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A loss wont harm him unless he gets destroyed early. Winning this fight would not be the biggest upset, I believe he has a chance but as I said in another thread, if he wins where does he go? He may fight unknowns for a year or 2 then put in with the likes of Bute, Ward, Kessler etc. Too soon to be going for this title it's crazy.

I don't understand it, he's a good ticket seller and is probably making good money defending his British and Commonwealth belts while selling out arenas. It's a way of swerving the euro belt and avoiding Degale but at what cost?
I personally don't see how this is a way of swerving Degale though, this is Groves advancing his career. I believe he should take this risk and if it pays off it shows how far ahead of Degale he is.

Degale needs to win some more fights and earn another shot at Groves. Imagine in a year or twos time if Groves has the title and Degale improves and gets a better record a world title rematch with Groves will be appealing.

I don't believe Groves and Booth would have accepted this fight if they didn't believe they could win it. Groves is a live challenger and needs to move on with his career. Why wait defending against British or European challengers, when you have a world title shot?

I believe he has done the right thing here and I hope he puts on a big performance and wins the title. It would be really good to see IMO. I think Groves should do a defence or two in the UK and with the experience he gains I think he could give Abraham a good fight. Not been too impressed with Abraham during the super 6 and he's not the biggest fighter at 168, I think down the line Groves would have a great chance of beating him.
I didn't mean avoid Degale as in he's too risky, I meant bypassing the euro belt and not giving Degale the opportunity for a rematch. Which is understandable but could be missing out on experience at European level but yes a rematch for the WBO title down the line would be great.

I agree, Booth and Groves would not have took this fight if they didn't believe they could win it, winning this fight is very likely, I think Groves has more than a good chance. My point was having a world title would be a great achievement but it could be a dangerous one. Being a world champ means you can't take 'learning' fights. Hopefully he will win and as galaxy said in his post he will get to make a few easy defences before having to step amongst the elite.

Good reply you make some good points.