Monday 13 June 2016 15:38, UK
Nick Blackwell has told Chris Eubank Jr to stop focusing on world champions while he is still fighting at domestic level.
British middleweight champion Eubank Jr makes the first defence of the belt he took from Blackwell against Tom Doran on June 25, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
WBA, IBF and WBC champion Gennady Golovkin has regularly been mentioned by Eubank Jr as a future foe, as well as current IBF super-middleweight champion James DeGale, but Blackwell has laughed off such lofty claims.
Blackwell exclusively told Sky Sports: "He's been talking about Golovkin and he had the chance to fight Danny Jacobs and Billy-Joe Saunders. So he's been talking about all these fights, but he wants a fight for the British title.
Don't go calling out world champions when you're fighting for the British title, you know?
"He's still young, he's 26, so maybe he wants to win the British title outright. But don't go calling out world champions when you're fighting for the British title, you know?"
Blackwell was forced to retire having spent a week in an induced coma earlier this year, in the immediate aftermath of losing his British title to Eubank Jr.
Having spent 10 gruelling rounds with Eubank Jr, Blackwell is happy to admit that his rival has the ingredients to eventually challenge for world titles.
"I think he will, because he's got the potential to do it," he said. "But at the moment, it's just talk."
Watch Chris Eubank Jr vs Tom Doran as part of Joshua vs Breazeale, live on Sky Sports Box Office from The O2 on June 25. Order the event online now.
