Chris Eubank Jr. wants to fight on Joshua-Molina card

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By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. wants to be added to the December 10 card headlined by IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua vs. Erick Molina at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The card will be televised by Sky Box Office pay-per-view. The 27-year-old Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs), who has been out with an injury since his 4th round knockout win over domestic level fighter Tom Doran last January, took to Twitter last Saturday to let the boxing fans know that he wants to be added to the Joshua-Molina card. Eubank Jr’s promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s going to meet with Eubank Jr. to discuss whether it’s possible for him to fight on the card.

Hearn asked Joshua if it’s possible for Eubank Jr. to fight on the card. Hearn figures that Eubank Jr. might want a lot of money to fight on the card, and he thinks he would want another soft opponent.

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Warren: Eubank Jr. doesn’t want to fight anyone

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By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Frank Warren is upset with Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs) after he suddenly pulled out of his defense of his British middleweight title against Warren’s fighter Tommy Langford. The two fighters were supposed to be fighting next month in October, but Eubank Jr. announced last week that he had an elbow injury and is vacating his British 160lb title.

Warren says that he had contracts signed and training expenses for Langford. He put a lot of effort into building this fight up, and now it’s all down the drain with Eubank Jr. pulling out of the fight and vacating his British strap.

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Chris Eubank Jr. suffers injury, vacates British title

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By Scott Gilfoid: Chris Eubank Jr. has reportedly vacated his British middleweight title and pulled out of his scheduled October 22nd defense against challenge Tommy Langford due to an elbow injury he sustained during a sparring session. I don’t know if you can call this a disappointment that the 26-year-old Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs) has pulled out of the Langford fight.

“Gutted” was Eubank Jr’s response on Twitter to his injury and his subsequent vacating of his British title. Eubank Jr’s father Chris Eubank responded to the news, saying “Chris Eubank Jr’s British middleweight Championship was officially relinquished yesterday due to injury.”

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Golovkin’s promoter targeting Saunders, Eubank and DeGale

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By Scott Gilfoid: Tom Loeffler, the promoter for IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin wants to bring him back to the UK in the near future to match him against one of the following British fighters: Billy Joe Saunders, Chris Eubank Jr. and James DeGale. Golovkin has already been ordered by the World Boxing Association to defend his title against WBA ‘regular’ middleweight champion Daniel Jacobs within 120 days, so that looks like it’s going to be happening next for Golovkin.

If Golovkin gets past Jacobs, then there’s a possibility that he could be coming back to the UK to fight the likes of Saunders, Eubank or DeGale. Saunders is the first priority for Golovkin, because he’ the WBO middleweight champion, and that’s the last remaining 160lb title not in Golovkin’s possession. He would like to win that belt so that he can have all the titles in his possession.

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Eubank Jr. to Golovkin: “My corner don’t own towels”

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By Eric Baldwin: British middleweight title holder Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs) took a shot at Kell Brook and IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) on his social media site on Saturday when he said that if GGG wants a fight, he should face him because his corner doesn’t have towels.

It was kind of a low blow in taking a shot at the 30-year-old Brook, whose trainer Dominic Ingle threw in the towel into the ring in the 5th round to save him from taking punishment in his fight against Golovkin at the O2 Arena in London, UK. Brook was getting worked over by Golovkin at the time that Ingle tossed the towel into the ring to have referee Marlon Wright stop the match.

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WBA wants Eubank Jr. to take part in tourney

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By Scott Gilfoid: In an offer that is likely to be rejected almost immediately, the World Boxing Association president Gilberto Mendoza wants #2 WBA Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs) to take part in a tournament to decide an eventual opponent to fight for the WBA middleweight title, which is currently held by Gennady Golovkin.

The WBA is going to be reducing the champions in the division by ordering WBA “regular” middleweight belt holder to face WBA Super World champion Golovkin after the Kazakhstan fighters’ next match against Kell Brook on September 10. So instead of Eubank fighting Golovkin immediately, he would have to wait for him to face Jacobs.

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Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Tommy Langford on October 22

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By Scott Gilfoid: Just when you thought Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs) couldn’t sabotage his career any more than he already had, he goes and signs for a fight against domestic level fighter Tommy Langford (17-0, 6 KOs). Eubank Jr. will be fighting the 27-year-old Langford on October 22 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. I am so, so disappointed in Eubank Jr. with his choice of opponent.

Langford is technically ranked #2 by the World Boxing Organization, which is a very, very high ranking considering the level of opposition he’s been fighting during his four-year pro career. I mean, I can’t recognize one name on Langford’s resume of past opponents, not one.

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Saunders still offering Eubank Jr. an 80-20 split

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By Scott Gilfoid: Well, it looks like you can add Chis Eubank Jr’s name to the list of fighters that WBO middleweight belt holder Billy Joe Saunders won’t be fighting anytime soon. Saunders is offering Eubank Jr. a small 80-20 revenue split for a rematch between them, and it looks like he’s not going to be budging from that offer.

Saunders recently turned down fights against Gabriel Rosado, Willie Monroe Jr. and Curtis Stevens for fights on the undercard of Saul Canelo Alvarez vs. Liam Smith card on September 17, and it’s unclear when he’ll finally get around to making his first defense of his World Boxing Organization 160lb title.

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Eubank Sr. says they still want Billy Joe Saunders

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By Scott Gilfoid: Chris Eubank Sr. is still interested in setting up a rematch between his son #2 WBA, #2 WBC Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KOs) and unbeaten WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12 KOs) so that his son can avenge his loss to Saunders from 2014. However, Eubank Sr. doesn’t know if Saunders is interested in the fight with Eubank Jr. Saunders has a chance of potentially getting a nice payday fight against former two division champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in December.

If Saunders takes energy showing interest in a fight against Eubank Jr. right now, he could wind up missing out on a fight against Canelo Alvarez. A fight against Canelo might have a more realistic chance of taking place for Saunders than a rematch against Eubank Jr., because the negotiations for that fight could prove to be a real headache for Saunders and his promoter.

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Saunders offers Eubank Jr. 80-20 split for rematch

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By Scott Gilfoid: Billy Joe Saunders and trainer Chris Eubank Sr. got into a little spat on social media today about this and that. Saunders pointed out that Eubank Sr. had got his son Chris Eubank Jr. a lot of money over the Gennady GGG Golovkin deal where he chose not to sign the contract for that fight. Eubank Sr. then intimated that he would let Saunders fight his son Eubank Jr. At this point, Saunders said the fight against Eubank Jr. can happen as long as he agrees to an 80-20 split of the loot for the fight.

It’s unclear if this was Saunders’ way of ducking the Eubank Jr rematch, but it would seem so. There’s no way Eubank Jr would accept such a low money split with the 26-year-old Saunders, who is seen by many in the boxing community as little more than a paper champion at best.

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