Chris Eubank Jr. will make his long-awaited return to boxing on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol next month.
‘Next Gen’ will look to rebuild momentum against Polish fighter Kamil Szeremeta in Saudi Arabia after a 13-month hiatus from the sport.
Eubank Jr. will make his long-awaited return on the undercard in RiyadhGetty
Eubank Jr. hasn’t laced up his gloves since September last year when he avenged his defeat to Liam Smith via a tenth-round stoppage.
The 35-year-old has since signed a partnership deal with BOXXER and looks to be more active, having also reeled off a four-fight hit list including Canelo Alvarez, Terence Crawford, Conor Benn, and a rematch with Billy Joe Saunders.
First, Eubank Jr. will take on potential banana-skin opponent Szeremeta as he starts to build towards a potential world title shot.
Szeremeta is undefeated in his last six but his two career defeats have been via knockout, which is a speciality of 24-time KO king Eubank Jr.
Eubank Jr. vs Szeremeta: How to follow
This middleweight fight will take place on Saturday, October 12.
It will be held at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with ring-walk times for this fight expected to be around 9pm UK time.
The card is expected to be shown live on TNT Sports and DAZN in the UK but full broadcast details have not yet been announced.
Fans can sign up to TNT Sports and discovery+ here. More details on how to sign up to DAZN can be found here.
talkSPORT will have live updates throughout fight week, while talkSPORT.com will provide the best of the reaction as well.
Eubank recorded a dominant victory over Smith in September 2023Getty
Eubank Jr. vs Szeremeta: Fight card
Subject to change…
MAIN EVENT: Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol – for IBF, IBO, WBC and WBO light heavyweight titles
Jai Opetaia vs. Jack Massey – for IBF cruiserweight title
Fabio Wardley vs. Frazer Clarke
Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Kamil Szeremeta – for IBO middleweight title
Skye Nicolson vs. Raven Chapman – for WBC featherweight title
Ben Whittaker vs. Liam Cameron
Mohammaed Alakel vs. Jesus Gonzalez
Eubank Jr. will fight on the undercard of Beterbiev vs BivolGetty
Eubank Jr. vs Szeremeta: What has been said?
Ben Shalom has told talkSPORT that Eubank Jr will fight for a middleweight world title should he emerge victorious in this bout.
Speaking to talkSPORT’s talkBOXING podcast, Shalom said: “Unless he’s going to get one of the biggest names that we have talked about, whether it is Canelo, whether it is [Terence] Crawford, whether it is Ben [Whittaker], whether it is Billy Joe Saunders… or Conor Benn…
“He has to fight for a world title in his next fight and I completely agree.
“And we will do absolutely everything to make that happen so unless it is one of the big names where it is ridiculous money, because that is what comes with Chris Eubank Jr, then it has to be a world title.”
