Chris Eubank Jr aims to make up for one of his biggest regrets by landing a showdown with Gennady Golovkin next year.
Eubank was gutted when a clash with middleweight king Golovkin in the UK fell through in 2016 with promoter Eddie Hearn blaming his dad. He faces Liam Smith on January 21 at Manchester’s AO Arena and hopes victory will finally lead to a fight against the WBA Super and IBF champ.
Eubank is well placed in the middleweight world rankings and he is No 5 with the WBA and No 2 with the WBC and WBO. “We want the big names and we want the world titles,” he told Mirror Sport . “GGG, that’s the one I’m hoping to get in the ring with next after Liam Smith.
