The George Groves Boxing Club

We’re starting 2024 with a bang as we welcome two-time world champion Josh Warrington to the GGBC! One of the most requested guests, Josh is here to tell George and Dec all about building a fanbase; from hand delivering tickets around Leeds to fighting at Elland Road – the home of his beloved Leeds United - this is a story of graft, passion and dreaming big. With a difficult 2023 consigned to the...

One last episode for 2023? Fine. George and Dec have put together a selection box of our favourite guests from the year! In this episode, you’ll hear from Viddal Riley, Barry Jones, Johnny Fisher, Big John Fisher, Lewis van “Poochi” Poetsch, and Ricky Hatton.  If you haven’t already, check out part one with Chris Billam-Smith, Ellie Scotney, Ebanie Bridges, Jai Opetaia, Frank Warren, Eddie Hearn,...

What’s this? One final present in the bottom of your stocking from Father Grovesmas? George and Dec have rolled out of their food comas to relive an epic 2023 for the GGBC. From kicking the year off with Shreds to making our on-screen debuts, all whilst taking a small detour in Dexico, we couldn’t have done it without you: the Elite Club Members. So we’ve put together a special Christmas gift. A s...

This is the big one. The one they’ve all been waiting for… the second annual GGBC Awards! George and Dec are suited and booted – kind of – to reflect on an incredible year of boxing and announce the winners of some of the most prestigious awards on the planet including Fight of the Year, Breakout Star of the Year, Story of the Year and the jewel in the crown; Elite Club Member of the Year. Who wil...

Want merch for Christmas? Treat yourself here: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/the-george-groves-boxing-club/ Dec’s Christmas tree is flashing as he talks to George about Anthony Joshua v Otto Wallin and Deontay Wilder v Joseph Parker, as well as everybody else who’s on the Saudi supercard this Saturday night.  The club reviews Sunny Edwards’s unification fight against Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez, a...

With Christmas fast approaching the GGBC has delivered an early present - a Seeing Stars episode with internet superstar Big John Fisher. Father of heavyweight contender and ECM Johnny Fisher, Big John talks about how he uses his platform to build that fanbase, raise Johnny’s profile and the graft that goes into selling tickets. We look at the origin story of the phenomenon that is “Bosh!”, discus...

Olympic medallist Frazer Clarke is in the club to talk about some of the lessons learnt on his journey from amateur boxing as he looks to fulfil his goal of reaching the top of the heavyweight division. We look back at his Team GB days, hear what it was like facing a young Anthony Joshua and reflect on Clarke’s experience of being in-ring security for some huge fights. Clarke also gives his side o...

Want merch for Christmas? Treat yourself here: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/the-george-groves-boxing-club/ George and Dec have been in Bournemouth to watch elite club member Chris Billam-Smith defend his world title against Mateusz Masternak. The fight was waved off at the start of round eight, and George and Dec have all the analysis you need.  Plus Devin Haney beats Regis Prograis in San...

This week we welcome Ellie “The Cockney” Scotney BACK into the club to reflect on the biggest night of her career – her world title victory! Scotney defeated Cherneka Johnson in June to win the IBF super-bantamweight title in just her seventh professional fight and here she tells George & Dec all about that incredible fight at Wembley. A year after her first appearance on the GGBC, Scotney’s title...

George has turned promoter and is plotting a huge GGBC event for next year. The breaking news is that he’s working hard to get tickets on sale for Groves-Froch 3: This Time It’s Personal. He’s booked Dec, but hasn’t got a venue yet, or any content ideas. What can go wrong? The club analyses Jordan Gill’s impressive win over Michael Conlan as two elite club members go head to head for the first tim...

How do you mentally prepare when nobody gives you a chance? Man of the moment Nathan Heaney joins the club to reflect on his against-the-odds victory to become the new British middleweight champion. Cheered on by thousands of Stokies, Heaney was the 12/1 outsider against Denzel Bentley in Manchester earlier this month and in this episode we explore the underdog mindset. How can you use it to your...

How bout that? George and Dec analyse Katie Taylor’s epic victory over Chantelle Cameron which led to the Irishwoman becoming a two-weight undisputed champion. Across the pond, David Benavidez beat Demetrius Andrade to set up a mouthwatering bout against Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.  Check out our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ggboxingclub If you want GGBC merch, click here: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/pod...

