George Groves next opponent...

British super middleweight champion George Groves (14-0, 11 KO’s) will finally be returning to the ring on July 28th in a stay busy fight against 2nd tier player Francisco Sierra (25-5-1, 22 KO’s) on the undercard of the Robert Guerrero vs. Selcuk Aydin bout at the HP Pavilion, in San Jose, California.

For the 24-year-old Groves, #3 WBO, #5 WBC, #9 IBF, #11 WBA, it will be the first time that he’s fought in the United States. The Guerrero-Aydin fight will be televised on Showtime in the U.S, but it’s unclear if the Groves fight will be shown to American audiences. It’s doubtful because he’s an unknown in the U.S and there might not be much upside to showing his fight against Sierra especially given that it’s a mismatch due to Sierra having lost two out of his last three fights.

Sierra, 24, has been in with several good fighters – Edison Miranda, Thomas Oothuizen and Jesus Gonzales. The problem is he’s lost all three of those fights with two of the losses coming by a knockout. If those guys were able to dominate Sierra it’s highly likely that Groves will do the same. Sierra does have a stoppage win over super middleweight contender Don George in 2010. It’s highly doubtful that Sierra could repeat that stoppage if he fought George today because he’s really improved.

Groves was supposed to have challenged for a world title against WBO super middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz. However, a nose injury suffered while training wiped out that fight. Groves still remains ranked high in the super middleweight division and as long as he gets through the Sierra bout in flying colors he should be knocking on the door to face the winner of the August 25th fight between Arthur Abraham and Stieglitz.

It would be great if Groves’ fight with Sierra makes it on television in the U.S because Groves could be opening up a new market for himself if he can have his fights televised in the U.S.

 

So it must be true , Golden Boy have Groves's International Promotional rights ???

 

not true he's fought there before

 

He really blew it signing with ******.

He had a great platform after beating DeGale.

 

i thought george looked poorly on t.v lastnight.

 

He's ginger, ugly and has tattoo's, he always looks poorly

 

But he can ****ing fight REAL good!

 

Please don't get me wrong Billy , i too am ginger and ugly , well ugly ish , and yes the lad can ****ing fight :deal

 

:good

 

For a tune up it's a pretty dangerous one.

Remember Sierra was a late replacement against an unbeaten yank on FNF and he put a beating on him. Isn't afraid of fighting a bit dirty and had some decent pop on his punches. Haven't seen him since then but if he's improved further than Groves could be in for a tough night considering his layoff.

He'll need to be careful and not worry about impressing really. Concentrate on staying out of trouble and stay on the outside. Fair play to him for this, could have easily just fought a complete no-hoper like last time in Vegas and he still had spots of trouble then.

 

He fought Alfredo Contreas (sp?) in his American debut.

Didn't look too great in it either.

 

Just watching box nation now and that is the worst shirt I have ever seen

 

George Groves has no game.

He has changed allot to. I followed him early on in his career & he seemed like a stand up bloke. Turning into a bit of a bellend these days

 

Very good fight this, surprised they have put someone with this pedigree in