Though there are certainly plenty of critics and cynics who say the fight will either never happen at all or that it is a gross mismatch anyway, Chris Eubank Junior’s promoter Eddie Hearn insists talks are well underway, at an advanced stage even, for his fighter to face unbeaten pound-for-pound star Gennady Golovkin. In fact Hearn, in speaking with Sky Sports News HQ, said we should “not be surprised to see Eubank-Golovkin in September.”
Hearn said Eubank must first take care of, and look good against, Tom Doran in defence of his British middleweight belt on June 25th (on the Joshua-Breazeale card in London) but that it could then be an assault on GGG’s collection of world titles.
“When we started working with Chris Eubank again, the message was clear: Make the Gennady Golovkin fight. I asked them behind closed doors whether it was a joke but they told me, ‘It’s real – make the fight.’ And over the last couple of weeks that’s what we’ve been doing. We’re in a position now where we haven’t agreed terms but we’re well on the way to agreeing terms with Golovkin for a September fight with Chris Eubank Junior. He must beat Tom Doran. He can really, really punch and if Eubank takes his eye off the ball he can forget all about the likes of Golovkin. But certainly that fight is ramping up speed and don’t be surprised to see Eubank-Golovkin in September.”
Hearn has promoted or co-promoted some big, big fights in his tenure as the head of Matchroom boxing, but if he can make this fight, it would possibly be his biggest achievement yet – especially if he is able to lure Golovkin to fight in the UK. September would not be too late (all being well regarding the unreliable British weather) for this fight to take place at a huge outdoor stadium, surely the only fitting venue for what would be such a super-fight in Britain. And if Golovkin cannot get the fight he really wants, with Canelo Alvarez this September, he has to fight someone. Maybe Eubank, the son of the former two-weight champ, will fit the bill.
As to whether or not Eubank Jr – or any fighter you care to mention – has a chance of winning, that’s a whole different article. For now, let’s see if Hearn can work his magic with GGG’s main man, Tom Loeffler.
