EU ARE SCARED

Chris blasts Groves

CHRIS EUBANK JR thinks George Groves is sick with worry before their potential showdown next year.

Brighton-based Eubank battered Arthur Abraham for 12 rounds at Wembley Arena to book his place in the lucrative World Boxing Super Series, which begins in September.

Eubank will face tough Turk Avni Yildirim in the quarter-final of the £20m tournament.

Victory will set up a likely semifinal date against Groves, the WBA super-middleweight champion.

Groves, who faces fellow Brit Jamie Cox in the last eight, was working as a TV pundit at Wembley Arena on Saturday and said Eubank was “limited”, questioning his power.

But Eubank believes his former sparring partner is getting jittery ahead of their possible clash.

The 27-year-old said: “He has to say that doesn’t he? We are going to be fighting in the next six months.

“I know what has happened in our spars over the years, he may say he is not worried but he is.

“He is not looking forward to the fact that he is facing me in January – that is going to be the fight of the tournament, I believe.”

Eubank has been questioned for turning down big fights in the past, such as a £4m clash with Gennady Golovkin and a rematch with Billy Joe Saunders.

But he insisted: “In the super series there is no hiding place.”

Lee Selby, meanwhile, dedicated his IBF featherweight title defence over Jonathan Barros to his mum, Frankie, who died four days before Saturday’s bout.

The Welshman waltzed to a wide points win over the aggressive Argentine then revealed: “I had my family back home crying on the phone to me in the early hours of the morning.

“When I get home and get back to reality, it will sink in I suppose.”