2026-05-07 13:35:48
George Groves has called for Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury’s fight to be held at Wembley Stadium.
The former super-middleweight world champion’s rematch against Carl Froch in 2014 was the first major fights to be held at the rebuilt venue and Groves feels the arena is the perfect location to stage the long-awaited clash between the two former heavyweight world champions.
He told Sky Sports: “Hopefully it happens on British soil. So British fight fans can get there easily enough and see the two best heavyweights from Britain from our era get it on.
“I’d love to see it at Wembley. It’s the home of British boxing on that scale. It’s the home of sport in Britain. I’d love to see it happen there. I’d be disappointed if it was abroad.
“It’s lovely to box in Saudi Arabia, it’s lovely to box in Vegas or New York or Dublin or wherever else they’re talking about, there’s loads of places it would be lovely to box. But two Brits, they will look back and say: ‘I’m so happy I boxed at Wembley Stadium.’
“But who knows? They’ve both done it before, maybe it’s not high up on their bucket list.”
Joshua and Fury’s fight is set to take place following the former’s tune-up bout against Kristian Prenga in July and Groves believes that boxing fans are willing to wait a little bit longer for the much-discussed fight.
The retired fighter said: “People have really invested in this fight. They’ve waited this long, they’ll wait a little bit longer. Will there be a perfect time for them to fight? I don’t think so because the perfect time will have been a long time ago. But we do want to see them fight, we are excited to see these two guys box.”
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