Chris Eubank Sr names Canelo as Eubank Jr\u2019s \u2018saving grace\u2019 amid brutal Conor Benn verdict TalkSPORT\/FacebookChris Eubank Jr must fight undisputed super-middleweight world champion Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez in his next fight to \u2018redeem any type of respect from the fighting public\u2019. That is is the damning verdict of his father Chris Eubank Sr, who insists he won\u2019t allow his son to fight at middleweight (160lbs) again. Eubank Jr avenged a shock stoppage loss to Liam Smith Jr by stopping the former light-middleweight world champion in September. The 34-year-old is highly ranked at middleweight with both the WBO and WBC meaning he is in line for a shot at their respective world champions Janibek Alimkhanuly and Jermall Charlo. Talk of a fight with Conor Benn also won\u2019t go away but Eubank Sr insists his son\u2019s future lies at super-middleweight (168lbs) and believes a fight with Canelo will be the only way for Eubank Jr, who is yet to win a world title with the four recognised governing bodies, to secure his legacy. \u201cThat fight [Eubank Jr vs Benn], I mean they\u2019re still talking about it,\u201d Eubank Sr said on talkSPORT. \u201cBut it doesn\u2019t make sense how they would put so much energy into producing another fight, knowing that I said it\u2019s not going to happen. \u201cAnd the reason it\u2019s not going to happen \u2013 my son is now walking around at 13st 5lbs, that\u2019s 187lbs. So for him to lose 27lbs to get down to middleweight, this is a man\u2019s life, he will never get down to that weight again, ever. Topic starts at 00:30 \u201cLet\u2019s get to the point, Canelo is the only person he\u2019s going to be able to fight now to redeem any type of respect from the fighting public. \u201cReal fighters, real boxing people. I know how you win respect, it\u2019s not beating a Liam Smith. Junior this is what my view is \u2013 your saving grace is going to be Canelo. \u201cYou\u2019re never going to get back down to 160lbs, I won\u2019t allow that to happen anyway. You\u2019re a 168lbs fighter, Canelo is your way to win respect and you cannot beat him, not Canelo. \u201cThe only way you can beat him is if daddy is next to you. That\u2019s it. Period.\u201d Eubank Sr\u2019s brutal Conor Benn verdict Eubank Sr also criticised Benn calling out welterweight world champion Terence Crawford and feels he would be better suited fighting his nephew, Harlem Eubank. \u201cHe\u2019s talking about the top fighters in the world, talking about Terence Crawford,\u201d Eubank Sr added. \u201cHow are you talking like that? What have you done? \u201cWhoever wins Conor Benn vs Harlem Eubank goes and conquers the world. He\u2019s not doing anything, he\u2019s in no-man\u2019s land. And now he\u2019s fighting a guy called Peter Dobson, who is this guy? \u201cBack in the day they used a term \u2013 \u2018They dug him up and he\u2019s still warm\u2019 \u2013 that\u2019s the type of fighter he\u2019s fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chris Eubank Sr names Canelo as Eubank Jr\u2019s \u2018saving grace\u2019 amid brutal Conor Benn verdict TalkSPORT\/FacebookChris Eubank Jr must fight undisputed super-middleweight world champion Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez in his next fight to \u2018redeem any type of respect from the fighting public\u2019. That is is the damning verdict of his father Chris Eubank Sr, who insists […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}