Shalom Says Terms Are Almost Agreed for Eubank Jr vs. Brook

Label: REPORTED · Heat: WARM. Ben Shalom, speaking to Pro Boxing Fans, says a Chris Eubank Jr fight with Kell Brook is close — not official, not dated beyond February, and with no weight announced.

World Boxing News puts it this way: "Ben Shalom says terms are almost agreed for a February 2027 showdown." It adds that "Brook, 40, could end his retirement for one more major British clash." Those verbs and the retirement framing are WBN's.

The on-the-record line, as both Boxing News 24 and Boxing News attribute it to Shalom via Pro Boxing Fans, is: "I think the fight happens. I think pretty much terms are agreed on both sides." Boxing News also quotes him, with its own interpolations in brackets: "I believe [Eubank will return in] February. I think [Kell Brook] is the fight that fans want to see, I think that's the fight that sells."

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Boxing News 24 says Boxxer is targeting February for a DAZN pay-per-view, that Shalom mentioned no weight limit, and that he pointed to Joshua–Fury as a reason to move the card off a crowded December. Boxing News notes Brook retired in 2022 after beating Amir Khan and "has consistently said he would be open to a return." That is as far as we will go on retirement or health — we are only repeating what those outlets reported.

Boxxer and DAZN have not announced the fight. There is no venue, no date inside February, and no contract in public.

Fighter page: Chris Eubank Jr.

Also on the wire

A few other lines from today, all unsigned color or already-booked talk, not new official fight announcements:

• The Ring says "David Benavidez thinks Jai Opetaia would be easy work." That is The Ring's caption, not a verbatim Benavidez quote we have independently checked. Benavidez first has Michal Cieslak on Dec. 5, live on DAZN, per The Ring; Opetaia already has his official Dec. 11 date with Deontay Wilder as the co-main on Fury–Joshua in Cardiff.

  R Ring Magazine@ringmagazine

  David Benavidez thinks Jai Opetaia would be easy work 😬 The unified cruiserweight champ will first have to get through Michal Cieslak on December 5th, live on DAZN 🏆

• Dan Rafael's take, after the WBA ruling Kimster already covered in 309 — Lopez's mandatory defense against Catterall was reaffirmed, with 10 days to reach an agreement or either side may request a purse bid — is: "Lopez is likely to take the MUCH bigger money to fight Garcia fight anyway and vacate." That is Rafael's opinion, quoted as he wrote it, not a WBA order and not a signed fight. Garcia's own Feb. 6 Mayweather talk is in our 304. Fighter pages: Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia.

  D Dan Rafael@DanRafael1

  BREAKING: WBA rules in favor of "regular" 147 titlist Jack Catterall and refuses to sanction Teofimo Lopez-Ryan Garcia unifciation fight. However, Lopez is likely to take the MUCH bigger money to fight Garcia fight anyway and vacate. #boxing

• BoxingScene frames Lester Martinez as "at risk to be sidestepped" by Canelo Alvarez. That headline is BoxingScene's. At Wednesday's WBC convention, Mauricio Sulaiman told Martinez's side the WBC will wait to hear Canelo's plans and, quoting Sulaiman: "I spoke with [Alvarez] directly. They are more than willing to fight Lester Martinez, but they want to do it at the biggest stage possible." He also said Martinez "is interim champion. He will defend the interim championship, anyway." Background on Martinez's callout is in Who's next for Canelo?

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