Chris Eubank Jr on his notorious spar with James DeGale

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CHRIS EUBANK Jr believes his July 15 clash with Arthur Abraham will lead him to a fight with James DeGale.

DeGale is an Olympic gold medallist and the reigning IBF super-middleweight champion. But Eubank has previously sparred him and maintains the DeGale is avoiding him.

โ€œI sparred him years ago, I had just turned pro or just before. Everybody knows my side of the story, I got on top of him. I dominated the eight round spar. The words I used were I schooled him. Iโ€™ve just been waiting for the opportunity to show everybody what I was saying true,โ€ Eubank Jr said.

As much as Eubank talk up a DeGale fight, the Londoner has just had an operation for a shoulder injury. But Junior scoffed, โ€œHe’s talking about shoulder surgery but it’s more like heart surgery. He’s got no heart.โ€

Eubank insisted that he confronted DeGale at Haye-Bellew earlier this year. โ€œTo be honest, DeGale doesn’t want to fight. I approached him at ringside at the David Haye fight and spoke to him man-to-man,โ€ Chris Junior claimed. โ€œI said ‘Listen, you’re a business man, you’re in this game to make money โ€“ you won’t get a bigger fight than me. He was just timid and shocked that I went up to him. He didn’t want to know. He was just trying to get away from the confrontation as quickly as possible. I could tell he doesn’t want to fight me. I looked in his eyes and could just tell he wasn’t comfortable engaging with me. He was stumbling, mumbling and stuttering saying ‘let’s see what happens.’โ€

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โ€œFor a world champion it was embarrassing โ€“ I thought I would get a bit of heat from him but it was the complete opposite,โ€ he continued. โ€œI frightened him, he was afraid to engage me.

โ€œIf someone came up to me and told me they want to fight me I would put them in their place. He didn’t do that at all โ€“ he just scurried off.โ€

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