SUCH is the brutal churn of boxing’s news cycle and frantic pace it spins and mixes, a winning fighter has barely had enough time to take a sip from a water bottle and digest the result of a fight before a microphone is thrust in their face. Then, after a few courtesy questions about the fight, comes the inevitable question: what’s next?
While the answer is probably a beefburger and chips, some ice on the face and numerous other methods of relaxation and recuperation, what the interrogator really means is, who you gonna do this all over again with?
Fresh from his legacy victory, Chris Eubank Jr has been weighing up his options with Sky Sports, and they include a possible rematch with Conor Benn or the pursuit of an elusive clash with Canelo Alvarez. Given the way his legs occasionally got stuck in the metaphorical mud versus Benn, the latter may be ill-advised.
That said, a hampering weight cut had much to do with the 35-year-old’s lack of mobility. A clash with Canelo would be at 168 and require no such boiling down of the frame.
“Boxing is a very beautiful industry where anything can happen. The possibilities are endless. If the rematch is meant to be, it will be,” Eubank Jr told reporter Kaveh Solhekol.
“And if not, guess what? There are plenty of other amazing fights to be had. And great things for me to achieve in the sport. So I’m happy either way.”
Canelo is aiming to regain his super-middleweight undisputed status when he takes on William Scull this Saturday. Eubank Jr reckons he could fill another stadium taking on the Mexican master.
“He is an opponent I’ve been looking at for many years now. And the fans would love to see that. So 100 per cent that’s a name in my line of sight.
“And we will be doing whatever we can to secure that fight in the future.”
