On September 28, 2018, the 30-year-old WBA (Super) super-middleweight world champion, George Groves (28-3, 20 KOs), faced a 28-year-old fellow British boxer Callum Smith (24-0, 17 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Groves came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 11 days. Smith was on a 24-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 4 days.
Callum Smith stopped the champion via KO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world titles of his career, and is crowned the new WBA (Super) and The Ring super-middleweight champion. Smith improves his record to 25-0 (18 KOs), while Groves adds a loss to his record at 28-4.
On September 12, 2015, a 27-year-old George Groves (21-2, 16 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight WBC title held by 31-year-old Swedish boxer Badou Jack (19-1-1, 12 KOs).
Groves came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 21 days. Jack was on a 3-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 19 days.
Badou Jack defeated George Groves via split decision and successfully defended his WBC super-middleweight title. Jack improves his record to 20-1-1, while Groves adds a loss to his record at 21-3.
On May 31, 2014, George Groves and Carl Froch met again in an immediate rematch.
Groves came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 8 days. Froch was on a 4-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 8 days.
In the rematch, Carl Froch stopped George Groves via KO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Unified) and IBF super-middleweight titles. Froch improves his record to 33-2 (24 KOs), while Groves adds a loss to his record at 19-2.
On November 23, 2013, a 25-year-old George Groves (19-0, 15 KOs) got a shot at the super-middleweight WBA (Unified) and IBF title held by 36-year-old fellow British boxer Carl Froch (31-2, 22 KOs).
Groves came in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 29 days. Froch was on a 3-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 29 days.
Carl Froch stopped George Groves via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Unified) and IBF super-middleweight titles. Froch improves his record to 32-2 (23 KOs), while Groves adds a loss to his record at 19-1.