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Jun 2023
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George Groves: Down but not out, how I b...

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George Groves is a former professional boxer, he competed for 10 years and held a WBA Super-Middleweight title. In March 2018, he was ranked as the Worlds Best Active Super-Middleweight Boxer. George shares his desire to lead to the front, going at things alone, and the negative impact that can have. He won the world title on his fourth attempt, he offers advice on never giving up and why he would always choose to go back to his most challenging defeats.


He spoke to us about the struggles in his career, the great moments, the hard moments and why he had to do things differently than other people.


Former world champion and now host of the George Groves boxing club podcast: https://bit.ly/44cgiub


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