Eubank Jr may still land the fight that everybody wants

A career spent in one of boxing’s heaviest shadows could be defined by a blockbuster bout with rival Conor Benn in 2025

- STEVE BUNCE

Chris Eubank Jr has had a lot of time to think about where he is going and where he has been in the boxing business. On Saturday night, here in Riyadh, Eubank Jr will have his 37th fight when he meets Poland’s Kamil Szeremeta. It is all part of a much bigger plan, having accepted a unique responsibility outside the ring following the sudden death of his brother Sebastian.

In recent weeks, the boxer has had a spectacular and very public row with his former promoters and has talked boldly of a series of fights to end his career. He is older, wiser and far from finished.

Now 35, he has been a professional boxer since 2011 and has been winning lesser versions of the world title since 2017, including the IBO and WBA interim belts, while he came up short against George Groves for the full version of the WBA super-middleweight world title.

He held the British middleweight title in 2016 and yet he is still viewed by many as the “son” of the original fighting Eubank, Chris the dad. It is one of boxing’s heaviest shadows to escape.