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Groves vs. Eubank Jr: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

George Groves (Saint George) defends his WBA (Super) super-middleweight title against Chris Eubank Jr. (Next Gen). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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29
Nov 15, 2008
27-3
5
20 (66.7%)
182 cm
183 cm
1 cm
Orthodox
Oct 14, 2017
4m, 3d
6
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Nov 12, 2011
26-1
0
20 (74.1%)
178 cm
185 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
Oct 7, 2017
4m, 10d
8
WBA
sMD
w1
d1
super-middleweight
Saturday, 17 Feb 2018
Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
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George Groves vs. Chris Eubank Jr.

Date

This fight between George Groves and Chris Eubank Jr. took place on at the Manchester Arena, Manchester, England.

Tale of the Tape

At 182 cm, George Groves is the taller of the two by 4 cms; Chris Eubank Jr. is 178 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Eubank Jr. has longer reach of 185 cm, which is 2 cms longer than Groves' 183 cm. Eubank Jr. also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Groves.

Groves is coming in to this fight with a record of 27-3 (20 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 3 days ago against Jamie Cox, which he won via 4th round KO.

Eubank Jr. comes in with a record of 26-1 (20 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 10 days ago against Avni Yıldırım, which he won via 3rd round KO.

Avni Yıldırım's boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Groves will be 29 years and 10 months old. Eubank Jr. will be 28 years and 4 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of George Groves. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Groves vs Eubank Jr.

A very close matchup, could go either way. George Groves may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Eubank Jr. stops Groves early.

Result

George Groves defeated Chris Eubank Jr. via 12 round UD. Eubank Jr.'s 8 fight win streak comes to an end, and Groves advances his win streak to 7. Groves is now 28-3, and Eubank Jr. 26-2.

Fight Recommendations

  1. Chris Eubank Jr. knocks out Avni Yıldırım in the 3rd round
  2. Chris Eubank Jr. defeats Arthur Abraham via 12-round unanimous decision
  3. George Groves knocks out Fedor Chudinov in the 6th round
  4. Chris Eubank Jr. knocks out Renold Quinlan in the 10th round
  5. Chris Eubank Jr. knocks out Nick Blackwell in the 10th round
  6. Chris Eubank Jr. stops Gary O'Sullivan in the 7th round
  7. Badou Jack defeats George Groves via 12-round split decision