Chris Eubank Jr: ‘I don’t believe Gennady Golovkin is the pound-for-pound best in the world’

Gennady Golovkin

HOW long must we wait for Chris Eubank Jrโ€™s much advertised, but so far utterly unrealised, mega fight? A rematch with Billy Joe Saunders never materialised, a clash with Gennady Golovkin was negotiated and then abandoned last year. He talked up fighting James DeGale, even Andre Ward at light-heavyweight. In the mean time we have to make do with Eubank boxing unknown Australian Renold Quinlan on Saturday (February 4).

This contest is on a new ITV Box Office pay-per-view platform and maybe this will give Eubank the clout to finally snare a significant name. He seems to hope so. โ€œSuper-middleweight, light-heavyweight, middleweight, these are all the possible fights that can be made now. On ITV we have the platform and thereโ€™s nobody getting in the way, thereโ€™s no middlemen confusing situations. So all these big fights can be made now in 2017,โ€ Eubank Jr said.

โ€œIโ€™m not looking too far ahead. Obviously everybody has their goals, their dreams and Iโ€™m working towards those. But Iโ€™m not overlooking this man. Heโ€™s travelled halfway across the world to come here and defend his title. Iโ€™ve got respect for that. He didnโ€™t have to do that, he didnโ€™t have to be here. He could have taken an easier route. He wants to test himself against the best and it will be an extremely tough test. This isnโ€™t going to be a walk in the park. Itโ€™s going to be a hell of a fight. Weโ€™re on a great platform ITV Box Office, I canโ€™t wait to get there and show you guys what Iโ€™ve been working on.โ€

He ran through his familiar battle cry, calling out everyone vaguely near his weight. โ€œIโ€™m coming for everybody. DeGale, I want the rest of those teeth. Iโ€™ve told everybody Iโ€™m going to put them on my mantelpiece. Golovkin, I know I can beat him. Heโ€™s seen by some of you guys as one of the pound-for-pound best in the world, I donโ€™t believe it. I donโ€™t see it. I know I have the beating of that man. I watch him fight and I can see holes. I guess heโ€™s got power but itโ€™s going to take a hell of a lot more than that beat me and Iโ€™ve got a very nice little plan for that man. So Golovkin, Iโ€™m coming for you, Iโ€™m going to roast that guy. Again Saunders, Iโ€™m never going to get past that fight, Iโ€™m never going to have him out of my mind until I right that wrong. He has a win over me. I need to even the score and these are all fights that can be made in 2017, hopefully here on ITV,โ€ he declared.

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