Groves to defend WBA super-middleweight title against Cox at Wembley Arena

George Groves' first WBA super-middleweight title defence and his opening fight of the World Boxing Super Series against Jamie Cox has been confirmed for Wembley's SSE Arena on October 14. The 29-year-old chose Cox as his first opponent of the 168lbs edition of the eight-fighter competition, in which Chris Eubank Jnr and Callum Smith are also competing. October's fight also represents Groves' first return to the venue in which his defeat of Eduard Gutknecht injured the Kazakh so severely he is unable to walk or talk, but Groves said: "I'm already in the gym plugging away and I've got plenty of time to prepare.