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A unified title fight between Chris Eubank Jr and Janibek Alimkhanuly has taken a step closer to becoming a reality after getting approval from the Kazak’s promoter.
Eubank Jr's promoter Kalle Sauerland told Sky Sports last week that negotiations for a potential grudge match with Conor Benn in February had broken down, leaving the 34-year-old without an upcoming fight.
However, Eubank Jr has expressed an interest in taking on IBF and WBO middleweight champion Alimkhanuly next and Todd DuBoef, president of Top Rank, has cleared the way for that fight to happen.
"Let's go," DuBoef told Sky Sports. "There is no red light, it's all green light right here.
"We're ready. There was a lot of chatter over this past week about Eubank being ready for the fight and Janibek is a really, really skilled fighter.
"We've put it out there and he's given us the directive of we'll fight anybody. We think he's the premier guy in the middleweight division...Eubank said he was interested, we're interested.
"Let's bring it on, I think it would be fantastic. I think it's fantastic for the sport and fantastic for the middleweights."