Eubank Jr Vows To Show U.S. What They've Been Missing

By Terence Dooley

 

Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders weren’t the only British middleweights engaging in verbal action today, Brighton's Chris Eubank Junior (19-1, 14 KOs) spoke to the press about Saturday night’s fight against Tony Jeter (20-4-1, 14 early).  The 26-year-old recently signed a promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and has also freshened up his training team.

 

“Afternoon everyone, great attendance today and we have a packed card on Saturday,” said Hearn.

 

“I've long watched Eubank Junior—I was inspired by his father,” added Adam Smith of Sky Sports.  “Twenty years on we go on with his son—they have a fantastic team.”

 

Adam Booth has recently joined Team Eubank.  Many fans wondered what this meant for Ronnie Davies—Junior’s trainer and the man who guided Chris Eubank Senior to success—but the veteran coach revealed that he welcomed the decision.

 

“Adam is doing a great job,” he said.  “I'm nearly 70 and I can't do what I did before.  Eubank is looking great.”

 

“It's been a few weeks working with the team,” stated Booth.  “He can already fight like a world champ.  What he can do is extremely ferocious.”

 

Eubank trained in America for a while, he believes that the U.S. fight fans are underestimating him due to last year's decison defeat to Billy Joe Saunders; he vowed to prove a point against Jeter, who hails from Columbia, Maryland.

 

“I was always underestimated in my four years training in Las Vegas by the Americans—this is my chance to prove them wrong,” he vowed.

 

“I've trained hard for this opponent and you can look forward to some explosive punches.”

 

Jeter, though, pledged to upset the odds by taking the W and one of the WBA's interim middleweight titles back home to America.  He said: “I've come a long way for this fight and I'm going home with that title.  He's a good fighter but so am I.”

 

Kell Brook’s withdrawal due to an injury was a huge blow for the Sheffield Arena show.  Eubank was moved up the bill, but Doncaster-based Gavin McDonnell's EBU Super bantamweight defence against France's Jeremy Parodi is the pick of the action.  

McDonnell (13-0-2, 14 KOs), the twin brother of WBA bantamweight titlist Jamie, has recently hooked up with Dave Coldwell and the trainer has added a touch of professionalism to the team.

 

“This is my first fight with Gavin, we have a fantastic nutritionist onboard,” he said.  “We are expecting an aggressive Parodi.”

 

Both fighters vowed to lift the EBU belt at the end of the night, but Parodi (37-2-1, 9 stoppages) has mixed in modest company since losing to Carl Frampton in 2013 and has only fought once a year since that sixth-round KO defeat, so fans can expect a brace of wins for the home fighters on Sky Sports.