Groves out of title fight due to injury

Groves out of title fight due to injury

Published Apr. 16, 2012 1:00 a.m. ET

British challenger George Groves has pulled out of a super middleweight title bout against WBO champion Robert Stieglitz of Germany next month because of an undisclosed injury.

Groves said Monday in a statement that he was hurt while training in northern Cyprus ahead of the May 5 bout in Erfurt, Germany.

He says he ''soon realized I wouldn't be able to perform the training needed to prepare for this fight,'' but hopes the problem will ''cause only a short delay.''

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