George Groves took Chris Eubank Jr to school on Saturday night in Manchester to become the WBA and IBO super middleweight champion, and, advance to the finals of the World Boxing Super Series.

Groves won via unanimous decision after dictating virtually the entire fight until the final round where he had to fend off a swinging Eubank Jr with a seemingly dislocated shoulder.

Saint George kept Next Gen at a comfortable range for pretty much the whole fight behind his rock solid jab and Eubank Jr, in arguably his first big-time fight, had no answers.

There's no doubt that Groves and his team put together a great plan to deal with the normally ultra-aggressive Eubank Jr and it totaly negated his offence.

Eubank Jr is normally regarded as a volume puncher with incredible conditioning, but Groves ended up throwing and landing more punches than his foe and boxed smarter.

Tony Bellew was ringside for the contest and working for BBC Five Live, but he believed that Eubank Jr operating without a coach was his biggest downfall.

Like a lot of the public, Bellew wondered what his dad, Chris Eubank Sr, was really doing in his corner.

"Listen, he needs a coach," Bellew said. "Ronnie Davies is a fantastic coach, he should be having more input. Because his father is useless for him. His father has been useless for him tonight - what's he done?

"Listen, I'm just a Chris Eubank Sr fan when he was a fighter. Always a fan. Don't get me wrong, Nigel Benn was my favourite, but I still admire the father as a fighter - brilliant fighter.

"He's done his son a disservice tonight. All you've done is be a distraction. He needs a boxing coach, boxers don't always make great coaches. They [coaches] see different things."

Bellew is spot on in what he says: Eubank Sr's presence feels as much about him as it is nurturing his son. Maybe stepping back from the limelight will help Junior find himself as a fighter.

If the Groves display is anything to go by, he really needs to.