“Because of the [Benn] incidents and because of the board appealing and everything, we couldn’t get that fight done in time; [Eubank Jr] had to fight Liam Smith. Bingo for Chris Eubank Jr, because he won.
“Now it’s full steam ahead [for Eubank Jr vs Benn]. I met with Kalle Sauerland yesterday, we had great talks. This fight’s happening.
“We are full steam ahead for this fight. We’re gonna do everything we can, from both sides, to make this fight. Sometimes it doesn’t work out, but look: It’s the biggest fight for Chris Eubank Jr, it’s the biggest fight for Conor Benn. We wanna make it, Kalle wants to make it.
“So, we’ll do everything we can, and those conversations began yesterday […] It’s the biggest fight in Britain outside of ‘AJ’ [Anthony Joshua] vs [Tyson] Fury.”
Benn is unbeaten as a professional, having predominantly fought at welterweight. Meanwhile, Eubank Jr’s loss to Smith earlier this year was the third defeat of his career. Eubank Jr is a former super-middleweight world champion and a former interim world champion at middleweight.
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