{"id":36077,"date":"2025-09-19T16:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/eubank-jr-targets-canelo-in-2026-after-benn-rematch-mega-fight\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:29:07","slug":"eubank-jr-targets-canelo-in-2026-after-benn-rematch-mega-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/boxing\/eubank-jr-targets-canelo-in-2026-after-benn-rematch-mega-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Eubank Jr. targets Canelo in 2026 after Benn rematch: \u00bfMega-fight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Chris Eubank Jr. targets a fight against Canelo \u00c1lvarez<\/h2>\n\nBritish boxer Chris Eubank Jr. has a possible fight against Sa\u00fal &#8220;Canelo&#8221; \u00c1lvarez in his sights for the beginning of next year, as long as he manages to defeat Conor Benn in their rematch on November 15th. This was revealed by promoter Ben Shalom.\n\nEubank Jr. will face Benn for the second time at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. In their first encounter, Eubank Jr. won by unanimous decision in April.\n\nAccording to the terms of the contract, both boxers are obliged to fight twice. The rematch will take place at middleweight, with a 160-pound limit and a 10-pound rehydration clause, as it was in the first fight.\n\nIf Eubank Jr. is victorious, he will seek a high-caliber fight against \u00c1lvarez, or even Terence Crawford, in early 2026.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c[2026] is going to be a great year [for Eubank]\u201d, Shalom stated.<\/p><cite>Ben Shalom<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n&#8220;I think he will emerge victorious in a resounding manner [against Benn] and then he will want to face the best. Canelo and Crawford are the two names he would like to fight and we hope we can make that happen early next year.&#8221;\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0427%2Fr1484534_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Eubank Jr. faces Conor Benn a second time in November.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Chris Eubank Jr. se enfrenta a Conor Benn por segunda vez en noviembre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nAfter Crawford&#8217;s victory over \u00c1lvarez, Eubank Jr. posted on social media:\n\n&#8220;Eubank x Crawford 2026.&#8221;\n\nHowever, Shalom believes a fight against \u00c1lvarez is more likely.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I think [Canelo] is the fight,&#8221; Shalom said.<\/p><cite>Ben Shalom<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n&#8220;Canelo has never fought in the UK, he&#8217;s the biggest star in boxing, and you have the biggest British boxing star [Eubank], the only one who could really make sense for Canelo. I think it would sell out Wembley, I think it&#8217;s one of the biggest fights that could be made in world boxing. Chris is focused on November 15th, then we can look at that fight.&#8221;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Eubank Jr. targets a fight against Canelo \u00c1lvarez British boxer Chris Eubank Jr. has a possible fight against Sa\u00fal &#8220;Canelo&#8221; \u00c1lvarez in his sights for the beginning of next year, as long as he manages to defeat Conor Benn in their rematch on November 15th. This was revealed by promoter Ben Shalom. Eubank Jr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[205,895,5180,3420],"class_list":{"0":"post-36077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-boxing","7":"tag-boxing","8":"tag-canelo","9":"tag-eubank-jr","10":"tag-rematch"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}