{"id":791672,"date":"2026-10-04T12:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T12:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/791672\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T12:34:08","slug":"chris-eubank-jr-accused-of-pricing-himself-out-of-comeback-fight-ill-knock-him-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/791672\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr accused of ‘pricing himself out’ of comeback fight: “I’ll knock him out”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Eubank Jr<\/a> faces accusations of losing his love for the sport, and being entirely focused on \u201cmoney fights\u201d, as it remains to be seen who he will face next.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old has not fought since last November, when his rematch with Conor Benn resulted in a wide points defeat after he suffered two 12th-round knockdowns.<\/p>\n

Prior to that, Eubank had won their first encounter by unanimous decision<\/a>, despite contending with the same weight stipulation of a 10lb rehydration clause.<\/p>\n

This meant, on both occasions, that he needed to keep below 170lbs on the morning of fight night, having already made middleweight the day before.<\/p>\n

Moving forward, however, Eubank is expected to campaign at 168lbs and, according to promoter Eddie Hearn, has been considering a move to the Matchroom stable.<\/p>\n

As the promoter of Michael Zerafa, who has previously been linked to a clash with Eubank<\/a>, Hearn is also well-placed, it seems, to get their possible showdown over the line.<\/p>\n

Speaking with IFL TV<\/a>, the Australian \u2013 who has predominantly fought at 160lbs \u2013 said he remains eager for the opportunity but is unconvinced that Eubank shares his enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want the Eubank fight. Our teams have been [going] back and forth. I believe I beat him. I believe that love for the sport\u2019s not there anymore [for Eubank] \u2013 he\u2019s just chasing money fights.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like he knows I\u2019m a risk \u2026 that\u2019s why he\u2019s pricing himself out a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zerafa \u2013 who told Pro Box TV<\/a> he \u201ctruly believes he knocks Eubank out\u201d \u2013 went on to claim that Matchroom boss Hearn is in talks with the Australian government to stage the potential fight in Melbourne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr faces accusations of losing his love for the sport, and being entirely focused on \u201cmoney…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-791672","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\/791672","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=791672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}