The bout takes spot connected what is simply a large nighttime of boxing, headlined by the undisputed light-heavyweight showdown betwixt Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev, with Fabio Wardley facing a rematch with Frazer Clarke and Jai Opetaia besides successful enactment connected the latest Riyadh Season show.
Eubank has been retired of the ringing for much than a twelvemonth since helium bushed Liam Smith past September, avenging the decision earlier successful the year, and the 35-year-old has since signed with Boxxer arsenic helium attempts to footwear his vocation into cogwheel again.
Eubank has claimed that a combat with Canelo Alvarez was close, 1 helium yet turned down owed to inactivity, but helium insists that is simply a people for adjacent year, arsenic is simply a showdown with Conor Benn, to settee a saga that has present been moving connected since their scheduled bout successful 2022 was called disconnected astatine the past minute.
Szeremeta goes into this combat arsenic a important underdog, successful what is his archetypal bout extracurricular of Poland successful much than 3 years.
The 34-year-old, who has a 25-2-2 grounds arsenic a professional, retired connected his inactive against Gennady Golovkin erstwhile challenging for his satellite titles successful 2020, and past did the aforesaid against Jaime Munguia a twelvemonth later. Szeremeta’s past bout was a gully with Colombian Abel Mina successful February.
Eubank Jr vs Szeremeta combat day and venue
Eubank vs Szeremeta takes spot contiguous connected Saturday October 12, 2024 astatine the Kingdom Arena successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Chris Eubank Jr goes up against Kamil Szeremeta connected Saturday night
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Eubank Jr vs Szeremeta combat clip and ringing walks
Ring walks for Eubank vs Szeremeta could instrumentality spot astatine astir 9pm BST, though that depends connected the magnitude of bouts connected the undercard and the moving bid connected the night.
The main lawsuit is expected to get underway astatine astir 11pm BST connected Saturday night, which is 6pm ET successful the United States and 3pm PT.
The undercard is acceptable to statesman astatine 7pm BST, 2pm ET and 11am PT.
How to ticker Eubank Jr vs Szeremeta
TV transmission and unrecorded stream: In the UK, Eubank vs Szeremeta is being shown unrecorded via DAZN pay-per-view astatine a outgo of £19.99, with a escaped seven-day proceedings included.
The lawsuit is besides disposable to acquisition connected TNT Sports Box Office for £19.99 oregon Sky Sports Box Office for £19.95.
Live blog: Round-by-round sum of Saturday’s full lawsuit tin besides beryllium recovered via Standard Sport’s live combat nighttime blog.
Eubank Jr vs Szeremeta undercard
Wardley and Clarke look disconnected for a 2nd time, aft their epic British heavyweight rubric clash earlier this year, portion Ben Whittaker volition anticipation to erstwhile again enactment connected a amusement and Skye Nicolson defends her WBC women’s featherweight rubric against Raven Chapman.
Jai Opetaia, who won the vacant IBF cruiserweight loop with triumph implicit Mairis Briedis successful May, makes his archetypal defence against British challenger Jack Massey.
Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol
Jai Opetaia vs Jack Massey
Fabio Wardley vs Frazer Clarke
Chris Eubank Jr vs Kamil Szeremeta
Skye Nicolson vs Raven Chapman
Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron
Mohammaed Alakel vs Jesus Gonzalez
Eubank Jr vs Szeremeta prediction
It is hard to cognize what to expect from Eubank, who has spent plentifulness of clip successful caller years insisting helium is acceptable to measurement up and instrumentality connected the biggest names for satellite titles. Now 35, helium is opening to tally retired of clip to bash conscionable that.
Defeat to Szeremeta would beryllium adjacent to career-ending for a antheral who maintains helium tin toe-to-toe with Canelo, and truthful determination should beryllium nary complacency from Eubank, adjacent if overmuch of the speech is astir what could travel successful 2025.
A superb show against Liam Williams astatine the commencement of 2022 should person been the springboard for Eubank to situation astatine the apical table, though alternatively the main enactment surrounding him has travel extracurricular of the ring.
Eubank proved excessively bully successful stopping Smith 13 months ago, adjacent if the Liverpudlian appeared to beryllium a agelong mode disconnected his best, but it has been a frustratingly agelong play retired of enactment since then.
Whether Eubank is capable to support the aggravated benignant and work-rate that has characterised overmuch of his vocation arsenic helium approaches the last stages of his vocation remains to beryllium seen, but helium should person small issues successful getting the occupation done connected Saturday night.
Szeremeta was well-beaten connected the 2 occasions helium has faced a important measurement up successful opposition, and portion Eubank is not astatine the level of Golovkin and Munguia, helium is apt to autumn abbreviated again.
It could beryllium a reasonably cagey start, arsenic Eubank gets the rust disconnected aft a spell retired of the ring, but helium should beryllium capable to overwhelm his Polish hostile heading into the aboriginal rounds.
Eubank to triumph by stoppage, circular nine.
Eubank Jr vs Szeremeta likelihood weigh-in results
Eubank Jr and Szeremeta some weighed successful astatine 159.2lbs.
Must win: Chris Eubank Jr’s vocation is efficaciously connected the enactment
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Eubank Jr vs Szeremeta odds
Eubank Jr to triumph by knockout oregon method knockout: 2/5
Eubank Jr to triumph connected points: 15/8
Szeremeta to triumph by knockout oregon method knockout: 22/1
Szeremeta to triumph connected points: 22/1
Odds via Betfred (subject to change).