Eubank Jnr taking on his toughest test in Abraham

Chris Eubank Jnr has been warned by former world middleweight champion Darren Barker that he could lose to title challenger Arthur Abraham tonight.

The 27-year-old Brighton fighter defends his International Boxing Organisation super-middleweight crown at the SSE Arena, Wembley.

Barker, who won the same IBF crown which Abraham, a former two-weight world champion, held for four years, says Eubank is up against the most experienced opponent of his career and must fear the Armenian’s power and ring craft.

“I do give Abraham a real chance against Eubank because he brings so much experience at the very top level of the sport. You can’t buy that type of knowledge,” explained Barker.

“It is a cracking match-up because we have the young, up-and-coming fighter against the ageing warrior, and I know Abraham is a very proud boxer.

“Abraham has been in with some very big lads and stood up to all of them. He has been in the ring with the likes of Carl Froch and Andre Ward and not flinched, so Eubank is up against a very tough customer.”

Eubank has pledged to knock Abraham out, though the durable veteran, 37, has been only stopped once in 51 contests and lost only five times – and only to elite level opponents.

Although Abraham tends to be one-paced, this is the fight in which we will find out just how good Eubank is going to be.