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Super Middleweight World Champions George Groves vs. Chris Eubank Jr. World Boxing Super Series semifinals

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AIRING LIVE IN CANADA THIS SATURDAY EXCLUSIVELY ON SUPER CHANNEL

EDMONTON, Canada (February 13, 2018) - World champions "Sir" George Groves and Chris "Next Gen" Eubank Jr., both fighting out of the United Kingdom, will open World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) semifinals-round action in the super middleweight division, this Saturday at Manchester Arena in Manchester United Kingdom.

The Groves vs. Eubank Jr card, starting at 2 p.m. ET, will air live in Canada, exclusively on Super Channel.

The Groves-Eubank Jr. winner will advance to the WBSS championship final against the winner of the other WBSS super middleweight semifinals bout, Feb. 24 in Germany, between Juergen Braehmer (49-3, 35 KOs) and Callum "Mundo" Smith (23-0, 17 KOs). The two semifinals victors will battle for the coveted Muhammad Ali Trophy.

Super Channel acquired the exclusive rights in Canada to broadcast the World Boxing Super Series from MP & Silva, a leading international media company that provides media rights, digital, technology and sponsorship services.

Groves (27-3, 20 KOs) knocked out defending champion Fedor Chudinov in the sixth round to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight title last May. In the WBSS quarterfinals, Groves stopped previously undefeated Jaime Cox in the fourth round. All three of Groves' pro losses have been to world champions, twice to his fellow countryman Carl Froch and Badao Jack.

"The hype behind this fight is huge," Groves said. "I hope the fight justifies it. On paper, this is billed as a 50-50 fight with Eubank Jr. maybe even or being made the favorite. I don't really understand that. I think the form, the history, the experience, the ability all lie in my favor and I'm looking forward to a big night. It's a semifinal in a tournament I expect to win, so it's a stepping stone, another step on the way for me.

"Chris Eubank Jr. puts on a fa?ade that he's able to do everything himself, that's he's a one-man band. But it's very difficult doing stuff on your own, so we'll see if he starts to make changes and adapts. He'll have to. Obviously, this is his first really big fight, definitely at super middleweight, and I believe that he is going to fall short in a lot of categories."

The son of two-time, two-division world champion Chris Eubank, Eubank Jr. was crowned International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight world champion a year ago, when he knocked out Renold Quinlan in the 10th round. He successfully defended his belt last June, taking a 12-round unanimous decision over three-time, two-division world champion Arthur Abraham (46-5). In the WBSS quarterfinal round, Eubank Jr. stopped Avni Yildirim (16-0) in the third round.

"I've had many big fights, but this is probably the biggest in terms of profile, the tournament and hype," Eubank Jr. commented. "But at the end of the day, I always rise to the occasion. The bigger the fight, the better I perform.

George seems to be hung up on what I'll do. He needs to worry about himself. Thinking about me isn't going to get him anywhere. I'm a man of my word and George, you will not see the end of the 12th round. He doesn't have speed, his defense is poor, and his stamina is average, at best. The fact that he's lacking in those things means he won't be able to compete with me. I'm not a stepping stone, I'm Mount Everest, and you're not going to climb me."

Four potentially explosive fights, including three title matches, are on the "Groves vs. Eubank, Jr." card, presented by Sauerland Event, airing exclusively in Canada on Super Channel.

The 10-round WBSS Super Middleweight Substitute Fight features undefeated Brit Zach Parker (14-10, 10 KOs) vs. Adasat "Toro" Rodriguez (16-6-2, 10 KOs), of Spain. British middleweight titlist Tommy Langford (19-1, 6 KOs) defends his title against challenger Jack Arnfield (25-2, 6 Kos) in a 10-round bout, and British featherweight champion Ryan Walsh (22-2-1, 11 KOs) takes on unbeaten challenger Isaac Lowe (14-0-2, 5 KOs) in a 12-rounder. Two "swing bouts" could air pending results of the televised bouts: four-round light heavyweight match between pro-debuting
Sebastian Eubank and Poland's Kamil Kulczyk (2-8, 1 KO) and a six-round bout between a pair of British welterweights, Danny Craven (3-1, 1 KO) and Luther Clay (6-1, 3 KOs).

All fights and fighters are subject to change.


WORLD BOXING SUPER SERIES SEMIFINALS SCHEDULE

CRUISERWEIGHTS

January 27, Riga Arena, Riga, Latvia - WBO/WBC Unification

Oleksandr "The Cat" Usyk (14-0, 11 KOs), Ukraine
WMDEC12 (115-113, 115-113, 114-114).
Mairis Briedis (23-1, 18 KOs), Latvia
(Usyk retained his WBO title and won the WBC championship)

February 3, Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi, Russia - IBF/WBA Unification
Murat "Iron" Gassiev (26-0, 19 KOs), IBF World Champion, Russia - Ring #2
vs.
Yunier "The KO Doctor" Dorticos (21-1, 20 KOs), WBA World Champion, Cuba - Ring #5
(Gassiev retained his IBF title and won WBA championship)

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS

February 17, Manchester, Arena, Manchester, UK - WBA/IBO Unification
"Saint" George Groves (27-3, 20 KOs), WBA World Champion, United Kingdom - Ring #2
vs.
Chris "Next Gen" Eubank Jr. (26-1, 20 KOs), IBO World Champion, United Kingdom - Ring #4

February 24, Arena Nurnberger Versicherung, Nuremburg, Germany
Juergen Braehmer (49-3 35 KOs), Germany - Ring #10
(Former WBO & WBA Light Heavyweight World Champion)
vs.
Callum "Mundo" Smith (23-0, 17 KOs), United Kingdom - Ring #3
(WBC Diamond Super Middleweight Champion)




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