Billy Joe Saunders: Everyone Knows I'm Chasing Gennady Golovkin
WBO world middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders claims Chris Eubank Jr will never be on his level.
The unbeaten Hatfield star (23-0 12KOs) has warned his rival that he'll have to step his game up if he is to earn an eagerly-anticipated rematch to avenge the sole loss of his career inflicted by Saunders.
"At the end of the day everyone knows that I'm chasing a big fight with [world champion Gennady] Golovkin. That's a big money fight and I want to test myself against the very best to see how good I am," said Saunders.
"For the Eubank fight to happen he's got to get past Nick Blackwell first. I've got more options than just Chris Eubank; I've got three or four options."
Saunders put Eubank to the sword back in November 2014 to retain his British, European and Commonwealth titles. Since then the 26-year-old has gone on to reach the very top of the fight game by bagging himself a world title after beating Ireland's Andy Lee - an achievement that he believes Eubank will never match.
"Eubank says that going for the British title is something that he wants to do - but I think that he knows in his own mind and his own head that he's not ready for a rematch with me," he said.
"He can't step up to my level, he's a British level fighter. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I don't think he'll ever win a world title."
Saunders makes the first defence of his world title against 'Mad' Max Bursak on April 30 and headlines an action-packed card at the Copper Box in London that also features the vacant European cruiserweight title clash between Ovill McKenzie v Dmytro Kucher and Ryan Walsh defending his British featherweight championship against Belfast's James Tennyson. ** Tickets priced at £30, £40, £60, £80, £100, £150, £200 are available from See Tickets 0871 230 7148 and www.seetickets.com, Eventim 0844 249 1000 and www.eventim.co.uk, Ticketmaster 0844 8440 444 and www.ticketmaster.co.uk
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