Chris Eubank Jr. is happy to miss out on a fight with Kell Brook if his potential opponent insists on meeting at 155lbs.
Eubank and Brook have been linked with a high-profile summer fight after the 35-year-old veteran beat his long-time rival Amir Khan in their last fight. Khan has yet to exercise a rematch clause.
Brook has been reinvigorated by a decent performance as Eubank is just one of several names mooted as a chance for another payday for the experienced Briton.
Eubank is a middleweight and Brook fought at 149lbs, meaning 155lbs would be reasonable catchweight, but the 32-year-old says there is no chance for a fight if those are the terms.
Eubank Jr told talkSPORT: “I like how people talk about how he could probably make it down to 155 if he tried really hard. The guy walks around at 180lbs.
“He walks around heavier than I do. He fought Gennady Golovkin at 160 and got into the ring at 168 on the night.
“When I fight at 160, the maximum I put on is five pounds. He will be bigger than me on the night if we fight at 160.
“People are talking about me coming down to 155, that’s just not going to happen. I’ve never fought at that weight before and I don’t have that much weight to take off.
“He would comfortably make 160. Could I shave off a couple of pounds if I had to? Yes, but one or two maximum.
“155 is not happening, 158 at a push. If that can’t be agreed on then we’ve got much bigger fish to fry and it’s not the end of the world.”
Eubank explained that he would only face Brook if the terms were right, saying: “Boxing is a business. Sometimes you take fights or go certain routes that make sense financially or which make sense promotionally.
“That is a huge fight in the UK. It has history, needle, it has beef, a story, which is great and what people can get behind and want to see.
“Kell Brook is not a name I’ve been dying to get in the ring with my entire career, but he’s just come off a big win and I’ve just come off a big win.
“We don’t like each other and both think we can beat each other in the ring and the public want to see it.
“It makes sense for this exact moment in my career. It’s an option.
“It’s not something that’s the be all and end all if it does happen or doesn’t happen. It’s an interesting one.”