{"id":23269,"date":"2023-05-05T08:47:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T08:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalsportsbooks.com\/?p=23269"},"modified":"2023-05-05T10:25:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T10:25:23","slug":"exclusive-george-groves-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalsportsbooks.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/04\/exclusive-george-groves-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive George Groves interview: Ryder will &#8216;shake up the world&#8217; against Canelo; Ryder can beat Canelo with \u2018volume of punches\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/legalsportsbooks.com\">Legalsportsbooks.com<\/a>, former WBA super-middleweight champion George Groves divulges his predictions on the super-middleweight clash between Canelo Alvarez &amp; John Ryder.<\/p>\n<p>Groves believes the Brit has a &#8216;big chance&#8217; on Saturday night, and reveals what Ryder will need to do to beat Canelo. The former Super-Middle-Weight champion also believes John Ryder is the best British opponent to face the Mexican pound-for-pound King.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to use the quotes in this interview, please link back to &#8211; https:\/\/legalsportsbooks.com<\/p>\n<p>Use anchor text: Legalsportsbooks.com<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Exclusive interview with George Groves: Ryder to shake up the world against Canelo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A1mUWpha4b0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Highlights from the interview:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#1\">$200m worth Canelo might&#8217;ve lost the hunger &amp; desire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2\">Ryder has a \u2018big chance\u2019 against Canelo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2\">Ryder best British boxer Alvarez has faced, better than BJS, Smith &amp; Khan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#3\">Ryder can beat Canelo with &#8216;volume of punches&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#4\">50,000 home crowd in Guadalajara will be a \u2018factor\u2019 in the fight<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Full transcript<\/h3>\n<h3 id=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: 16px\">Q: With $200m in the bank and 62 pro fights to his name, is there a chance Canelo has lost the hunger that made him so rock solid up until now?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>George Groves: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey\u2019re all good points and it does make you wonder when, or if maybe, it\u2019s going to catch up with Canelo. All the big fights and the big occasions, the money, the wealth and the fame that he\u2019s accumulated\u2026 is the hunger and the desire going to still be there to the same extent? We\u2019ll find out. But every now and then there is that exception to the rule who just keeps on going. Floyd Mayweather before Canelo for example. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This match with John Ryder will be a fascinating one at the weekend. Ryder is a brilliant British ambassador for boxing. He\u2019s been a professional for a long time now. We actually boxed each other in the North-West division of the London ABAs back in 2007 or 2008. After that we both turned pro and I followed his career from the get-go. He\u2019s been a little bit unlucky at times. Some of his fights could have gone his way but didn\u2019t. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He was edged out by Billie Joe Saunders. He was beaten on the cards but many people thought he should\u2019ve won against Callum Smith in his first world title shot. He had an impressive win against Danny Jacobs who had to come over to the UK to fight him in London. He\u2019s a big name with lots of experience but John boxed well, stuck to his game plan and got the win that night. Then when it\u2019s all up for grabs and he\u2019s in there with Zach Parker on a Frank Warren card &#8211; he\u2019s not signed to Frank Warren &#8211; and he knows if he wins this fight, because of the funny way that the WBO are with an interim championship, he either gets a shot at Canelo or he basically inherits a world title. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was a bit of a bizarre one because the fight had barely got going before Parker pulled out with a hand injury at the end of the fourth round. You could see that Ryder was shrugging his shoulders and wanted more action because he\u2019d probably trained a long time for that fight. But he\u2019s had his eyes set on Alvarez for a long time now. He\u2019s signed to Matchroom and I\u2019m sure Eddie Hearn told him Canelo\u2019s next but until it\u2019s signed, sealed, delivered and you\u2019ve booked your flights for Cinco De Mayo you just don\u2019t know for sure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alvarez is a brilliant fighter, a fighter through and through. He\u2019s got the attitude of an old school fighter and he wants to knock people out basically. Sure he\u2019s coming off that loss to Bivol where he just bit off a bit more than he could chew up at light heavyweight against a really good champion. We probably hadn\u2019t seen the very best of him (Bivol) at that point and Alvarez probably thought \u2018I\u2019ve beaten Kovalev at light heavyweight and I can do the same to Bivol because I\u2019ve cleaned up at middleweight.\u2019 But Bivol was too big, too fast and too disciplined and beat him pretty comfortably in the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> But it made sense I thought for him to not to go straight back in for the rematch with Bivol and take the third fight with Golovkin. I\u2019m a huge GGG fan but he\u2019s 40 years of age and his best years are behind him, up at super middleweight as well when he\u2019s been a career middleweight. Still close on the cards and massive mutual respect but Alvarez won. He\u2019s had a wrist operation so he\u2019s coming off the back of an operation and sometimes that can be a significant factor. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But he boxed Golovkin September last year and we\u2019re in May now so about eight months and I\u2019m sure he had the surgery straight away so he must have had plenty of rehab. There\u2019s been periods of Canelo\u2019s career where it feels like he\u2019s been rushing fights, trying to get three fights in per year but he\u2019s back to twice a year now which makes sense for him. It\u2019s his first time back in Mexico for 12 years so I think we will get a very good version of Alvarez for this fight which is not great news for John Ryder but if you want all the marbles and you want memories in this sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John Ryder\u2019s been dealt a gift and I\u2019m sure all the people around him will say the same; he\u2019s got the chance to take on a pound-for-pound king. He\u2019s the biggest draw and the biggest name in the game. So Ryder\u2019s got a chance to go over there to the Lion\u2019s Den and shake up the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b id=\"3\">Q: Canelo is a huge favourite with the bookmakers but Ryder loves being the underdog. It would be a huge shock if Ryder could get the win but stranger things have happened?