Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-01-30, some good exchanges between George Groves and Andrea Di Luisa but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.George Groves entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 21-3-0 (16 KOs=76%) and he is ranked as the No.9 super middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Arthur Abraham). He fought just once in 2015 losing to Badou Jack (via split decision, Groves vs Jack).
His opponent, Andrea Di Luisa, has an official record of 18-3-0 (14 KOs=78%) and he entered as the No.82 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year losing to Lucian Bute (=Bute vs Di Luisa) and winning over Gabor Zsalek. Groves vs Di Luisa is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2016-01-30
Where: Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom
Division: light heavyweight (175 lbs, 79.4 kg)
Groves’ previous fight: George Groves vs Badou Jack
Groves’ next fight: George Groves vs David Brophy
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totally outclassed, what the hell is groves doing fighting someone so low down in the rankings?. You couldn’t even call this a tune up fight, They may just as well sparred on the local gym. It is also noticable that Heorhe is inclined to carry his right hand down low and exposes his head to a left hook.
If you have to judge for the records of each boxer the difference isn’t much. However, with no doubts, Groves is a much better an seasoned boxer than Di Luisa.
In spite of being qualified as 2 starts fight it was a good one. It shown the full domination of a very technical fighter who has an excellent jab and is quite precise connecting his punches. Unfortunately for Groves his record doesn’t looks good since he fought twice with his nemesis Froch but he is still a talented boxer. Di Luisa probably got in this fight enough money to go for an additional tattoo however he has a real dilemma since he doesn’t know where to put it :-)