Hearn on Eubank-Brook: 'If I Was Eubank ... Not Fighting Kell Brook'

Label: REPORTED · Heat: WARM. This is an update to 311, where Ben Shalom said terms were almost agreed for Chris Eubank Jr vs. Kell Brook. It is still not an official booking.

Boxing News (Oscar Pick) quotes Eddie Hearn, speaking to iFL TV, on being asked about the fight: "When I spoke to Eubank, he told me that was a fight that had been offered. And he said, 'Would you be interested in looking at it?'" Hearn's verdict, as Boxing News quotes him: "If I was Eubank, I'd be making a run at 168lbs properly, not fighting Kell Brook." We are using that line, not the article's headline paraphrase "If I was him I wouldn't take that fight," which does not appear in the body.

The iFL TV caption is only "WHEN I SPOKE TO EUBANK…" and that the fight is "rumoured." The clip has not been independently transcribed.

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On timing, Boxing News writes that "Shalom claims the pair are set to collide in February." Boxing Kingdom goes further, writing that Eubank and Brook "are close to agreeing a deal for a major domestic fight with February 27 in Manchester being targeted, Ben Shalom has revealed." That date and city are Boxing Kingdom's report of what Shalom said, not a promoter announcement. Boxxer's site could not be checked this pass (it returned a 502). Nothing is signed.

Fighter page: Chris Eubank Jr. There is no Kell Brook fighter page in the BoxBid list.

If a purse ever does get posted, take a swing at Guess the Purse. Until there is an official date, leave the Fight Picks card alone.

Would you take Brook in February, or do you side with Hearn and send Eubank to 168? Tell us in the comments.

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