Chris Eubank Jr. has revealed why his struggle towards Canelo Alvarez by no means occurred in October, with the 35-year-old saying that he wasn’t provided sufficient cash for the bout.
Why Did Chris Eubank Jr. Not Struggle Canelo Alvarez?
Chris Eubank Jr. was purported to struggle Canelo Alvarez in October, however the super-middleweight bout was cancelled with no rationalization given as to why the bout by no means occurred.
Eubank Jr. has spoken this week for the primary time for the reason that bout was cancelled, explaining why he by no means stepped into the ring towards Alvarez final month.
“They had been making an attempt to make that struggle for this September,” Eubank mentioned. “Me being the businessman that I’m, understood that the deal they had been giving me was no good.
“For a man who’s making 35 to 50 million a struggle, don’t provide me the numbers you had been providing me. To a standard man on the street, that’s life altering. It’s not life altering to me, and I do know what’s being made in all places else, so don’t give me these numbers.”
There was loads of hypothesis as to why Eubank cancelled the struggle, however cash wasn’t the one subject for the British star who had been out of the ring for over a 12 months.
“In order that was one subject,” he continued. “One other subject was, and a very powerful subject, I’ve been out of the ring for a 12 months. I’m not simply moving into there. I’m moving into there to beat Canelo.
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“I’m not moving into there to , simply make up one in all his exhibits like so many different guys do. Get a bit of cash and bounce. No, I need that man scalped.”
Eubank’s final struggle got here in a rematch towards Liam Smith, with ‘Subsequent Gen’ getting revenge on Smith in 2023 through TKO after a ten spherical slog.
There was no talks of rescheduling the boxing match for the long run, so it seems that negotiations have damaged down between the fighters with each events shifting on to greener pastures… for now.
As an alternative of combating Alvarez, Eubank will now make his return to the ring on the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol undercard in October. Eubank is ready to struggle Kamil Szeremeta on October twelfth, who’s unbeaten in his final six bouts.
