Eubank Sr: We Have a Plan To Roast Golovkin Alive!
Chris Eubank Jnr has moved into contention for a world title fight later this year after stopping Australia’s Renold Quinlan in 10 rounds at London’s Olympia.
The victory – in his maiden fight at super-middleweight – saw the 27-year-old win the IBO belt.
It remains to be seen whether he will return to middleweight or remain at 168lbs, but there is little question greater tests than the little-known Quinlan await.
The opening exchanges showed the Australian, also 27, to at least be as fast as his challenger.
It took until the end of the third round for Eubank Jnr to begin to impose himself when landing numerous punches as they fought on the inside by the ropes, and until a left hook in the fourth for Quinlan, also 27, to briefly appear hurt.
A lack of true power has undermined Eubank Jnr in many of his previous fights, and it again appeared that would be the case until the sixth, when first an uppercut, then a right hook and finally a hurtful barrage left his opponent troubled.
From the seventh, and after taking further left-right combinations, Quinlan was a fighter being worn down and content to survive.
The eighth and ninth became increasingly one-sided, as the aggressive Briton landed with ease and the resilient Australian clung on in a period when referee Howard Foster should have waved the action over.
The 10th remained similarly damaging until, with the tough Quinlan no longer able to defend himself from Eubank Jnr’s latest barrage, Foster ended the fight after two minutes and seven seconds to protect him from further punishment.
Father, manager and trainer, Chris Eubank Sr., says their first target is unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, who faces Daniel Jacobs on March 18th.
They were in talks to fight each other last September, but Eubank was unable to reach a deal with his promoter Eddie Hearn, who was forced to replace him with IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook.
"They all have to come to us now. We have the power of ITV’s audience of millions behind us and Junior is the most exciting boxer in Britain," Eubank Sr.
"We have a plan to roast [Golovkin] alive. We prefer to choose him first."
