George Groves promises ‘comfortable win’ against Callum Smith

George Groves vs Callum Smith

AHEAD of their World Boxing Super Series final, George Groves and Callum Smith held their first head-to-head press conference at in London Friday.

Their WBA super-middleweight championship fight will take place on September 28 at the King Abdullah Sports City, a 10,000 seat indoor arena in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, an unusual location for an all-British world title clash.

โ€œIโ€™m finally sitting here for my world title fight, which Iโ€™ve been waiting for for a long time,โ€ Liverpoolโ€™s Smith said. โ€œIโ€™ve finally got a chance to prove I can go out and become a world champion.

โ€œA world title fight thatโ€™s when big fighters raise their game,โ€ he continued. โ€œIโ€™m expecting the toughest fight of my career and Iโ€™m training for that.โ€

But he warned, โ€œIโ€™m a better fighter than anyone heโ€™s faced previously especially in this tournament.โ€

And he adds, โ€œIโ€™ve always risen to the occasion.”

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โ€œIn terms of the tournament, heโ€™ll be the toughest test yet,โ€ was all Groves would concede. But he maintains, โ€œItโ€™ll be another comfortable win. So far the tournamentโ€™s gone to form bookโ€ฆ I donโ€™t envisage anything different this time around.

โ€œCallumโ€™s still an unknown quantity at the top level. Heโ€™s yet to make that final step. Weโ€™ll have to find out.โ€

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