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Groves wins by 6th round KO in California but suffers bad cut
By britishboxers on July 29, 2012
29th July 2012
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| George Groves |
British and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion George Groves stopped Francisco Sierra in the sixth round after an exciting battle that saw the Londoner eventually dig in to overcome the tough heavy handed Mexican at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California.
Groves, 24, fighting for the second time in America, was caught by several big shots in the opening couple of rounds and a clash of heads in the third caused an awful cut on his right eye. Groves continued to scrap up close with Sierra despite the cut, and was given more problems when he caught by a hurtful body shot at the end of the 5th round.
The Hammersmith man recovered though and started the sixth round strong, planting his feet he caught his foe with a back hand right and doubled up the left hook with great timing and power to drop Sierra. He unsteadily got to his feet and when the referee waved them on Groves ceased his chance and threw a combination of shots and another telling right hand forced Sierra’s corner to throw in the towel, just as the ref was stepping in to stop it.
Unbeaten now in 15 fights, 12 KO’s, this was Groves’ first fight since November last year when he stopped Paul Smith. Injuries had kept ‘Saint George’ out of the ring for that long and now it looks like injury will stall his career again.
The cut Groves sustained on Saturday against Sierra means the defence of his British and Commonwealth titles against Kenny Anderson at Wembley Arena in seven weeks’ time could now be in serious doubt.
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George Groves v Francisco Sierra
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Gary "IBBO"
July 30, 2012 at 8:36 am
“Great win George mate….!!!!”
Best Regards Gary “IBBO”