Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-05-27, nice exchanges between George Groves and Fedor Chudinov: it gets three stars.George Groves entered this fight with a pro record of 25-3-0 (18 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super middleweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Gilberto Ramirez). He lost to Badou Jack in 2015 (via split decision, Groves vs Jack), but then he has won four bouts beating Martin Murray (=Murray vs Groves) and Eduard Gutknecht in his last two (=Groves vs Gutknecht).
His opponent, the former Wba super-Mw champion Fedor Chudinov, has an official boxing record of 14-1-0 (10 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since February 20, 2016 when he was defeated by Felix Sturm in their rematch (via majority decision, Sturm vs Chudinov 2). Before this fight he had won over Frank Buglioni (=Chudinov vs Buglioni). George Groves vs Fedor Chudinov is valid for the WBA Super World super middleweight title; undercard of Kell Brook vs Errol Spence Jr. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-05-27
Where: Bramall Lane Football Ground, Sheffield, UK
Division: super middleweight (168 lbs, 76.2 kg)
Title: WBA Super World super middleweight title
Groves’ previous fight: George Groves vs Eduard Gutknecht
Chudinov’s previous fight: Felix Sturm vs Fedor Chudinov 2
Groves’ next fight: George Groves vs Jamie Cox
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Groves vs Chudinov Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
Ref stopped fight a little too soon. Chudinov was taking punishment but didn’t appear badly hurt and was still fighting back with vigor.
Dissagree Yesy –
If he was covering up or slipping it would different but he wasn’t. He was out on his feet. That was a correct stoppage.
Groves soaked up the early pressure then dismantled a tough Chudinov. I think it was a good stoppage and you actually see Chudinov nod to the ref afterwards.
I’m not sure about the stoppage. Chudinov was certainly hurt, but he kept his guard up all along. He threw a right hook, then the ref called a break. Gave Chudinov a quick look and didn’t seem to be worried. Five seconds later the fight was stopped after Groves scored with a few shots.
No10Count: He was trying to cover up, but I think he must lack experience or something, ’cause the best thing he should’ve done at this point would’ve been to grab and hold Groves.
To me this a typical case for which I wonder why the standing 8-count was removed.
All that being said! Hats off to Groves! A well deserved world championship. Now let’s see for how long he can retain his title…