Chris Eubank Jr called for a fight with Gennadiy Golovkin after defending his WBA interim middleweight titles against Marcus Morrison at the weekend.
Eubank Jr secured the win over his challenger as part of the Derek Chisora vs. Joseph Parker undercard, in a fight that should keep him sharp should a title chance come up for grabs later in the year.
The 31-year-old fighter secured a 98-92, 98-92, 98-92 win over Morrison at the Manchester Arena and told promoters Matchroom that he was ready to move forward to make fights higher up the rankings.
“My last fight lasted two rounds, so really it’s been two years since I had a twelve-round fight," Eubank Jr said.
"There was definitely some ring rust, and there was definitely some getting back into the swing of things. I had him hurt bad in the second round. I backed off. I wanted him to recover so that I could be seen again.
"I’m back on TV, I’m back fighting, this is my home. This is my life; this is what I do. I wanted to go the distance and get those rounds in. I’m happy with the performance. I followed instruction; he was telling me to do things in the corner and I went out there and did it.
“That’s kind of alien to me. Usually most of my career has been dependent on what I want to do, my instincts and my reaction. But now we have a head coach in Roy Jones Jr and I fully trust him. I’m happy to be paired with him.
"This is the beginning of a long and great journey for me. I want to be very active this year, I want to fight at least twice more. This is a good start. Full credit to Marcus. I’ve hit guys with shots like that and they’ve gone. He kept coming.
“A lot of respect for Marcus. There’s a lot of world champions in the middleweight division. There’s a lot of big names out there for me to go and fight. Golovkin is the end goal, and anyone with a world title. I’m coming, they’re all on the radar.”
Eubank Jr. may have to wait for Golovkin, with Canelo Alvarez open to a fight with the veteran champion after his tilt at the super middleweight championships, with his next fight against Billy Joe Saunders on May 8 shown on DAZN everywhere except Mexico.