Chris Eubank Jr names four-fight hit-list including Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford
Chris Eubank Jr has big plans for the future.
The British middleweight star signed a promotional partnership with BOXXER on Wednesday and is already lining up his future fights.
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Eubank Jr hasn't competed since September last year when he avenged his defeat to Liam Smith with a shutout display at the Manchester Arena.
But under BOXXER, 'Next Gen' is expected to be more active with a four-fight hit list already in place.
“I’m very excited to have signed with BOXXER and Ben Shalom. They fit the direction I want to go in," he said in a press release.
"We have big plans over the next 12 to 24 months. There are big fights in the pipeline and these guys can make it happen.
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"This is a partnership. I have the freedom and the leeway to work how I want to work, which is very rare.
"I’m in a position of power. I’m in a position to really control the direction that I want to go in so I’m excited.
“I’ve been in the game for 12 years now and I’m still hungry. I’m still excited. I’m still in love with the sport of boxing.
"I’m in a blessed position right now where there are 4 or 5 different names out there that are mega fights that everybody wants to see.
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"Canelo Alvarez, Terence Crawford, Conor Benn, Billy Joe Saunders - and that’s just off the top of my head.
"There are many more fights out there that can be made, even domestically, so I’m in an exciting position.”
Eubank Jr is reportedly the frontrunner to face undisputed super middleweight king Canelo Alvarez next while Edgar Berlanga is also in the running.
The Brighton boxer has been campaigning for a fight with Canelo for several years to no avail and although he hasn't done enough at 168lbs to warrant a title shot he could jump the queue this summer.
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A fight with Terence Crawford was rumoured to be in the pipeline last year but Brian 'Bomac' McIntyre - who trains both men - insisted there were never any serious talks.
It seems somewhat unlikely this would get over the line considering they are training partners, although Eubank Jr has been known to switch between camps.
Domestic dust-ups with Conor Benn and Billy Joe Saunders have their own limitations with the former currently under provisional suspension with the British Boxing Board of Control due to a failed drug test ahead of his cancelled clash with Eubank Jr in October 2022.
Meanwhile, Saunders hasn't fought since losing to Canelo in May 2021.
The former WBO middleweight champion is currently a free agent and has made it clear he would happily return to the ring to run it back with Eubank Jr after edging their nip and tuck affair on points in 2014.
However, it is unclear exactly where he is fitness wise and whether he would need to take a warmup fight first.
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