Groves gets a 4th Shot!

[Master]

He is also a Chelsea fan so I should hate him too but just rate Groves because he is funny, great jab and good boxer.

[Master]

George Groves says the injuries sustained by Eduard Gutknecht in their super-middleweight bout will haunt him until he retires from boxing.

Briton Groves beat Gutknecht on points in December and the German was taken to hospital with a bleed on the brain.

Gutknecht's wife Julia revealed in April that the 34-year-old was not able to walk or talk.

"Selfishly, while I'm still fighting I'm always going to struggle with his situation," Groves told 5 live boxing.

"It's a horrible thing. I struggle with it, my wife struggles with it."

In her interview in Germany, Gutknecht's wife said he had made "little progress" and had also had "several strokes".

She explained the right hemisphere of his brain - which controls the left side of the body - is "almost completely damaged" and she also highlighted her battle to finance home care.

Groves, who visited Gutknecht in hospital, said he had not seen him since the German left the UK.

"It's very distressing," the 29-year-old said. "We don't know if his situation will deteriorate or if anything will happen.

"We feel for him, his wife, kids and family. It's horrible."

London-born Groves has not fought since that bout but will go for his first world title when he meets Russian Fedor Chudinov at Bramall Lane in Sheffield on 27 May.

The contest is part of the undercard as Britain's Kell Brook, who is from Sheffield, defends his IBF world welterweight title against American Errol Spence Jr and will be Groves' fourth attempt at winning a world crown.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39834817

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I was gonna say what @Master has posted regarding Groves last fight, Gutknecht is pretty much a vegetable after suffering brain damage in their last fight, he can't walk or talk and the entire left side of his body barely works and is showing no signs of ever working again.<br>Is this gonna effect Groves mentally especially against a fighter like Chudinov who will just keep coming at him relentlessly to the point where Groves will have to beat him and beat him exactly like he did Gutknecht in order to win.<br>Hope Groves can hold it together and win because to be fair he deserves a world title

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I was gonna say what @Master has posted regarding Groves last fight, Gutknecht is pretty much a vegetable after suffering brain damage in their last fight, he can't walk or talk and the entire left side of his body barely works and is showing no signs of ever working again.<br>Is this gonna effect Groves mentally especially against a fighter like Chudinov who will just keep coming at him relentlessly to the point where Groves will have to beat him and beat him exactly like he did Gutknecht in order to win.<br>Hope Groves can hold it together and win because to be fair he deserves a world title

All exactly as I see it.

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It'd be a real shame if Groves is no longer the same fighter and won't go for the kill when against Chudinov he most likely will be dragged into the deep end, could be the complete opposite though and Groves gets on his toes, uses his brilliant jab and boxes his head off and gets a points win.

[Alpha]

I also like Groves. I thought the 1st Froch fight was stopped early and the 2nd he went down hard and fell awkwardly with his leg bent back. The ref stopped it but I thought he could have beat the count. I thought Jack had moved to 175? I think I'm the only one on the forum picking Chudinov to win but I'll be happy if Groves can finally get everything to align.

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I also like Groves. I thought the 1st Froch fight was stopped early and the 2nd he went down hard and fell awkwardly with his leg bent back. The ref stopped it but I thought he could have beat the count. I thought Jack had moved to 175? I think I'm the only one on the forum picking Chudinov to win but I'll be happy if Groves can finally get everything to align.

No your right mate, Chudinov has a real chance of winning this and it's not if it's when he drags Groves into the deep end how will Groves react, is he still able to put a serious beating on man to win after paralysing his last opponent?

Many great fighters were never the same after similar incidents and openly admit they were no longer prepared to pull the trigger when it really came down to it.

Benn and Eubank are two examples, it finished them as fighters.

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It'd be a real shame if Groves is no longer the same fighter and won't go for the kill when against Chudinov he most likely will be dragged into the deep end, could be the complete opposite though and Groves gets on his toes, uses his brilliant jab and boxes his head off and gets a points win.

I don't think many fighters could cope mentally with what happened in his last fight and the damage he has done.
But I do think that Groves can. It'll be extremely hard for him, but he is a very mentally tough focused young man. It will be eating him up inside, but I think he'll just about cope.
The way he has to look at it is that if he doesn't achieve what he sets out to, then Gutneckht's tragic injuries are for nothing.
I really hope, (and it wouldn't surprise me) that for the remainder of Groves's career he tries to financially help Gutneckht in some way. It won't bring his mobility back , but might be able to help a little with his treatment and help his family.
It would be a lovely gesture, and I also hope that if that did happen, that we never ever heard about it because then we would know that it was done for all the right reasons.