{"id":271524,"date":"2025-11-08T17:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/271524\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T17:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:41:09","slug":"chris-eubank-jr-says-who-would-win-in-a-boxing-match-between-erling-haaland-and-mohamed-salah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/271524\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr says who would win in a boxing match between Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chris Eubank Jr has decided whether Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah would beat Manchester City striker Erling Haaland in a boxing match.<\/p>\n<p>Eubank Jr. is gearing up for a rematch against Conor Benn, which will take place on Saturday, November 15.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2025\/11\/07\/wayne-rooney-has-come-up-with-a-plan-for-liverpool-to-beat-man-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City and Liverpool clash<\/a> at the Etihad Stadium in a tie that may well have huge ramifications on the Premier League title race.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mail.png\" alt=\"mail icon\"\/>Join our newsletter for news &amp; smart analysis. <\/p>\n<p>City are just ahead of the Reds before kick-off, while Arsenal\u2019s gap at the summit is already sizeable.<\/p>\n<p>It is a must-win fixture for both teams, who will need their key players, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/tag\/mohamed-salah\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mohamed Salah<\/a> and Erling Haaland, to step up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2235431796-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mohamed Salah of Liverpool during the Premier League match between Burnley and Liverpool at Turf Moor\" class=\"wp-image-262436\" \/>Photo by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty ImagesWho would win an Erling Haaland vs Mohamed Salah boxing match<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his meeting with Benn, Eubank Jr. has been filming with DAZN and was asked to name which footballers would make the best boxers.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Cristiano Ronaldo would beat Wayne Rooney in a boxing match.<\/p>\n<p>Eubank Jr. then claimed Haaland\u2019s age and size would see him best Ronaldo in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Next up in the game of winner stays on, the Man City centre-forward was pitted against Salah, with the Norwegian star given the nod over the Liverpool winger.<\/p>\n<p>Eubank Jr. then chose Haaland over several more footballers, including Lionel Messi and Neymar.<\/p>\n<p> What Mohamed Salah has said about Erling Haaland<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2025\/11\/04\/rio-ferdinand-says-liverpool-fans-are-nuts-after-seeing-calls-for-mohamed-salah-to-be-dropped\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salah\u2019s form has been mixed<\/a> during 2025\/26, but he\u2019s still got five goals in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>That pales in comparison to Haaland, however, who is the Premier League\u2019s leading goalscorer ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rousingthekop.com\/2025\/11\/07\/alan-shearer-and-paul-merson-disagree-when-deciding-the-result-of-man-city-vs-liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man City hosting Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both players are expected to have an impact on the fixture, given how crucial they have been for their respective clubs in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking back in February, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fabrizioromanoherewego\/posts\/-mo-salah-i-respect-haaland-a-lot-hes-a-striker-so-his-life-is-a-bit-easier-for-\/1272702984657190\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, Salah showed his respect for Haaland.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI respect Haaland a lot\u2026 he\u2019s a striker, so his life is a bit easier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a winger honestly to have such a record is quite difficult. Every winger can confirm that. So, I see it differently between us, because he\u2019s a striker and I\u2019m a winger.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr has decided whether Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah would beat Manchester City striker Erling Haaland in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,78339,48081,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-271524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-erling-haaland","12":"tag-mohamed-salah","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}