Talks have restarted for Chris Eubank Jr to struggle Mexican celebrity Canelo Alvarez.
After securing a powerful revenge win over Liam Smith final yr, Eubank Jr returned to motion this month with a stoppage victory over Kamil Szeremeta.
He’s now on the lookout for big-name opponents and Canelo is one in all his targets.
“That fight can absolutely happen within the next year,” Eubank Jr informed Sky Sports activities. “He doesn’t have the pool of fighters available – there aren’t names left that fight fans want to see.
“After [David] Benavidez, there are not any different guys. Perhaps [Artur] Beterbiev and [Dmitry] Bivol however they don’t seem to be in his weight class and he most likely would not go up for these guys.
“Me and Canelo would be a hell of a build-up. Two very different personalities, very different background. That would be a lot of fun. It will be a lot of fun.”
A struggle with Alvarez has been mentioned earlier than and Ben Shalom, Eubank Jr’s promoter, revealed these talks have restarted.
As soon as Conor Benn has his boxing licence restored he would even be an possibility for Eubank Jr. Benn is presently beneath provisional suspension for an anti-doping violation.
“For me the two fights for me are Canelo and Conor Benn. We’ve already started small conversations around the Canelo fight,” Shalom informed Sky Sports activities.
“Obviously that [Canelo fight] was close last time. I believe that’s a fight that interests Canelo. You can imagine the press conference in the UK and the US, it would be absolutely huge.
“I believe Canelo wants dance companions however he additionally wants stars. I do not assume his final couple of opponents have been the most important stars and Chris Eubank Jr’s definitely a giant star.
“If he’s ever going to fight in the UK, that’s the fight and that would sell out Wembley Stadium. That’s No 1 on the list for me.”
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Benn invaded the ring after Eubank Jr’s spectacular victory over Szeremeta and vowed to cease him inside three rounds!
Canelo is likely one of the most established champions in boxing, who has solely misplaced lately to Dmitry Bivol, exterior of his pure weight class up at light-heavy. However Eubank Jr believes he can rattle the Mexican nice.
“Nobody gets under my skin. Everybody has tried, everybody has failed,” Eubank Jr stated.
“He likes things to go smoothly, he doesn’t like the trash-talk or the disrespect. You can’t give any edge, you have to win each and every fight before the real fight but nobody is better at mind games and mental edges than me.”
At a sophisticated stage of his personal profession, Eubank Jr nonetheless believes he can grow to be one of many largest names in British boxing in his personal proper.
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Eubank Jr strode to the ring to his traditional Dr Dre theme tune and vaulted the ropes in Riyadh
“It is hard to compete with heavyweights, they have famously been the pinnacle and in [Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury] you have two successful guys and huge characters. But they have kind of had their time,” he stated.
“So if I do what I am supposed to do and what I am capable of in these next few fights, I absolutely believe there is a strong chance I could become the face of boxing, British boxing especially.”
