George groves makes fun of degale getting his tooth koed

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I did a live interview with Craig Slater down by the river. Managed to get a plug for my daily blog. (plugging the blog... on the blog). Later on I went for a walk with Dave Coldwell. We were in search of a pharmacy so he could purchase some Vaseline for David.

As Coldwell started to describe Vaseline to the shop assistant, I was a bit worried. When Coldwell said Petroleum jelly the guys face dropped as if to say 'great now I share his personal stash'. He went (limped) out the back to get some. As we left Coldwell tested it to see if it would get Booth approved. I explained to Adam later that Coldwell broke the seal. (not a metaphor!).

Coldwell and I then hit the gym after our outing and between us managed to clock up some pitiful mileage on the treadmill - which you'd expect of a fat Brit abroad and his short-limbed companion.

After failed attempts to suss out the German equipment I suggested a plunge in the ice bath. We both only lasted a few seconds but in the bigger picture that's longer than the public's interest in Peaches Geldof, I suppose.

David D Haye AKA The Hayemaker I must say, looks in frightening condition. He showed up at the gym tonight after two days rest, and with the hype of yesterday's press conference running through his prominent veins. He had to be told to slow down!

The man was too sharp, throwing blistering punches on the pads. At this stage it is important to not only keep drilling the gameplan but also let whatever needed to come out of his system, out! He got a great sweat on and had an intense aggressive focus about him - much like Vanessa Feltz in that Greggs closing down sale.

We were all buzzing from seeing the big man so finely tuned it sparked a three-on-three nine-touch footie game in the gym. To be honest there was as much natural talent on show as a Justin Lee Collins look-a-like competition. Although we probably got more viewing figures than Justin ever did? Jon, Paddy and Davide were watching.

On one side (the winning one) was me, Ruben Tabares (conditioning coach/masseuse) and Jerome Haye (personal photographer) and the other was Elliot Worsell (writer/journalist), David Coldwell and Ben Anderson (TV Presenter/producer) - all of them members of Team Hayemaker this week.

The game reminded me of a Jeremy Kyle v Show Guest argument - a close battle of wits throughout but ultimately pointless. We won one-nil. I scored a hat-trick!

To finish with; to fuel me to write this blog I ordered a club sandwich from room service (no sausage). It was €18 and wasn't particularly nice but hey... still living the dream, eh? It could be worse I guess, I could've had my tooth punched out in Puerto Banus...

I POST ALL OF GROVES DIARYS FOR THE FIGHT THERE VERY FUNNY

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I knew today was going to be a good day! (I was up in time for brekkie). Ordered poached eggs, two scoops. After a little natter it was time to leave for the public workout.

"Adam, who was breaking his neck for a piddle, had to reluctantly resort to filling a glass. After a bit of deliberation whether to leave it there or not, it was concluded... not (didn't have any ice cubes). So the Dark Lord disposed of it. Except his dark energy wasn't on song as he threw his glass of urine out of a closed window."
George Groves
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All the team donned their white jackets and piled into the cars. It was a bit of a squeeze, a bit like my new suit trousers (brought pre-May 21st). Once there we were frog-marched to a holding pen on the first floor. The workout was taking place at a Mercedes dealership.

I personally wanted to have a nose round these lovely cars but was barked 'Don't shhllack' by a mystery stone-faced blonde. Once in the room we discarded the cookies and nibbles fearing they could be poisoned, and waited patiently.

Actually, I tell a lie; we didn't. Davide Nicolosi who is head of security found out Vitali and his chronies were lining the staircase down to the ring forcing us to enduring their physical presence. So we decided to exit via an open window onto the roof and down the outdoor fire exit staircase. I played Steve McQueen minus the motorcycle.

Only Kevin the physiotherapist left via the correct door. He said they all turned to him, shouting abuse and swearing and then turned back towards the closed door waiting for David D Haye AKA The Hayemaker to emerge. He didn't! Vitali must have looked like Imogen Thomas standing aimlessly outside Old Trafford waiting to catch her next break.

Dazzled

For a cheap giggle I'll tell you this. They wouldn't let us out of the room before the Klitchsko team were ready - ie lined the stairs etc - so Adam, who was breaking his neck for a piddle, had to reluctantly resort to filling a glass.

