Groves gunning for Jack title triumph on Mayweather undercard

After fighting in front of a sell-out Wembley crowd of 80k passionate boxing fans last year, Groves has played down the magnitude of his next outing in Vegas, an insult towards Mayweather’s promotional skills, and is 12/5 to secure a points decision victory this time around.

“So, Badou’s a big fight,” he continued. “It’s a fight for me, fighting for the world title, whether undercard or not, in Las Vegas is what people all around the world dream of.

“It’s exciting for me. I’ve been spoiled. I’ve experienced a lot. I’ve been able to take part in a lot of boxing. We hope many more from the future. But, yes. From now on in I’m just going to play this one down. This is just a fight.”

Although, experienced fighter Jack is relishing being the underdog for his latest match-up once again and insisted that such a down-played status would work to his advantage in the defence of his super-middleweight crown.

“I like it. I like it,” said Jack, who is 9/2 to stop Groves. “I was the underdog before [when he won the title against Anthony Dirrell] and changed the role as well. We saw what happened in there? It’s less pressure. So I like it. I think I’m a better technical fighter. A better, smarter fighter.

“But the name of the game is hit, and don’t get hit. And I definitely got better defence so it’s a 50-50 fight and I think that’s where you don’t know who’s going to win. That’s what makes it so exciting. So I think I’m the best fighter and I’m 110 per cent confident that we’re going to win this fight.”

Before unbeaten pound-for-pound king Mayweather enters the ring on his familiar stomping ground of Vegas, Groves will be aiming to steal some of the limelight and finally add a world title to his British, commonwealth and European belts.

Watch Groves make a statement during his press conference in Las Vegas alongside Mayweather and Jack.