George Groves vs. Christopher Rebrasse
WBC Final Eliminator & European Super Middleweight Championship
The SSE Arena, Wembley, September 20
FIGHT WEEK MEDIA SCHEDULE
Tuesday, September 16 – 2.00pm
George Groves Media Workout
Participants: George Groves, Paddy Fitzpatrick
Location: Railway Arches, Arch 61, Cambridge Grove, London, W6 0LD
Wednesday, September 17 – 2.00pm
Christopher Rebrasse Media Workout
Participants: Christopher Rebrasse, Laurent Boucher
Location: Stonebridge Boxing Club, 37-41 Winchelsea Road, London, NW10 8UN
Thursday, September 18 – 12.00pm
Final Press Conference
Participants: George Groves, Paddy Fitzpatrick, Christopher Rebrasse, Laurent Boucher, Kal Yafai, Luke Campbell, Kalle Sauerland, Nisse Sauerland
Location: The SSE Arena, Arena Square, Engineers Way, London HA9 0AA
Friday, September 19 – 1.00pm
Official Weigh-In
Participants: All fighters
Location: Wembley Suite, Wembley Stadium, London, HA9 0WS
On September 20, ‘’Saint’’ George Groves (19-2, 15 KOs) returns in a final eliminator for the WBC World Super Middleweight title against European Champion Christopher Rebrasse (22-2-3, 6 KOs). Team Sauerland is pleased to announce that the ‘’Return of the Saint’’ will be available to watch live on Sky Sports in association with Matchroom Boxing.
‘’I am thrilled to be back boxing on Sky Sports,’’ said Groves. ‘’It is a great platform for boxing in the UK. Over the years I have made a lot of friends within the company and created a base of fantastic fans with the help of their exposure. I’m sure with their continued support everyone will be able to see me lift the WBC belt live on Sky Sports in the near future.’’
Said promoter Nisse Sauerland: ‘’We are delighted this fight will be on Sky Sports, where George has found his home in recent years. Considering the importance of this fight for George’s career, this is the icing on the cake in terms of making it a big night for British boxing. We are also very happy to be working with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing to bring fans an action-packed undercard.’’
Said Eddie Hearn: “Delighted to reach an agreement with Team Sauerland to broadcast George Groves’ clash with Christopher Rebrasse at The SSE Arena on Sky Sports. Following the success of the Froch vs. Groves card at Wembley Stadium, we felt it was important to keep George on Sky, with some huge domestic and international fights at Super Middleweight sure to be in the mix. The undercard will feature a number of top Matchroom Boxing fighters, with a full card to be announced shortly
Already confirmed for September 20 are Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell MBE (7-0, 5 KOs), Commonwealth Super Flyweight Champion Kal Yafai (11-0, 8 KOs), lightweight prospect Martin J. Ward (9-0-1, 4 KOs), Swedish KO king Oscar Ahlin (9-0, 8 KOs) and professional debutant Luke Watkins.
Tickets for Return of the Saint: Groves vs. Rebrasse at The SSE Arena, Wembley on September 20 are available via axs.com.
As in September, I once again ran out of gas in the 10th & 11th championship rounds of October & November with this column, but I recovered to complete them and will unleash a few more flurries to close out the 12th and final round.
In the first week of October, Hassan N’Dam won a UD over Curtis Stevens in an eliminator for the right to challenge Jermaine Taylor who defeated aging Sam Soliman to regain the IBF Middleweight title. How Taylor even earned this title shot is another story altogether, but it is all irrelevant as he is now the champion. However he will not have too much time to savor his victory as he has assault and battery charges pending against him and an upcoming court fight that may turn out to be the toughest fight of his life, just when things started to look up for him in boxing, we wish him luck.