It’s finally here, the Groves-Frochalong! To mark 10 years to the day since the epic ‘Froch v Groves 1’ contest, we are reliving the fight in real time, round-by-round, in our first ever GGBC watchalong episode. George was the mandatory challenger back in 2013 as he faced Carl Froch for the WBA and IBF super-middleweight titles in Manchester. Booed into the arena and cheered on the way out, this r...

George has gone digging in the GGBC archives and dusted off this conversation with Carl Froch as we mark 10 years since their first fight in Manchester. And remember, on Thursday 23 November there will be a special GGBC watchalong of that fight - so keep your eyes and ears peeled for more information on that. In this special archive episode, George, Dec and Carl reflect on one of the most dramatic...

It’s 10 years since George Groves was robbed in Manchester against Carl ‘The Frog’ Froch. To mark the occasion we’ve got three episodes this week, including our first ever watch-along episode on Thursday morning. You’ll always remember your first ever GGBC watch-along (Froch-along), so make sure you free up an hour on Thursday to be part of it. In this episode we review Adam Azim in Wolverhampton...

The youngest promoter in the game is now an elite club member. BOXXER CEO Ben Shalom joins George and Dec for the longest interview he’s ever given, covering the early days working out of an estate agent to running huge events for Sky Sports and having fights fall apart at the last minute because the BOXXER curse is real. What’s the biggest mistake he’s ever made? Will he bite on questions about E...

George and Dec have been to Brighton to watch Harlem Eubank’s latest win, with Chris Eubank Snr in his corner. We preview Adam Azim’s latest big night on Sky, ask whether Joe Cordina is in the UK’s pound for pound top 5, and Dec has all the latest news about Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder and a stacked Christmas card in Saudi Arabia.  If you want GGBC merch, click here: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/...

Chris Billam-Smith is exercising his right to return to the club, as is the way for any world champion ECM. He’s plotting his path to Vegas, and goes into great detail about his world title fight with Lawrence Okolie earlier this year. You can watch this episode on the Boxing News YouTube channel at 5pm on Wednesday. To sign up to Nord VPN, click here: https://nordvpn.com/GGBC If you want GGBC mer...

And just when you thought the GGBC couldn't get any better, we bring you Ring IQ! In this bonus series we'll be giving you snapshots from all our episodes about specific aspects of the fight game. This week we look back at our episode with Frank Warren as he unpacks what could've been a fatal night for him on the wrong side of the bullet. If you want GGBC merch, click here: https://crowdnetwork.co...

So how does one become the fittest on fight night? Well, former WBO cruiserweight world champion Enzo Maccarinelli tells us about his brutal training routine growing up in order to become one of the fittest in the game. He speaks to George and Dec about training with Enzo Calzaghe (father of Joe), 15 round spar sessions, his BIG fights against the likes of David Haye and what he does now passing o...

Tyson Fury survives and wins a split decision, but George thinks this might be the end for the heavyweight champion of the world. Fury was knocked down in the third round as Francis Ngannou shocked the world and maybe should have won?  George gets up to open the club at 6am and speak to Dec who hasn’t been to bed in Saudi Arabia after one of the most bizarre nights in boxing history. What does it...

Hit link to check our snapbacks - https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/the-george-groves-boxing-club/ So with the biggest combat sports event of the year fast approaching, George and Dec discuss the HUGE clash between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou. Will boxing prevail or will MMA put a spanner in the works? Not only are two world-renowned titans taking to the main stage but the undercard is lookin...

Hit link to check our snapbacks - https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/the-george-groves-boxing-club/ How hard can it be to represent some of the top athletes in sport...well, agent Dean Baker is in the club to tell us what it's all about. Dean speaks about putting on accents to gain an edge, what it was like working with our very own George Groves, the difference between footballers and boxers and...

Hit link to check our snapbacks - https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/the-george-groves-boxing-club/ Why would Anthony Joshua sit in the dark for four days? Well George and Dec are unpick the story alongside look ahead to the MEGA fight out in Saudi (which Dec is off to) as well as talking about the all action from the weekend including Isaac Chamberlain's monumental win against Mikael Lawal. Foll...

Hit link to check our snapbacks - https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/the-george-groves-boxing-club/ And just when you thought the GGBC couldn't get any better, we bring you Ring IQ! In this bonus series we'll be giving you snapshots from all our episodes about specific aspects of the fight game. This week we look back at our episode with Carl Froch and the moment he knew it was the end of the roa...