Kell Brook's Trainer Reacts To "Ignorant" Chris Eubank Jr.

By Edward Chaykovsky

Dominic Ingle, trainer of IBF welterweight champion Kell 'Special K' Brook (36-1, 25KOs), has reacted to the recent comments that were made by British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18KOs).

This past Saturday night at the O2 Arena, IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (36-0, 33KOs) picked up a fifth round stoppage over Brook, who moved up by thirteen pounds to face Golovkin at the full middleweight limit of 160-pounds.

Brook did very well in the fight, but suffered a fractured eye socket in the second round and the injury grew worse as the fight continued. His trainer Dominic Ingle unexpectedly threw in the towel in the fifth after he fighter began to experience issues with his vision.

Brook was not the original opponent who was slated to face Golovkin on Saturday night. Eubank Jr. was the opponent of choice for that date at the O2 Arena.

There were negotiations for weeks between the handlers of Golovkin and Eubank Jr. In the end, the discussions fell apart after Eubank Jr., and his father/manager Chris Eubank Sr., were unable to reach an agreement on the terms with their own promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport.

After Eubank Jr. allowed a contract deadline to pass, Hearn reached out to another fighter in his stable, Brook, who immediately accepted the deal.

After the fight was over Eubank Jr. lashed out at Golovkin on the social networks.

"Golovkin, if you want a fight with a real British middleweight... come get some. My corner don't own towels," Eubank stated.

Ingle felt the statement was very ignorant, considering that both Eubank Jr. and his father/manager Chris Eubank Sr. have severely injured fighters in the ring.

Speaking on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, Ingle said: "There is one very, very simple answer to Chris Eubank and his son. When Chris Eubank Jnr boxed Billy Joe Saunders, the first five rounds were a non-event. That wasn't fighting. So it is no good Eubank Jnr talking about you fight to the death and you do this, that and the other. For the first five rounds against Billy Joe Saunders, he stood and looked at the guy and lost the fight. That is the simple answer.

"I've had 30 years' experience in boxing. I have been in hundreds of title fights, I have got plenty of knowledge and I have seen the worst-case scenarios. It is just ironic that Chris Eubank and his father were both in fights where fighters were critically injured. It just shows their ignorance.

"Fighters will always fight to the death. Sometimes that is their undoing. It is down to the trainer with responsibility to realise sometimes you have to live to fight another day."