George Groves vs Chris Eubank Jr WBSS Semifinal set for february 17 in the Manchester Arena

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  1. Chuck Norris

    Chuck Norris Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The is now official and it will be on ITV Box Office, it will also be a WBA Super/IBO Super Middleweight unification fight, great fight can't wait.
     
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    Interesting fight. Just wish Screwbank Jr. would have taken his beating from GGG like a man.
     
    Paranoid Android, Nov 23, 2017
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    wrong division, i think? was eubank ever MW? I dont want to look at his wiki page personally.

    anyway, if 3G isnt going to then 2G will.
     
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    Off-topic, but I think Gilberto Ramirez would give Eubank problems with his height and reach.
     
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  5. Robney

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    putting my "money" on Groves by close UD
     
    Robney, Nov 23, 2017
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  6. dinovelvet

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    Great fight. For Eubank to win he'll have to deliver a good performance since Groves had the stylistic advantage.
    If he gets past Groves he'll easily take home the trophy imo.
     
    dinovelvet, Nov 23, 2017
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    I think Smith is more of a problem for Eubank than Groves. Groves is a good mover but he does get caught. Froch caught him.
     
    uppercut_to_the_body, Nov 23, 2017
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    What have the undercards been like for these WBSS fights, if anyone knows?

    Thinking of going to this but not hopeful the undercard will be all that
     
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    usually there's a fight to determine the stand-in if the winner can't make the next round for some reason.
    don't know the rest of the card, because that usually doesn't get covered over here. Probably tells you all you need to know about the quality.
     
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  10. cippi

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    callum smith is winning the tourney. but this fight is the most interesting.
     
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    don't know much about calllum but is he that much better then groves and eubank?
     
    Tyson Fury Goat, Nov 23, 2017
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    Great fight.
     
    TheyDontBoxNoMore7, Nov 23, 2017
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  13. Chuck Norris

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    I don't know about that, if it weren't for Smith's height, he would be tailor made for Eubank.
     
    Chuck Norris, Nov 23, 2017
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    Can’t wait for this fight, if you were to composite the perfect fighter ( British ), jnr’s chin, punch resistance would almost certainly be at the top , now froch has retired. For this reason I think st George isn’t going to win, some of Eubanks recent fights have been impressive his hand speed and willingness to go Mano,Mano ticks all the boxes for me.
     
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  15. james5000

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    Jr's biggest flaw is his foot work, which is one of Groves strengths
    Jr makes up for his lack of foot work with foot speed most of the time, but Groves also has great foot speed
     
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