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Promoter predicts potential date for Chris Eubank Jr. return against world champion
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Chris Eubank Jr. will fight Canelo Alvarez, believes the British fighter’s promoter Ben Shalom.
However, he does not expect that to happen in September, and instead thinks another world champion could be in his sights.
Canelo’s return is not yet confirmed for a specific opponent, and while Eubank was mentioned, Shalom told talkSPORT that it is more likely to happen down the line.
"And I do believe that fight is going to happen, but it's not going to happen in September,” he said.
"There were talks about maybe doing it in the UK, but with the stadium event with Riyadh Season on September 21 (Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois), which we are involved in, it doesn't make sense either.
"Obviously things can always change but at the moment, I think Chris feels that it's a huge fight.
"And it is a huge fight so the terms need to be right."
The middleweight has suggested Canelo, Terence Crawford, Conor Benn and Billy Joe Saunders were all fights he would be interested in, but Shalom sees things going another way.
"Yeah, none of those will happen next," he explained. "I think he's at a point where he wants to fight for world titles and I think that's what you'll be seeing.
"He's been out of the ring for a year because of lot of reasons so we want him to be back in the ring again and amongst those big fights.
"And we'll be announcing that in the next couple of weeks or so. The possibilities are open at the moment and there are definitely conversations going on with a world champion.”
On a date for his return, he said: "I think end of September, early October.”
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