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Groves vs. Smith: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

George Groves (Saint George) defends his WBA (Super) super-middleweight title against Callum Smith (Mundo). The winner also wins the vacant Ring Magazine super-middleweight title. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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30
Nov 15, 2008
28-3
6
20 (64.5%)
182 cm
183 cm
1 cm
Orthodox
Feb 17, 2018
7m, 11d
7
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
28
Nov 17, 2012
24-0
0
17 (70.8%)
191 cm
198 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
Feb 24, 2018
7m, 4d
24
WBA
sMD
w1
d2
super-middleweight
Friday, 28 Sep 2018
King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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George Groves vs. Callum Smith

Date

This fight between George Groves and Callum Smith took place on at the King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Callum Smith is the taller of the two by 9 cms; George Groves is 182 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 198 cm, Smith also has a significant reach advantage of 15 cms over Groves' 183 cm. On top of that, Smith also has a 6 cm ape index advantage over Groves.

Groves is coming in to this fight with a record of 28-3 (20 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 11 days ago against Chris Eubank Jr., which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Chris Eubank Jr.'s boxing career

Smith comes in with an undefeated record of 24-0 (17 KOs). His last fight was 7 months and 4 days ago against Nieky Holzken, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Groves will be 30 years and 6 months old. Smith will be 28 years and 5 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 58-42 in favor of George Groves. Here is the prediction for Groves vs Smith.

The chances of George Groves winning this fight is much higher. However, Callum Smith still cannot be counted out.

Result

Callum Smith defeated George Groves via 7th round KO to win the WBA (Super) and vacant The Ring super-middleweight titles. Groves' 7 fight win streak comes to an end, and Smith advances his win streak to 25. Smith is now 25-0, and Groves 28-4.

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