George Groves sets his sights while Chris Eubank Jr runs out of options
18 February 2018 10:30
• Boxer damaged his left shoulder in 12th round of the contest• Groves can prove his worth in final of World Boxing Super SeriesGeorge Groves, his left shoulder still throbbing, cast a quick gaze into the immediate future and smiled. He had emerged wounded but victorious after 12 ragged rounds with Chris Eubank on Saturday and, just shy of his 30th birthday, he knows he is the best 12-stone fighter in boxing, with the prospect of proving it in the final of the World Boxing Super Series, probably at the O2 Arena in London on 2 June.To do so, he will need a medical clearance on the shoulder, which popped out and back in again in the 12th round, and he will know the findings of an MRI scan on Tuesday. Groves also awaits with interest the outcome of the second semi-final in the super-middleweight tournament between Liverpool’s Callum Smith and Jürgen Brähmer in Nüremberg on Saturday. He would welcome another domestic dust-up against Smith, whom he likes, after seeing off Eubank. Continue readingread full article
