{"id":762034,"date":"2026-09-06T16:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T16:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/762034\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T16:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T16:32:08","slug":"chris-eubank-jr-names-his-number-one-target-for-comeback-fight-hes-much-more-relevant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/762034\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr names his number one target for comeback fight: &#8220;He&#8217;s much more relevant&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/chris-eubank-jr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Eubank Jr<\/a> has named his number one target ahead of a return to the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Eubank had two fights with long-term rival Conor Benn in 2025, winning the first by unanimous decision in April, before struggling in the rematch seven months later, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/live\/cze62n462d3t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Benn dropped his rival on his way to avenging his loss with a dominant points win of his own.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It appeared in the November showdown that the weight cut to middleweight along with the rehydration clause proved to be a bridge too far for Eubank, who admitted afterwards that he had been dealing with a lot of health issues in the build up to the bout.<\/p>\n<p>He now insists he is back to full strength, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tyroneclipsuk\/video\/7681380902387207446?_r=1&amp;_t=ZN-99RiLqPi9Sw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in a recent interview<\/a> he was asked whether he would be more interested in another fight with Benn, or a rematch with former foe Billy Joe Saunders, who beat Eubank Jr back in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Eubank was clear with his view, stating that his preference is a trilogy contest with Benn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s 1-1 for me and Conor. He\u2019s much more relevant [than Billy Joe Saunders] and he has a big fight coming up next week. If he gets through that and wins that, I think it makes the third fight with us even bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d love to settle the score and now that I\u2019m healthy again, get it on for the third time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/robert-garcia-on-garcia-vs-conor-benn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benn challenges Ryan Garcia for his WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas on September 12<\/a>, but has already revealed it will be his final fight at 147lbs, so a further clash with Eubank could be a possibility in the future.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr has named his number one target ahead of a return to the ring. Eubank had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-762034","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\/762034","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=762034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}