Golovkin, Eubank Jr. Should Sign By This Weekend, Says Hearn

By Edward Chaykovsky

According to Eddie Hearn, who promotes British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18KOs), a deal to face WBC/IBO/WBA/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) should be signed by this coming weekend.

Eubank was in action this past Saturday night when he stopped previously undefeated Tom Doran (17-1, 7KOs) in the fourth round.  Doran went down four times in the contest.

There was some trouble a few days ago with the money, where Eubank Jr. and his father/trainer Chris Eubank Sr. were unhappy with the money being provided by Sky Sports, but Hearn indicates those issues have been worked out.

The venue of choice is the O2 Arena in London. HBO would carry the fight in the United States and the date would fall in late August or at some point in September.

Hearn told Sportsmail: "It is very close to being made. We had a positive meeting with Sky and the major details are nearly all agreed. We still have stuff to discuss but I expect both sides to sign by the end of this weekend."

"We have been negotiating and each camp is up for it and September is in my mind at the O2 in London. But we are nearly at the point where each side needs to put up or shut up. They have taunted each other on social media and both say they want it - now the fighters need to prove it by signing."

Hearn is still very impressed with Eubank's desire to fight a boxer who many others are avoiding at all costs.

"It's funny, I am still waiting for a call from the Eubanks to say this was all for a bit of hype. But it's not – they genuinely want Chris Eubank to fight the most feared boxer on the planet in Gennady Golovkin. They are deadly serious about the fight," Hearn said.