DeGale vs Groves set for May 21st

Today it was announced that the eagerly anticipated British showdown between British Super-Middleweight champion James DeGale (10(8)-0-0) vs Georges Groves (12(10)-0-0) will take place at the 02 Arena, in London, on May 21^st 2011. It will provide chief support to the WBO light-heavyweight showdown between Welsh challenger, Nathan Cleverly (21(10)-0-0) and Jurgen Braehmer (36(29)-2-0) and the event will be shown, live, on Sky PPV.

David Coldwell initially won the purse bid for the bout, back in February, with a £400,000 bid and the bout was originally pencilled in for April 9^th but, following discussions between the two parties, it had been agreed to move it to May 21^st.  That date had originally been set aside for David Haye’s mandatory defence of his WBA heavyweight title before it was announced that he would fight a Klitschko in June/July. DeGale vs Groves promises to be one of the most explosive fights in Britain this year and, as they like to say in America, someone’s ‘0’ has to go.