{"id":75245,"date":"2018-09-19T11:54:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T16:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=75245"},"modified":"2018-09-19T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T16:55:07","slug":"chris-eubank-jr-faces-jj-mcdonagh-on-the-undercard-of-george-groves-vs-calum-smith-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=75245","title":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank, JR Faces JJ McDonagh on the Undercard of George Groves Vs Calum Smith &#8211; Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[AdSense-A]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=75245\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=75245\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-75246 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3e13acc6-a903-4467-b738-1ce7819b9344-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3e13acc6-a903-4467-b738-1ce7819b9344-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3e13acc6-a903-4467-b738-1ce7819b9344-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3e13acc6-a903-4467-b738-1ce7819b9344-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3e13acc6-a903-4467-b738-1ce7819b9344.png 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Ali Trophy Super-Middleweight Final reserve Chris Eubank Jr. faces JJ McDonagh over ten rounds on the George Groves vs Callum Smith undercard on 28 September at The Indoor Sports Hall at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Eubank Jr. (26-2, 20 KOs), who was defeated in a thrilling semi-final by Groves, will be on standby to enter the final in the unlikely scenario of one of the original participants being unable to compete.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been training hard in Vegas, and I am looking be a part of the event in Jeddah,\u201d said Eubank Jr. \u201cI am preparing for any scenario that may present itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eubank Jr.\u2019s opponent in Jeddah is Ireland\u2019s powerful southpaw JJ McDonagh (16-4, 8 KOs).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m surprised he did not retire after he embarrassed himself against groves,&#8221; said McDonagh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eubank is a fit man but he does not know how to fight hard, I\u2019m a fighting man from a fighting family of generations of fighters. I am going to knock him out!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McDonagh picked up the WBA International Light-Heavyweight title in 2016, as he defeated England\u2019s Jake Ball and earned himself a KO of The Year contender, after a sensational first round stoppage.<\/p>\n<p>Fans in the UK can watch the George Groves vs Callum Smith Ali Trophy Super-Middleweight Final fight night LIVE on ITV Box Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AdSense-A] Ali Trophy Super-Middleweight Final reserve Chris Eubank Jr. faces JJ McDonagh over ten rounds on the George Groves vs Callum Smith undercard on 28 September at The Indoor Sports Hall at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Eubank Jr. (26-2, 20 KOs), who was defeated in a thrilling semi-final by Groves, will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[12271,18909],"class_list":["post-75245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-chris-eubank","tag-jr-faces-jj-mcdonagh-on-the-undercard-of-george-groves-vs-calum-smith-breaking-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75245"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}