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According to Chris Eubank Sr., father and trainer of British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17 KOs), they never ducked a potential fight with WBA 'regular' middleweight champion Danny Jacobs.
BoxingScene.com's Steve Kim first reported that a middleweight showdown between Gennady Golovkin and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez was going to be pushed back to the fall of 2017. Fans were hoping to see them battle this coming September. Earlier this year, the World Boxing Council ordered Canelo (47-1-1, 33KOs) to face Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs), the mandatory challenger, in the fall.
So with it being clear that a bout between Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) and Saul Alvarez will not take place this year, the focus for Golovkin is on his next fight which will take place in either August or September. And there is rampant speculation that he could be going to Britain to face Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17KOs) in his next outing.
Chris Eubank Sr. Interview - Anthony Joshua MBE and Dominic Breazeale both predict KO wins in their battle for Joshua’s IBF World Heavyweight title . Joshua and Breazeale clash at The O2 on June 25 live on Sky Sports Box Office with Joshua making the first defence of the belt that he ripped from Charles Martin with a clinical second round KO in April.
It looks like the highly anticipated clash between unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32KOs) and Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (47-1-1, 32KOs) will not take place in 2016.
The trash talking between super middleweights Martin Murray and George Groves has gotten personal. The two fighters will collide in a WBA final world title eliminator on Saturday night as part of the Anthony Joshua vs. Dominic Breazeale undercard at the O2 Arena in London.
Eddie Hearn, who promotes British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17 KOs), says a potential fight with IBO/IBF/WBC/WBA middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) could be finalized by next week - if Eubank and his father/trainer, Chris Eubank Sr., want that fight in the fall.
British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. (22-1, 17 KOs) is hungry to get in the ring with IBO/IBF/WBC/WBA middleweight world champion Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin (35-0, 32 KOs) in September.
Chris Eubank Interview - Anthony Joshua MBE and Dominic Breazeale both predict KO wins in their battle for Joshua’s IBF World Heavyweight title . Joshua and Breazeale clash at The O2 on June 25 live on Sky Sports Box Office with Joshua making the first defence of the belt that he ripped from Charles Martin with a clinical second round KO in April.
According to Betway, Chris Eubank Jnr is at the top of the pecking order to fight world middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. The leading online bookmaker is 8/11 for Golovkin, regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, to pick a fight with Eubank over Billy Joe Saunders or Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.