Former two-time IBO super middleweight and WBA interim middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. and BOXXER have today announced a major partnership deal.
Chris Eubank Jr: “I’m very excited to have signed with BOXXER and Ben Shalom. They fit the direction I want to go in. We have big plans over the next 12 to 24 months. There are big fights in the pipeline and these guys can make it happen. This is a partnership. I have the freedom and the leeway to work how I want to work, which is very rare. I’m in a position of power. I’m in a position to really control the direction that I want to go in so I’m excited.
“I’ve been in the game for 12 years now and I’m still hungry. I’m still excited. I’m still in love with the sport of boxing. I’m in a blessed position right now where there are 4 or 5 different names out there that are mega fights that everybody wants to see. Canelo Alvarez, Terence Crawford, Conor Benn, Billy Joe Saunders – and that’s just off the top of my head.
“There are many more fights out there that can be made, even domestically, so I’m in an exciting position.”
BOXXER CEO Ben Shalom: “Chris Eubank Jr is undoubtedly one of the biggest star attractions in boxing. He brings excitement and intrigue wherever he goes. BOXXER is his natural home and I’m incredibly excited to work with Chris to make sure we fully realise his huge potential and fierce ambition. We’ve had the privilege of working with Chris on some massive fight nights in the UK and there will be plenty more to come in the UK and worldwide. He is a bonafide pay-per-view star. The hunger and ambition is there. We can’t wait to see him back in action and involved in some massive fights.”
“We have big plans over the next 12 to 24 months.”
I don’t think there’s every been a fighter who has had ‘big plans’ for a longer period of time than Eubank Jr and yet delivered practically nothing. What are we a decade and counting to actually do something notable now, Chris?
He’s not even a household name in his own household.
Don’t get to ahead of yourself. You’re going to have to do a rubber match with Liam Smith. Both share recent TKO victories over each other. Run it back.
Liam Smith is done. Chris would get 0 credit beating a guy with head full of grey.
Billy Joe Saunders? Didn’t he retire 3 years ago after Canelo broke his cheek? Eubank Jr lost to him 10 years ago, a little late to try to avenge that.
Did anyone really believe Saunders had a chance of beating Canelo?
Tom, it’s never too late for revenge, but unfortunately in boxing long awaited rematches, it is. A rematch should happen right away if it was crazy close or crazy scoring involved.
Nobody beats Canelo @ 168lbs. NOBODY!!!!
Benavides gets knocked out and so does Crawford.
“Nobody beats Canelo @ 168lbs. NOBODY!!!!”
– Father Time beats Canelo @168lbs……..
So does strict testing Gary. That’s not what I said. That’s what I’ve heard. People tell me all the time “why isn’t Canelo under strict testing, wasn’t he caught cheating once already?”
Cheating is a strong word and I wouldn’t call him that, but that’s what they say. That’s why ✋if I had the resources, I would create, the best, most stupendous testing facility that sports has ever seen. By far, it would be the best.✋
You don’t need such advanced equipment for testing, Peter; just a normal lab can do the job. The key is to get the sample at the right time, and that is an impossible matter because money is a marvellous tool to be safe.
father time, “no weight clauses”, “no $cripts,”. Bivol beat canelo at 175 and would have beaten him again at 168 and this is why the rematch didn’t happen at neither weight.
mayweather beat canelo at 154 and ggg beat him at 160 but was robbed .
GGG got him twice lost one legit. Lara beat him and so did trout.
Quiet as its kept, canelo should have about 5 losses on his record. floyd, bivol, lara, ggg and probably trout. hell, i’d even say danny jacobs.
Crawford has been calling out Canelo. Is the biggest money fight in boxing and he seems scared. He knows Crawford would jump 3 weight classes to defeat him and possibly stop him. If its easy money make that easy money and fight him.
Okay Nostradamus tell that to Canelo and persuade him to fight them. Because he really can’t afford to lose as his stock drops every time he loses and along with that his legacy.
Canelo is a cheater and has lost to Mayweather, an aging GGG twice but got saved by Golden boy he spits on and the judges and by Bivol..
Yes, one of the star attractions in UK boxing but I would not go any further.
Naw man! Canelo needs to do better than eubank!!!! If that’s the case, canelo should just take the low risk higher gain fight in the super weak berlanga! The berlanga fight will be an easy sparring-one sided beatdown in favor of canelo and at the same time, gives crawford time to adjust as he goes up in weight! Screw benavidez, he’s waaaaaay to big for canelo and has been talking ishhht! The benavidez fight should be canelo’s last farewell fight if the money is right!
I would love to see a Eubank vs. Conor Benn match.
Anyone other than Benavidez and the Canelo reputation takes a big knock.
That was 3 fights ago.
David Benavidez enters the ring weighing the same as Rocky Marciano did. Can you imagine Benavidez in there with Rocky?
Yeah he’d get knocked out…
Eubank’s mouth may be running faster than his achievements right now by calling out Canelo and Crawford. However, if you watched Eubank’s fights (including defeats), he’s never been out-gunned or out-sped. His defeats have come at the hands of fighters who had the advantage of experience and ring-smarts at that stage of Eubanks’ career. Even the stoppage by Liam Smith was actually precipitated by a follow-thru elbow, and in the rematch, Eubank toyed with Smith and finished him. Eubank has gained experience since the early setbacks, and he has a lot of natural strength and speed (just like his father). Just as his father showed us over 30 years ago against the favourite Nigel Benn, I believe Jr could surprise a few people and fight UP to the level of the opponent in front of him. Just like his father tho, he needs to work on his fundamentals and not think he is RJJ. He needs to pick up a couple of credible scalps, before calling out Canelo or Crawford.
He must already be targeting retirement money, because he can’t win the fights he’s asking for.
Chris Eubanks, Jr.:
Start fighting once every two months, winning spectacularly. Stay humble and respectful. Big money fights will come.
Targeting Canelo, like every other fighter chasing money, is a fool’s errand, since the line is incredibly long, and you are near the end of it since you haven’t proven yourself worthy IN THE RING.
Imagine Eubank getting the Canelo fight before Benavidez??!!!
Actually I could. That’s boxing most of the time.
His time is running out..