Chris Eubank Jr. Explains Why Canelo Alvarez Fight Never Happened

Chris Eubank Jr. never fought Canelo Alvarez and he explains why the bout never happened.

Eubank Jr. was in talks to box Alvarez, but the fight never happened. He has since moved on and will box Polish veteran Kamil Szeremeta on October 12. With that, Eubank Jr. opened up on why the fight didn’t happen.

“They were trying to make that fight for this September,” Eubank Jr. said (via BoxingNewsOnline). “Me being the businessman that I am, understood that the deal they were giving me was no good. For a guy who’s making 35 to 50 million a fight, don’t offer me the numbers you were offering me. To a normal guy in the street, that’s life changing. It’s not life changing to me, and I know what’s being made everywhere else, so don’t give me those numbers.”

“So that was one issue,” Eubank Jr. continued. “Another issue was, and the most important issue, I’ve been out of the ring for a year. I’m not just going in there. I’m going in there to beat Canelo. I’m not going in there to you know, just make up one of his shows like so many other guys do. Get a bit of money and bounce. No, I want that guy scalped.”

Ultimately, Chris Eubank Jr. believes if he were to fight Canelo Alvarez he would be able to get the win. But, Eubank Jr. is looking to get a couple more fights before the bout.

“You don’t take a guy scalped like that after being inactive for a year. I’m not thirsty for money, so I don’t need to jump when you put the number in front of me. There’s only a few guys that you [Canelo] can fight. I know that fight’s going to be there next year. And by next year, I would have had two, three fights under my belt. I will be on a routine, I’ll be on a schedule, I’ll have my momentum, and then I’ll go and take him out.”

Eubank Jr. is 33-3 as a pro and coming off the TKO win over Liam Smith in September.