{"id":517683,"date":"2026-04-07T13:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/517683\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:42:07","slug":"chris-eubank-jr-targeted-by-new-title-holder-for-history-making-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/517683\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr targeted by new title holder for ‘history-making’ fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Eubank Jr<\/a> is still yet to win a major recognised world title, but he may soon secure a second shot at doing so.<\/p>\n

Back in 2018, Eubank Jr came up short against George Groves in the solitary title challenge of his career<\/a>, but he remains as one of British boxing\u2019s household names, his two fights against Conor Benn last year further increasing his celebrity.<\/p>\n

There were rumours that Eubank Jr would retire after defeat to Benn in their November rematch<\/a>, but the Brighton-based operator has instead vowed to continue in the sport, with a catchweight clash against Australia\u2019s Michael Zerafa one of the possible next options.<\/p>\n

Yet, speaking with Seconds Out<\/a>, WBO Interim middleweight champion Denzel Bentley named Eubank as one of three domestic rivals on his hit list, after his stoppage win against Endry Saavedra on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to fight Liam Smith and defend it against him. Hopefully I can get them big fights now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that Chris Eubank Jnr is moving up but he is fighting at 164lbs. So, maybe he is testing the waters and might come back down.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose two are the biggest names above me in the division right now, so I would love to fight either of those two \u2013 and Brad Pauls just put on a great performance the other day.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe should have a world title shot next, if he goes and wins that then maybe we can get something going as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bentley could find himself upgraded to full world champion in the near future, with reigning WBO champion Janibek Alimkhanuly currently serving a suspension due to a failed drugs test, but also believed to be considering a move to super-middleweight upon his return.<\/p>\n

As a result, Bentley went on to admit that he hopes a potential shot at the full WBO middleweight world title could tempt Eubank into a return to the middleweight division.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe [Eubank] is someone who has always wanted to be a world champion, so maybe this [belt] could be the ticket to get that fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo disrespect by the way, I am a big fan of Eubank, I think that he is an amazing fighter, he has had a great career, but those are the fights that I want. I think that those are history-making fights for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Details surrounding Eubank\u2019s return are set to be announced soon, with Bentley hoping to be the man in the opposite corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr is still yet to win a major recognised world title, but he may soon secure…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-517683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}