By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. will put his #1 rating with the WBA on the road in opposition to lately crushed Liam Williams in a home conflict on December eleventh on the Motorpoint Area in Cardiff, Wales. The struggle will likely be proven reside on Sky Sports activities within the UK.
It’s a dangerous struggle for Eubank Jr. to be taking over the heavy-handed Williams as a result of he’s ready to get a crack on the WBA title in opposition to the winner of the December twenty ninth struggle between WBA middleweight champion Ryota Murata and IBF champ Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin.
That is an insane transfer on Eubank Jr’s half as a result of he’s risking his assured title shot by combating Williams in entrance of his followers in Cardiff, Wales. The followers are going to be rabid, screaming for Eubank Jr’s blood on the night time, and Williams will likely be like a bull attempting to take his head off with each shot.
If Eubank Jr. loses to ‘The Machine’ Williams on December eleventh, he can kiss goodbye eternally any probability of him getting an enormous payday in opposition to Golovkin (41-1-1, 36 KOs).
Eubank Jr. already missed out on a struggle with GGG in September 2016 when he lagged throughout the negotiations and noticed welterweight Kell Brook swoop in and take it from underneath his nostril.
Whereas UK boxing followers view the Eubank Jr-Williams struggle as an thrilling dust-up, Individuals don’t see the purpose. 5 years later, Eubank Jr. gained’t get one other alternative to struggle Golovkin if he loses his domestic-level match in opposition to Williams.
Golovkin is popping 40 in April, and he’s not going to remain round for the following 5 years ready for Eubank Jr. to rebuild his profession after a loss to Williams.
Williams (23-3-1, 18 KOs) was simply taken to high school by WBO middleweight champion Demetrius ‘Boo Boo’ Andrade in dropping a one-sided 12 spherical unanimous choice to him earlier this 12 months on April seventeenth in Hollywood, Florida.
Given the one-sided nature of the 29-year-old Williams’ latest defeat in opposition to Andrade, it’s arduous to see how Eubank Jr. has something to achieve in combating him. The place’s the upside for Eubank Jr., 32, in taking over a fighter coming off a one-sided defeat?
It will make sense for Eubank Jr. to struggle Liam Williams after dropping to the Golovkin vs. Murata winner, which is anticipated to be GGG. After Eubank Jr. will get the large payday in opposition to the Golovkin-Murata winner, it will be smart to struggle Williams, however NOT earlier than. That’s dumb, dumb, and dumb.
Eubank Jr. is giving Williams an opportunity to rapidly put himself in place for an additional world title shot with out having to do a lot. All Williams has to do to lock himself in in opposition to the Golovkin vs. Murata winner is starch Eubank Jr, and there’s an opportunity he’ll.
Eubank Jr. has aged badly since his loss to George Groves in 2018, and he’s not the identical man he was again then. Home stage middleweight Marcus Morrison gave Eubank Jr. all types of issues final Could and had him harm at one level.
After Eubank Jr. tasted a few of Morrison’s energy early, he performed it secure the final three-quarters of the struggle, making it painfully uninteresting to observe.
“Liam Williams has been saying lots to attempt to catch my consideration and bait me into combating him,” stated Eubank Jr. to Sky Sports activities.
“It’s now obtained to the purpose the place everyone seems to be asking me to close him up, and on December 11, I’m going to provide the individuals what they need.
“I’m on a mission in the direction of world titles, and Liam Williams is somebody I’ve obtained to undergo to get there.
“That is the struggle individuals wish to see. They wish to see if Williams can again up what he’s been saying – which he gained’t,” Eubank Jr. stated.
Eubank Jr. is coming off a fifth spherical stoppage win over little-known Wanik Awdijan final October sixteenth.
