George Groves has called for the Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua fight to be held at Wembley Stadium.
In his rematch with Carl Froch in 2014, Groves helped usher in a new era of British superfights at the National Stadium.
Both Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury then headlined Wembley Stadium in a heavyweight world title fight.
Fury and Joshua are set to finally box later this year, but no date or venue has been confirmed yet.
Mr Groves has appealed to event organizers to bring the heavyweight mega-fight to Wembley.
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“I hope it happens on British soil,” the former WBA super middleweight champion told Sky Sports. “So British fight fans will be able to easily arrive and watch a match between two of Britain’s greatest heavyweights of our time.
“I would love to see it at Wembley. It’s the home of British boxing on such a scale. It’s the home of the sport in the UK,” Groves continued. “I would like to see it happen locally, but I would be disappointed if it were overseas.
“It’s great to box in Saudi Arabia. It’s great to box in Las Vegas, New York, Dublin or any of the other places they’re talking about. There are lots of nice places to box. But two Brits will look back and say, ‘I’m really happy to be boxing at Wembley Stadium.’
“But you never know. They’ve both done it before, but it’s probably not high on their bucket list.”
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Joshua is scheduled to have his return fight in July, and Fury may also have a tune-up fight. That could be yet another hurdle for their showdown, which finally happens this year.
“People have really put effort into this fight. They’ve waited this long and let’s wait a little longer. Is there ever a perfect time for them to fight? I don’t think so because the perfect time would have been a long time ago. But we want to see them fight and we’re looking forward to watching these two box.” Groves said.
“Amateur boxing clubs are important.”
Mr Groves spoke to Sky Sports at West Ham’s amateur boxing club, which is being renovated by social enterprise Volunteer It Yourself in partnership with Dulux to give the young people involved the opportunity to learn on-the-ground and progress towards employment.
Superstars like Grove, Joshua and Fury were all trained in amateur gyms like West Ham.
“It’s great to see projects like this come to fruition and support given to amateur boxing clubs, because amateur boxing clubs are important,” Mr Groves said.
“Boxing teaches you a lot about life. You can pick up a lot of skills in a boxing gym, which of course will help you not only between the ropes, but later in life. It’s about people coming together and doing something good, something positive, and really gaining skills that will help them in life outside the ring in the future, whether it helps them get a job in the future, teaching them new skills.”
“It really is a place like this that you can be proud to call your own.”
