WBA super-middleweight champion George Groves defeated Jamie Cox in the World Boxing Super Series quarter-final with a fourth-round knockout to set up a bout with Chris Eubank Jr.
Groves, 29, ended fellow Briton Cox’s 24-fight unbeaten record as Eubank Jr watched on at Wembley Arena.
Groves delivered a stunning body shot to floor Cox, 31, in the fourth round.
He will face Eubank Jr, who beat Turkey’s Avni Yildirim in three rounds last week, in January’s semi-final.
“I was in tremendous form going into the tournament, it’s another good win,” said Groves.
“I was landing big body shots on Jamie, in the end it was a right hook to the body, it’s a crippling shot – I don’t blame him for not getting up.”
Groves, the tournament’s number one seed, rode some good early combinations from Cox before ending…
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