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>GG:<\/strong> \u201cYeah stranger things have happened. John Ryder is not someone to overlook or underestimate and I think Canelo\u2019s team will know that. He\u2019s a good athlete, he\u2019s very strong and he converts that strength into very decent punch power and he\u2019s neat and tidy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His footwork is good and he can close the distance down very quickly. With the power in his legs he can spring into range very rapidly and let his hands go. If Ryder is to win this fight he\u2019s going to need a high output and a big volume of punches. He\u2019s going to have to try and dominate the rounds. We know Canelo\u2019s got a fantastic chin. He\u2019s never been stopped and never really been hurt to my knowledge. I\u2019ve seen him get off the floor once to win but that was a long, long time ago. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You\u2019re then thinking if he can\u2019t stop Alvarez, getting a points decision in Mexico is going to be tough and he won\u2019t want to leave it too close. I think the game plan from John Ryder needs to be; come out, start fast, be aggressive and try to box off that front foot and back Alvarez up. Don\u2019t get me wrong, that&#8217;s not an easy thing to do of course. In many ways both their styles match and don\u2019t necessarily complement each other. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alvarez also likes to spring in and he punches with spite and intent and will definitely whack hard. Ryder is a little bit taller than Alvarez and he\u2019s used to punching up because most super middleweights are taller than him. Zach Parker in the last fight was much taller with a longer reach as well. So pulling away and creeping in off the back leg won\u2019t necessarily have the same effect. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So he needs to close that distance like he did with Callum Smith and sit in the pocket and trade and try and do some damage downstairs, whack the arms, whack the body and then finish the exchanges and make sure he\u2019s the last man to throw a punch at the end of each combination to catch the eyes of the judges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q: There is speculation that this could be the perfect time for Ryder to face Canelo coming off the wrist surgery. Is there the potential for a huge upset in Mexico?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b id=\"2\">GG: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere will be confidence in the Ryder camp and I\u2019m sure he\u2019s got the right mindset. He knows this is his big chance and he\u2019ll be given it his absolute all. He\u2019s wired that way. Hopefully what he\u2019s got is enough to push Alvarez but we\u2019ve got to be honest. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On paper Alvarez is a level above. He\u2019s performed better, boxed at a higher level and been in there with bigger names and champions. But it\u2019s boxing and it\u2019s one vs one, every man on their day and John Ryder will leave nothing to chance. I think it\u2019s going to be a great fight. I predict it to be a better fight than any of Alvarez\u2019s previous fights against British opponents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That includes Billie Joe Saunders and\u00a0 Callum Smith, which was pretty one-sided but I think John\u2019s had a better run up and better camp than Smith would\u2019ve had. Before that you\u2019re talking about Ryan Rhodes and Matthew Hatton. Amir Khan was giving away way too much weight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Q: John Ryder has been sparring and living with Conor Benn in camp in LA. Did that surprise you?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>GG: \u201c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They\u2019re friends I assume. I don\u2019t know what Conor\u2019s latest situation is. Whether he\u2019s got a fight pending, whether he\u2019s going through an appeals process and trying to get a licence maybe out in California now but everyone\u2019s there for John Ryder. They\u2019re a close team run by Tony Sims. John Ryder must be the longest standing man in that gym. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He&#8217;s been there a long time and seen waves of fighters come through, so it will be a proud moment for everyone who\u2019s part of that team. Just to be there will be epic but imagine if John Ryder goes out and causes a mega upset. He\u2019ll be nervous but you don\u2019t want it to consume you. Everyone\u2019s a bit different. My nerves were laced with excitement. I\u2019d be really, really excited and trying to contain that excitement because potentially it\u2019s just adrenaline wasted. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You want to save that for the fight. But it will be tough for him because it\u2019s a massive, massive fight. Everyone who probably knows John Ryder is probably messaging him, asking how he\u2019s feeling and he might be that type of fighter who likes to talk about it or he might be someone who likes to shy away from it. I\u2019m pretty sure he\u2019ll be nervous but at the same time he\u2019s in a win-win situation. He&#8217;s a massive underdog and no one is really expecting him to win but he could go out there and shock a lot of people. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I don\u2019t think it\u2019s in his makeup to just go and give a good account of himself. I don\u2019t think he\u2019d be satisfied with that, especially where he is in terms of his career. He\u2019s done his b-side fights and he\u2019s come through them and won. This is the ultimate b-side fight where he is the underdog but if he wins this his life will change exponentially forever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b id=\"4\">Q: Ryder said his head wasn\u2019t focused on the task in hand during his ring walk at the O2 before he fought Zach Parker. Do you think walking out in front of the 50,000 Lion&#8217;s Den crowd in Guadalajara will help focus his mind?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>GG: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYeah I hope so. He\u2019s certainly got an experienced team around him and as long as they can keep nudging him in the right direction. John himself is vastly experienced. He\u2019s been a pro boxer and has been training like a pro athlete for a long, long time now so he should go out and do his version of himself. I wouldn\u2019t be expecting him to reinvent himself at this stage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If he has found a way of helping himself really focus on the task then so be it but I don\u2019t think its rocket science for John Ryder at this point. You\u2019re the away fighter in a stadium fight, go out there and do your thing. I think he has boxed in LA before, he boxed out of the States on a DAZN card but he would\u2019ve been the favourite in that fight whereas usually when he\u2019s been the away fighter it\u2019s still been in London. This time he\u2019s on the other side of the planet so that will be something to factor in. But I hope he\u2019s managed to hit the ground running, continued his camp well and shocks the world on Saturday night.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive interview with Legalsportsbooks.com, former WBA super-middleweight champion George Groves divulges his predictions on the super-middleweight clash between Canelo Alvarez &amp; John Ryder. Groves believes the Brit has a &#8216;big chance&#8217; on Saturday night, and reveals what Ryder will need to do to beat Canelo. 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