Gennady Golovkin: record, next fight and profile →
This coming Monday will be very important in the career of British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18KOs). Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport is planning to meet with him, and hoping to finalize the details for a fall blockbuster against WBC/WBA/IBO/IBF middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs).
Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1-0, 18KOs) impressively defends his British middleweight title with a fourth round technical knockout of Tom Doran (17-1, 7KOs) and now turns his attentions to a showdown with WBC/WBA/IBO/IBF middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin.
British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17 KOs) is hoping he is not rejected by IBO/IBF/WBC/WBA middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs). Eubank's promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, is in deep negotiations with Tom Loeffler, who promotes Golovkin, to stage the fight in the fall at a UK stadium venue. A September date is being discussed between both sides.
Newly crowned WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto 'Zurdo' Ramirez (34-0) has been very vocal in expressing his desire to face hard hitting WBC/WBA/IBF/IBO middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs).
Abel Sanchez, trainer of WBA/IBO/IBF/WBC middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs), denies the longstanding discussion that his team requested a catch-weight of 164-pounds for a potential fight with ex-super middleweight king Andre Ward (29-0, 15KOs).
George Groves laughed off Martin Murray's sparring slur, insisting he was on holiday when he took on Gennady Golovkin. Murray branded him a "quitter", accusing him of walking away after climbing into the ring with the middleweight knockout specialist at the famous Big Bear camp in California, last year.
Two days ago, BoxingScene.com's Steve Kim broke the news that a potential Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin mega-fight will not take place until September 2017. A lot can obviously happen in that amount of time so a date that far out is far from set in stone.
Chris Eubank Sr., father and trainer of British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17 KOs), says there is no way that his son would lose a fight with IBO/IBF/WBC/WBA middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs).
With it being made clear that the fight between middleweight king, Gennady Golovkin and Saul 'Canelo'Alvarez will not take place in 2016, the focus now turns to who Alvarez will face on September 17th. Word is that WBO 154-pound belt-holder, Liam Smith, will be getting the call for that assignment.
Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport, who promote British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17 KOs), says a deal is nearly complete for a September fight with IBO/IBF/WBC/WBA middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs), on a date in September in the UK.