Chris Eubank Jr’s promoter, Ben Shalom, has revealed what went fallacious for his fighter not getting the profitable, life-changing battle in opposition to famous person Canelo Alvarez on September 14th.
Shalom says the administration for unified tremendous middleweight champion Canelo (61-2-2, 39 KOs) couldn’t give you a determine that Eubank Jr. (33-3, 24 KOs) might agree on for his or her battle, which he feels could be a large one.
Eubank Jr.’s Restricted Marketability within the US
It’s unclear what sort of cash Eubank Jr. is hoping to get preventing Canelo as a result of he’s not a family identify within the States, and the battle wouldn’t do massive numbers on PPV from the U.S. aspect.
For the Canelo-Eubank Jr battle to succeed on PPV, the British public must buy it in large numbers, and it’s questionable whether or not that will be the case. Eubank Jr. is seen as a domestic-level fighter, even within the eyes of UK followers. He’s not taking over the highest canine at 160 or 168.
Eubank Jr. has been working on the British and European stage since shedding to WBA tremendous middleweight champion George Groves in 2018. That was the one time in Eubank Jr’s 13-year profession that he fought for a world title, which ended badly for him.
Canelo is negotiating along with his WBA obligatory Edgar Berlanga for a battle on September 14th in a cross-promotional conflict involving PBC and Matchroom Boxing. The battle might be proven on DAZN and Prime Video PPV from the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Whereas that’s a horrible battle, it’s not as a lot of a trainwreck within the U.S. as a Canelo-Eubank Jr. battle could be.
Shalom nonetheless believes a battle between Eubank Jr. and Canelo will occur, however excellent now. He is likely to be proper. Canelo is seemingly taking simpler fights now in opposition to opposition that U.S followers have little curiosity in to maintain himself on the high, and Eubank Jr. will work nicely to additional that.
“Canelo’s promotional workforce couldn’t get to a quantity that Chris [Eubank Jr] felt was acceptable for a battle of that dimension,” stated Shalom to talkSport on why the Canelo vs. Eubank Jr. battle received’t be occurring on September 14th.
Eubank Jr. could proceed to have issues in negotiations with Canelo. Nothing goes to alter except Eubank Jr. reveals some bravery and takes on an honest tremendous middleweight like Diego Pacheco, Caleb Plant, or Christian Mbilli and beats them. It’s protected to say that Eubank Jr. could be an enormous underdog in opposition to all of these fighters and could be trounced.
Shalom Optimistic Canelo-Eubank Jr. Occurs
“And I do imagine that battle goes to occur, nevertheless it’s not going to occur in September,” Shalom continued in regards to the Canelo-Eubank Jr. conflict. “In the intervening time, I believe Chris feels that it’s an enormous battle, and it’s a large battle, so the phrases have to be proper.”
I hate to interrupt this to Shalom, however Canelo vs. Eubank Jr. shouldn’t be prone to occur except Chris Jr. agrees to no matter Alvarez’s administration desires. Eubank Jr. might strengthen his negotiating energy if he beats one of many massive canine at 168, however that isn’t going to occur on this lifetime.
We’ll possible see Eubank Jr. pick one other lesser man like those he’s been preventing and be in no higher place to get his asking worth in talks with Canelo.
Eubank Jr’s final six fights:
– Liam Smith x 2: Knocked out within the first match and avenged it within the rematch
– Liam Williams: Home stage
– Wanik Awdijan
– Marcus Morrison
– Matt Korobov: Free arm damage by Korobov