After a bit of deliberation whether to leave it there or not, it was concluded... not (didn't have any ice cubes). So the Dark Lord disposed of it. Except his dark energy wasn't on song as he throw his glass of urine out of a closed window. Drenched! It's safe to say none of us were about to shake his magic hand today. (#TEAMHAYEMAKER- we smell like p***)

The workout began. The Hayemaker came out southpaw and dazzled the media and fans alike with his skills. Adam strapped on his arm extension, zipped up his ****-**** shoes and grabbed his pad. After some sharp footwork David landed a huge left hand. Job done.

Throughout this time I was watching Wlad. I wanted to see if he gave away any reactions in his facial expressions. From my visual diagnosis I concluded he was burning up a little. Manny Steward was smiling and talking in his ear but he didn't even look at him. David Haye again wasn't doing what he was expected to.

During my uncomfortable stare Wlad looked at me. Gave me a wink (but no gun- he bottled it) then jumped out his seat with panic when he realised we weren't going to stay and watch him perform. If he did have some stunt planned we didn't plan to see it. We left, and I'm guessing Wlad would have been gutted.

Haye Open Workout
After training that night Sky Sports News had sorted us out a conference room at our hotel with a DVD of Behind the Ropes. They filmed us watching the DVD. It was great; I almost shed a tear as the main man was dishing me out the love. It was a fine piece of television and again I hope it got a few more Brits excited about Saturday! Two more sleeps!

PS: If you need anything conditioned, call Ruben Tabares

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Monday was an unusual day for a fight week press conference but for me it made a refreshing change. Every man and his dog today would have seen something of the Haye-Klit presser. Hopefully it got all the Brits at home as excited as we are already! Anyway I will get to that soon.

"As I walked to my seat Vitali was giving me daggers! My first thought was 'Arrrrgh!', followed by respect for him for hating any opposition, followed by the realisation that I was the only Team Hayemaker member left in the building sporting a picture of a decapitated Kazak-born, German-based Ukrainian!"
George Groves
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We started the day like any other: at breakfast. I went for the scrambled egg on brown toast. Coldwell trumped me with scrambled egg with ham and onion while the Dark Lord Adam Booth opted for four poached eggs. 'Schoolboy error', was my first thought. I mean where's the progression?

If you're going to order poached eggs on day one, come day four what are you going to order? Poached eggs again maybe but with finest scotch fillet of beef - on bubble & squeak hash browns served with a reduction of wild mushrooms, herbs and Chianti? (now I'm getting hungry).

1pm quickly came around and it was time to head off to the press conference. We all slipped into our fetching new t-shirts, which depict David punching the head off of a man who in my opinion looks su****iously like.... Audley Harrison.

Once there we all piled into the lift, out the other end and into the hall. David and Adam took their seats at the top table and the 'presentation' began. First up was some blah blahs followed by more blahs. Nookie Bear Booth then got up and delivered his speech. He did adlib a bit from what was originally planned, later on he admitted he did use the speech note cue cards I wrote for him just in case he forgot.

David D Haye AKA The Hayemaker for me was word perfect. Told the honest truth. Wlad will face a harsh reality and it is irrelevant wether he has studied tapes of David's because David will be totally different Saturday night!

Wlad on the other hand was also entertaining. Managed to crack a few funnies and had his own publicity stunt planned with the 50 on his hand.

Paddy Fitzpatrick managed to cause a little tension there when he stood up to shake hands with the legendary Emanuel Steward. Mr Steward in the past has been reluctant to grace Paddy with such an honour of shaking the magic hand. He was offered the magic fist though as Mr Steward told all with in ear shot that he would fight Paddy after the main event. All in all it added some ****e.

Of course Vitali was there. Looking far more menacing than his little brother, he grabbed the mic and told Haye he must attend the post-fight presser. Haye sharply countered with "you must attend and not go to the hospital with your brother".

Vitali to me has a steely look in his eye, (no robot reference) it's like he's an emotionally-attached terminator (robot reference) and loves a fight! I'll explain why this is relevant: I was asked to hang around to do a talkSPORT interview and once that was finished I soon realised team Haye had made tracks and only Elliot and I were left.

As I walked to my seat with Elliot, Vitali was giving me daggers! My first thought was 'arrrrgh!', followed by respect for him for hating any opposition, followed by the realisation that I was the only Team Hayemaker member in the building sporting a picture of a decapitated Kazak-born, German-based Ukrainian!

Brit abroad was in action though and managed to get my camera so close to Wlad's face during a Sky Sports News live interview he couldn't help but turn to me after and ask 'sid you get enough pictures?' (add your own accent).

The rest of the day was about relaxing. The Hayemaker stayed in and watched some DVD's. Me and a few others went out for a cheeky pasta. And no, that is not a metaphor. Nearly there people!

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