A POTENTIAL struggle between Canelo Alvarez and Chris Eubank Jr is again on the desk.
Eubank had been within the working to face the Mexican famous person in September however turned down the deal provided to him.
“For a man who’s making 35 to 50 million a struggle, don’t supply me the numbers you have been providing me,” Eubank stated earlier this month. “To a standard man on the street, that’s life altering. It’s not life altering to me, and I do know what’s being made in all places else, so don’t give me these numbers.”
Eubank shook off some ring rust with a seventh-round knockout win in opposition to Kamil Szeremeta on October 12. Afterwards Eubank’s largest rival Conor Benn entered the ring prompting some verbal exchanges between the 2.
Eubank’s promoter Ben Shalom has right now informed Sky Sports activities that “small conversations” have begun for a struggle in opposition to Canelo. Final month he unified super-middleweight champion gained his fifth consecutive struggle, since shedding to Dmitry Bivol, beating Edgar Berlanga by unanimous resolution.
Subsequent yr Eubank hopes to struggle Canelo and Conor Benn regardless of the latter nonetheless at present with out a British boxing licence after testing constructive for efficiency enhancing medication in October 2022. And the 35-year-old believes he has what it takes to make him the face of British boxing however wants legacy defining wins to take action.
“It’s exhausting to compete with heavyweights, they’ve famously been the top and in [Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury] you could have two profitable guys and large characters. However they’ve type of had their time,” he informed Sky Sports activities.
“So if I do what I’m presupposed to do and what I’m able to in these subsequent few fights, I completely imagine there’s a sturdy probability I may turn out to be the face of boxing, British boxing particularly.”
