter Groves, I see no sense behind your post.
Any man can get knocked out by a great fighter like Froch, and it happened to him. So what, he moves on - has a final eliminator and fights for the title again.
problem with groves is a no chin, b too small for super middle, c he loads up too much and he'd get countered if he cant run away all fight, golovkin he isnt.
how the fvck is groves too small for super middle - he his bigger than carl froch and he looked bigger then career light heavy glen johnson.
are you smoking crack or pretending you know sh1t