Mauricio Sleiman defends Eubank Jr./Ben as “major player” and paving methods for split Canelo matchups

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman believes the winner of Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn’s Saturday family scrap is worthy of winning a world title shot with unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez.

Sliman says Saturday’s winner between Eubank Jr. and Benn will be “a major boxing player around the world.” This is partly true, but only in a celebrity-like way. These two do not belong to the same ring as Canelo or Top Fighters in their respective divisions.

It’s a sad joke and the winner of Eubank Jr.-Benn will further degrade boxing to fight Canelo. That’s about bringing Misfit and YouTubers together with Mexican stars. These two are the Bush League. If Ben and Eubank Jr. were legal, they would have fought elite level fighters years ago instead of soft opposition.

Incorrect “top-level” status

You can’t throw Eubank Jr. along with IBF and WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly, and you can’t expect him to be still upright after four rounds. I took Connor Ben and put him in with IBF and WBA welterweight champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis or WBO champion Brian Norman Jr., and after one or two rounds we could see him still functioning.

“Both are ranked and highly ranked over the years. Top level sports. The fight for the championship is feasible,” WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman said. Sky Sports As for the potential winner of Saturday’s British scrap between Chris Eubank Jr. and Conor Benn, he was able to challenge Canelo Alvarez for his unified super middleweight title.

“Absolutely. Canelo has embarked on a new stage in his career. He will fight in Riyadh and then in Las Vegas, and the winner this Saturday will certainly be a major boxing player around the world.”

How about Chris Eubank JR’s “top level”? What is Suleiman talking about? Eubank Jr. hasn’t fought with anyone who says he’s the “top level” of the sport. Excessive 36 years old Liam Smith It does not count as a top fighter. It is definitely Eubank JR’s greatest career victory.

Connor Ben’s best career victory came against faded fighters Chris Algieri and Chris Van Healden. Those guys weren’t at the top level and were never really that way. Algieri held the WBO 140 pound title for a short time when he upset Ruslan Provodnikov in 2014. However, in Argiris’ next battle, he was beaten by Manny Pacquiao and dropped six times. He then returned to mediocrity from where he came.