George Groves is writing a boxing sitcom, which he says is a mix of The Inbetweeners and Entourage. As a fan of storytelling, he believes his own career is following a far darker path but insists it will have a happy ending. Two successive defeats by arch-rival Carl Froch have left Groves at a critical point in his journey and, with a world title eliminator looming next Saturday, he knows a third loss would be fatal for his career. ‘If it was Lord of the Rings, we are still only one book in,’ he says. ‘It’s been a half-decent read but it gets better — a lot better — it may get a bit darker but we’re on our way and there are plenty more chapters to put together. I don’t quite know what is going to happen yet but we’re not even halfway through the series.’
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George Groves returns to the ring against France's Christopher Rebrasse
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The September 20 bout at Wembley Arena is a final WBC title eliminator
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The winner becomes mandatory challenger to American Anthony Dirrell
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Groves was floored and stopped in the eighth round by Carl Froch in May
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Trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick had Groves watch the defeat back three times that night and nine times the next day
Take nothing away from @placeholder, he found the target with the best punch of his career, but maybe there’s a part of him that thinks: “I wish it wasn’t so lucky”.