Chris Eubank Jr. has revealed why his battle in opposition to Canelo Alvarez by no means occurred in October, with the 35-year-old saying that he wasn’t provided sufficient cash for the bout.
Why Did Chris Eubank Jr. Not Combat Canelo Alvarez?
Chris Eubank Jr. was purported to battle Canelo Alvarez in October, however the super-middleweight bout was cancelled with no rationalization given as to why the bout by no means occurred.
Eubank Jr. has spoken this week for the primary time for the reason that bout was cancelled, explaining why he by no means stepped into the ring in opposition to Alvarez final month.
“They had been making an attempt to make that battle for this September,” Eubank stated. “Me being the businessman that I’m, understood that the deal they had been giving me was no good.
“For a man who’s making 35 to 50 million a battle, don’t provide me the numbers you had been providing me. To a traditional man on the street, that’s life altering. It’s not life altering to me, and I do know what’s being made all over the place else, so don’t give me these numbers.”
There was loads of hypothesis as to why Eubank cancelled the battle, however cash wasn’t the one challenge for the British star who had been out of the ring for over a yr.
“In order that was one challenge,” he continued. “One other challenge was, and a very powerful challenge, I’ve been out of the ring for a yr. I’m not simply entering into there. I’m entering into there to beat Canelo.
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“I’m not entering into there to you understand, simply make up one among his exhibits like so many different guys do. Get a bit of cash and bounce. No, I would like that man scalped.”
Eubank’s final battle got here in a rematch in opposition to Liam Smith, with ‘Subsequent Gen’ getting revenge on Smith in 2023 by way of TKO after a ten spherical slog.
There was no talks of rescheduling the boxing match for the long run, so it seems that negotiations have damaged down between the fighters with each events shifting on to greener pastures… for now.
As a substitute of preventing Alvarez, Eubank will now make his return to the ring on the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol undercard in October. Eubank is about to battle Kamil Szeremeta on October twelfth, who’s unbeaten in his final six bouts.