TV Boxing returns to Brighton as Harlem Eubank continues his assault towards the big fights, taking on experienced German Timo Schwarzkopf. 

It will have been 32 years since Harlem’s uncle, Chris, defended his middleweight world title in the Eubank’s seaside hometown. It has been a wild story in the years since, and Harlem is writing the next chapter in a family book full of prestige and pain. 

The prestige lay courtesy of Chris Eubank Sr, whose triumph holds weight through generations. His gentlemanly exuberance a persona unrivalled in his notoriously rugged era. 

The pain lay in those no longer with us. Chris’ late son and Harlem’s cousin, Sebastien, passed in 2021, whilst Chris’ brother and Harlem’s father Simon passed just two months ago. 

Both were fighters in their own right, a spirit that runs through the Eubank breed. 

It is only right that Harlem continues on this road, and perhaps equally right that it is now Chris guiding his career trajectory. 

It won’t be the first time in which Chris has helped model one of his own, as he shadowed his son Chris Jr during his boxing schooling. 

Sr openly expressed his discomfort when it came to Jr’s catchweight fight with bitter rival Conor Benn last year, and is now vying to land the same fight for the naturally 140lb Harlem. 

It is a manic Eubank boxing triangle, and one that will now see more light shed onto one of British boxing’s fastest rising stars. 

So get ready to see a zestful, explosive Harlem, and one who knows that performances from here on in serve as auditions for the big fights he craves. 

Schwarzkopf himself is confident, saying he sees no threat in Harlem. A win for the German last time out against veteran Miguel Vasquez puts him in a good place, but it is a place that will be tested tenfold in Brighton. 

Expect fireworks. 

And if you don’t get them, then hopefully Saturday’s boxing from Newcastle can bring some heat, as Shabaz Masoud makes his Matchroom debut against former world title challenger Jose Sanmartin. 

It was a fight expected originally for last month’s Jack Catterall vs Jorge Linares undercard in Liverpool, before Masoud withdrew due to illness. 

Now he finds himself headlining in Newcastle, but only because of a pullout by gym-mate Pat McCormack, whose injury in training sees him unable to perform in his hometown. 

All a bit messy on that front, but no doubt it will be slick and clean when Masoud enters the ring. If you don’t know, then this is a kid you need to get to know. 

Come Saturday it will be exactly a year to the day since his win over the talented Jack Bateson, who he dropped and stopped after 12 exhilarating rounds in Sheffield. 

Both he and promoter Eddie Hearn are adamant that Masoud’s story ends one way, and that is with world glory. This weekend is the first step of the next chapter, and it’s due to be a fun one. 

Oscar Bevis