Hearn: Eubank-O'Sullivan Winner Will Be WBA Mandatory

By Terence Dooley

The ludicrously monikered Tony ‘Mo’ Betta’ Jeter (159½lbs) may have come to the ring with a winning 20-4-1 (14) record, but three of his four losses have come by stoppage.  It was clear that he was brought in to make Chris Eubank Junior (160lbs) look good as he bids to earn himself an eventual crack at middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin.

Eubank lost to Billy Joe Saunders by decision last year, a world title eliminator, and has only fought once since then, beating Dmitry Chudinov by 12th-round TKO in February to win one of the WBA’s interim belts.

Jeter looked as confident as a turkey on Christmas Eve from the first bell onwards; he was dropped in the first by a clipping left hook to the head from Eubank, who is now trained by Adam Booth.

The America made it through the rest of the round only to be blitzed early in the second by Eubank.  Referee Howard Foster jumped in at 0:29 of the round with Jeter under pressure along the ropes.

Eubank, 26, moves to 20-1 (15); he fights Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan at London’s O2 Arena on December 12, which will be a much stiffer test for the interim titlist.

Jeter (20-5-1, 14 KOs) protested the stoppage, and the crowd let out a smattering of boos, but he looked cowed from the get go and offered little attacking threat.

“Listen, I went in there and did my job,” said Eubank.  “Some people might think it was stopped early but I don’t make the referee’s decision.  This was a warm-up fight, get rid of the ring rust and fight a man called Spike O’Sullivan on December 12th.

“He’s been talking a lot of mess, so he’s going to get the punishment.  This is a taste of things to come.”

“Spike O’Sullivan on a huge show,” confirmed Hearn when asked what is next for Eubank, who was making his Sky debut.  “The WBA have confirmed that the winner becomes mandatory challenger to whoever wins out of Peter Quillin and (Daniel) Jacobs”