Wembley Arena, London - Rising star George Groves (14-0, 11KOs) stopped Paul Smith (31-3, 17KOs) in two rounds to retain the British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles. After controlling nearly the entire first round, Smith caught Groves with a hard right hand in the final ten seconds to shake him up. In the second round, Groves fired a few punches, with a very accurate right hand that caught Smith sleeping and put him down hard on all fours. Smith got up, appeared very hurt, and got dropped very quickly for the second time in the contest - as the referee waved it off.
George Groves Destroys Paul Smith in Two Rounds
Comments
whoelibitsSun Nov 6, 2011, 4:36 AM UTC
Groves' jab looked excellent. If it weren't for the knockout, I think he'd have busted Smith up with his jab anyway.
Smith looked alright from the waist up but his legs were totally gone when the ref counted him.
Smith had planned to move down to middleweight before he got the Groves offer. If he stays in boxing, he has to move down. He's too short to make an impact at 168lb, in my opinion.
MeiXiangSun Nov 6, 2011, 1:03 AM UTC
I changed my mind. I watched the replay of the first knockdown. The Ref got it right, he was on vacation, legs stumbling. I'll be interested to see what DeFail has to say about that.
ma51fSat Nov 5, 2011, 11:59 PM UTC
good stoppage by the ref.
groves is a future world champion
dumber79Sat Nov 5, 2011, 11:43 PM UTC
smith looked like he was walking on a waterbed when he got up.
right stoppage, imo.
IronDanHamzaSat Nov 5, 2011, 11:42 PM UTC
watch it again mate,smith fell back down while protesting to the ref
the ref done the right thing imo
If the ref wasn't there to hold him up whilst he was protesting we would have seen Tyson-Berbick 2.
