{"id":475043,"date":"2026-02-12T12:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/475043\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T12:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:17:07","slug":"former-world-champion-offers-chris-eubank-jr-fight-after-4-years-out-the-ring-we-have-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/475043\/","title":{"rendered":"Former world champion offers Chris Eubank Jr fight after 4 years out the ring: “We have history”"},"content":{"rendered":"

After an underwhelming performance in his rematch with Conor Benn<\/a>, Chris Eubank Jr<\/a> has chosen to continue his boxing career\u2014and now a former world champion has offered him a fight, claiming to be Eubank\u2019s best option despite a four-year hiatus.<\/p>\n

Eubank impressed when he handed Benn a first career defeat last April but in their rematch, the now 36-year-old looked a shadow of his former self. Although, whether that performance can be attributed to his age or his difficulties making the weight remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

It is now understood that Eubank Jr will return to the super-middleweight division this year, anticipated to fight at 168lbs for the first time since defeating James DeGale in 2019<\/a> and has been linked to a potential clash with fellow Briton Hamzah Sheeraz.<\/p>\n

However, Sheeraz is not the only compatriot being mentioned for a clash with Eubank, as former IBF welterweight ruler Kell Brook told Boxing King Media<\/a> that he hopes to land the fight, despite four years away from the ring.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had history, he lost his pen when he should have been in with [Gennady] Golovkin, he didn\u2019t fancy that and I had to step in.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and him have been mentioned a few times but listen, I have had back and forth before but if they mean business and they want it to happen then they know exactly what my fee is, they know what I want and it can happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am the biggest fight out there for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brook hasn\u2019t been in the ring since he defeated Amir Kahn back in 22 but is set to end his retirement on Saturday, April 11, admirably stepping in for the late Ricky Hatton to take on Eisa Al Dah in Dubai<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After an underwhelming performance in his rematch with Conor Benn, Chris Eubank Jr has chosen to continue his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-475043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475043","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=475043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}