Chris Eubank Jr will now be exclusively trained – or thereabouts – by renowned coach Adam Booth, who has worked with big talents such as David Haye and George Groves. It seems Chris Eubank Sr, a former champ and popular attraction in the 90s, has decided to minimize his input in his son’s development.
“I’m looking to have Adam [Booth] polish junior’s fierceness,” Eubank Sr told Sky Sports. “Junior is actually listening and applying everything he’s being told. I’ve actually given him carte blanch to do as he sees fit. Junior is responding very well to his advice. It gives me the ability to step back.
“He is his own man, and he does have the ability that I’m saying he has. We can mold him into anything that we feel, which is what Adam and I are doing. We see flashes of brilliance. With any kind of steering, which is what we’re getting with Adam Booth, I think we can do it now, but time; it’s just time.
“In my view, look at Junior and look at Gennady Golovkin. I see junior having the beating of him. If he took the fight now it would, it would bring him to the next level.”
If this means Eubank Sr will be interfering less in Eubank Jr’s camps and fights, this can only be a good thing. In recent outings, Eubank Sr has crowded his son’s corner, and so it’ll be great to see Jr hopefully listening to just one set of commands on Saturday night when he takes on Tony Jeter.
And no, I’m not going to comment on Eubank Sr’s Gennady Golovkin comments. Because…just no.
But that doesn’t mean readers can’t in the comments. Forgetting a ‘GGG’ vs Eubank Jr clash, how do you feel about Chris Eubank Sr’s voice quieting in his son’s ear? And are we about to see a better Eubank Jr now that Booth is in the driving seat?
