McCrory: Golovkin Takes Eubank Apart, Murray Beats Eubank!

By Edward Chaykovsky

Former world champion and Sky Sports expert analyst Glenn McCrory believes Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18KOs) will take a beating if he steps in the ring with WBC/IBO/WBA/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs).

McCrory does not consider Eubank Jr. to be a world level fighter. He currently holds the British middleweight championship, and retained it last Saturday night with a fourth round stoppage of previously undefeated domestic contender Tom Doran (17-1, 7KOs) at the O2 Arena in London.

For the last few months, Eubank has been calling for a Golovkin fight in the fall. He ordered his promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, to finalize a deal. Based on those directives, Hearn is now negotiating with Golovkin's promoter, Tom Loeffler of K2, and the two sides are close to an agreement.

To prove his worth, McCrory would like to see Eubank fight someone like Martin Murray, who went eleven rounds with Golovkin in early 2015 - the longest period of rounds that any fighter has lasted with GGG.

But McCrory even gives Murray the edge to defeat Eubank Jr. 

"I think it would better for Eubank Jr to fight Murray, if Murray comes back down. For me, Eubank Jr doesn't quite deserve Golovkin at this point and I think Murray would beat Eubank Jr to be honest. Eubank Jr gets caught quite a lot. I think he's good and says the right things. It's a good show and all that but as far as what he's done so far, he hasn't set me alight as if he's in Golovkin's class," McCrory told Sky Sports.

"Murray is world class and I'd rather see Eubank Jr fight him. If Eubank Jr can beat Murray soundly then he'll be bang on for Golovkin. Right now, I think Eubank Jr would get taken apart by Golovkin. It's an interesting fight but do I think he could win? No. Do I think Eubank Jr could beat Murray? Probably not."