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

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

29
Nov 15, 2008
27-3
186
20 (66.7%)
182 cm
183 cm
1 cm
Orthodox
126 days
6
Age
Debut
Record
Rounds
KOs
Height
Reach
apeIndex
Stance
Lay Off
winStreak
28
Nov 12, 2011
26-1
157
20 (74.1%)
178 cm
185 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
133 days
8
WBA
sMD
w1
d1
super-middleweight
Saturday, 17 Feb 2018
Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
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Groves vs. 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.

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

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at a rare 50-50 for both the fighters — either fighter could win this fight with equal probability. Here is the prediction for Groves vs. Eubank Jr.

Looks like this is going to be a very close fight, either could win. Maybe Chris Eubank Jr. wins?

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.

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