Tuesday 25 April 2017 09:50, UK
George Groves admits the Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko showdown will finally let him draw a line under his own Wembley Stadium experience.
The super-middleweight challenger is hoping to return to Wembley on Saturday for the heavyweight showdown, live on Sky Box Office, for the first time since his May 2014 defeat to Carl Froch.
Groves expects compatriot Joshua to come out on top and believes the event will let him finally move on properly from his loss to Froch.
"I do think about it, but not that regularly, if I'm honest, simply because it's not a fun memory," he told Sky Sports in an exclusive interview.
A lot of people are saying it'd be weird going back to Wembley but I don't think so. I think it will be the closing of a chapter of my life
"It doesn't haunt me, but I am never going to be content with it and I am happy about that. I am not going to be content with that.
"Maybe when I am old and haggard I will look back and say 'wow, I boxed at a football stadium with that sort of crowd. But right now, no chance.
"Maybe I won't be ringside because I'm not that popular these days but I'd love to be there. A lot of people are saying it'd be weird going back to Wembley but I don't think so. I think it will be the closing of a chapter of my life."
Groves believes his two fights with Froch and then losing a WBC super-middleweight challenger to former holder Badou Jack, in September 2015, all had a serious impact on his career.
The 'Saint' is hoping to fight current WBA holder Fedor Chudinov on another Sky Sports Box Office card in Sheffield in May, and believes the Wembley loss hit hard, but will make him a better fighter ahead of his fourth world-title attempt.
"I'd always thought I'd got over it but now I feel different," he said.
"The period since losing that, then fighting Badou Jack felt like an eternity even though it was actually only 15 months, or so.
"I was probably depressed for that time and was ready to tap out of boxing but I didn't have enough to tap out om the back of.
"You only have a short shelf-life in boxing and once I've achieved everything I feel I am capable of achieving, I am ready to walk way from the sport.
"But becoming a father makes you see things differently and certainly gives you an extra motivation to succeed and be a bit more ruthless. That is me, now.
"I'm just boxing well, feeling well, have the right people behind me and I am winning again."
