{"id":289363,"date":"2023-09-03T22:11:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T22:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289363"},"modified":"2023-09-03T22:11:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T22:11:40","slug":"eddie-hearn-reveals-what-chris-eubank-jr-fight-would-be-massive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/boxing\/eddie-hearn-reveals-what-chris-eubank-jr-fight-would-be-massive\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn reveals what Chris Eubank Jr fight would be &apos;massive&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Chris Eubank Jr calls out Kell Brook, Conor Benn and Gennady Golovkin after stopping rival Liam Smith&#8230; and Eddie Hearn thinks one of those match-ups is &#8216;absolutely massive&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chris Eubank Jr exacted revenge over Liam Smith with a dominant victory<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He called out three potential opponents after the tenth-round stoppage<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Eddie Hearn took to Twitter to claim one of the fights would be &#8216;massive&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chris Eubank Jr called out a number of potential future opponents after his victory over Liam Smith &#8211; one of which would be an &#8216;absolutely massive&#8217; bout according to Eddie Hearn.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old exacted his revenge against Smith in their rematch on Saturday night, producing a commanding display before sending him to the canvas during the tenth round of their contest at the AO Arena.<\/p>\n<p>After his excellent performance to stop his rival, Eubank Jr called out a number of fighters during his post match interview.<\/p>\n<p>Eubank called out Conor Benn, who he had been due to fight last October only for the latter to fail a drugs test, as well as Kell Brook.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;There&#8217;s some big names out there. I see a few of these guys in the crowd. I&#8217;m coming for you Conor, I&#8217;m coming for you Kell [Brook]. I&#8217;m coming for you. Anybody else who wants it, we&#8217;re going to put on a show for the fans.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/07\/75005673-12475249-image-a-41_1693722655499.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chris Eubank Jr called out a number of potential future opponents after stopping Liam Smith<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/07\/75005681-12475249-image-a-17_1693722427067.jpg\" height=\"482\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eddie Hearn took to Twitter to say that Eubank fighting one rival would be &#8216;absolutely massive&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/07\/75005685-12475249-image-a-18_1693722488804.jpg\" height=\"364\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hearn is keen to see Eubank finally clash with Conor Benn after their cancelled fight last year<\/p>\n<p>Eubank also renewed his rivalry with Gennady Golovkin, a fight that he has been chasing for more than five years.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I want to fight GGG. I don&#8217;t know where he is right now, but wherever you are Gennady, you&#8217;ve been holding onto them belts for too long. I want to take one, so let&#8217;s get that on if we can.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Despite Eubank&#8217;s claims, Golovkin doesn&#8217;t actually hold any belts after the 40-year-old vacated his WBA and IBF middleweight world titles back in March.<\/p>\n<p>Out of all the fights, Matchroom Boxing promoter Hearn appeared to suggest there is one he would love to see.<\/p>\n<p>After last night&#8217;s bout he tweeted: &#8216;Eubank v Benn&#8230; absolutely massive.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Eubank&#8217;s proposed fight with Benn was cancelled 48 hours hour before it was due to take place due to the latter&#8217;s failed drugs test.<\/p>\n<p>Since then he turned his attentions to Smith, demanding a rematch after his fourth round defeat to the Liverpudlian back in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/07\/75005677-12475249-image-a-19_1693722513818.jpg\" height=\"445\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eubank also called out Kell Brook who retired from boxing last year after beating Amir Khan<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/03\/07\/75005679-12475249-image-a-20_1693722560091.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He also called out Gennady Golovkin who has not fought since his loss to Canelo Alvarez<\/p>\n<p>Benn&#8217;s ban for a failed drugs test was lifted in July, opening up the possibility of a future match with Eubank.<\/p>\n<p>Smith appeared to hurt his leg early on during his bout with Eubank, and Benn said he wasn&#8217;t impressed with his rival&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n<p>Benn was at ringside to watch Eubank&#8217;s latest victory and when asked about the performance, he replied: &#8216;Smith made him look good. What, it takes you ten rounds to dispatch of someone who&#8217;s got a broken leg? I&#8217;m not really impressed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Eubank&#8217;s call-out, Benn said: &#8216;Eubank, let&#8217;s get it on, there&#8217;s unfinished business there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You could definitely see that it was an injury, that&#8217;s all that was. 100 per cent, you could tell Smith weren&#8217;t himself. His shots weren&#8217;t coming off, he weren&#8217;t able to get out the way of the shots. And that&#8217;s all that was.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I didn&#8217;t think it was an impressive performance. If you&#8217;ve got a wounded man in there, take hold of them, get them out of there. If I&#8217;ve got someone injured in front of me who can&#8217;t throw back, they ain&#8217;t seeing the end of the round. That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12475249\/Chris-Eubank-Jr-calls-Kell-Brook-Conor-Benn-Gennady-Golovkin-stopping-rival-Liam-Smith-Eddie-Hearn-thinks-one-match-ups-absolutely-massive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Eubank Jr calls out Kell Brook, Conor Benn and Gennady Golovkin after stopping rival Liam Smith&#8230; and Eddie Hearn thinks one of those match-ups is &#8216;absolutely massive&#8217; Chris Eubank Jr exacted revenge over Liam Smith with a dominant victory He called&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eddie Hearn reveals what Chris Eubank Jr fight would be &amp;apos;massive&amp;apos; 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