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Eduard Gutknecht vs George Groves — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇩🇪SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT, LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Eduard Gutknecht

Cross-division

🇬🇧SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT

George Groves

Eduard Gutknecht (30-5-1) and George Groves (28-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Gutknecht

30

Wins13 KO · 43%

5

Losses

1

Draw36 tracked bouts

Groves

28

Wins20 KO · 71%

4

Losses

0

Draws32 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Groves leads 1–0

Eduard Gutknecht and George Groves have met 1 time; Groves leads 1–0.

Eduard Gutknecht and George Groves have met 1 time; Groves leads 1–0.
Met2016Nov 18Series
Eduard GutknechtFighter ALLost0–1W–L
George GrovesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Gutknecht 2 · Groves 6 of 8 measurable rows
GutknechtGroves
Record
30-5-128-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
84.7%
87.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
13
20 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
43.33%
71.43% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
43%
71% (edge)
Times stopped†max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 5
1
5 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.4
3.4 (edge)
3.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 36
36
32

† Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · ‡ Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

HeightLevel
Eduard Gutknecht: 6′0″
George Groves: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Eduard Gutknecht: No reach on file
George Groves: 74″
Age6 yrs apart
Eduard Gutknecht: 44
George Groves: 38
Stance
Eduard Gutknecht: Orthodox
George Groves: Orthodox

Eduard Gutknecht left, George Groves right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Eduard Gutknecht30 wins · from 36 tracked bouts

Eduard Gutknecht: 30 tracked wins — 13 by KO/TKO (43%) and 17 on the cards (57%). Counted from 36 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

13 by KO/TKO 43%17 on the cards 57%

George Groves28 wins · from 32 tracked bouts

George Groves: 28 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (71%) and 8 on the cards (29%). Counted from 32 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

20 by KO/TKO 71%8 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eduard Gutknecht 36, George Groves 32 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Eduard Gutknecht last boxed on Nov 18, 2016 — 3,629 days ago. Gutknecht had won one in a row before losing a decision to George Groves.WWLWL

Simeunović Jul 2015Torosyan Nov 2015Brähmer Mar 2016Redko Jun 2016Groves Nov 20163.4 tracked bouts per year

George Groves last boxed on Sep 28, 2018 — 2,950 days ago. Groves had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Callum Smith.WWWWL

Gutknecht Nov 2016Chudinov May 2017Cox Oct 2017Jr Feb 2018Smith Sep 20183.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Eduard Gutknecht and George Groves ever fought each other?
Yes. Eduard Gutknecht and George Groves met once on November 18, 2016, and George Groves won by UD.
The meeting

LNov 18, 2016 · Groves · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gutknecht or Groves?
Eduard Gutknecht is 30-5-1 and George Groves is 28-4. George Groves has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Gutknecht30–5–184.7%

Groves28–487.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gutknecht or Groves?
Eduard Gutknecht has 13 knockout wins and George Groves has 20. George Groves has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gutknecht1343.3%

Groves2071.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gutknecht and Groves have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eduard Gutknecht and George Groves have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gutknecht and Groves?
This comparison is drawn from 36 bouts tracked for Eduard Gutknecht and 32 bouts tracked for George Groves. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gutknecht36bouts

Groves32bouts

How They Win ↓

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