On this day in 2017: Eubank Jr stops Yıldırım in three rounds in Stuttgart

The win kept his IBO super-middleweight title and sent him into the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series.

By Combat Sports UK Staff · Published Wed 7 Oct, 09:07 UK · AI-assisted reporting

on this day 2017 graphic — Original graphic: Combat Sports UK

Chris Eubank Jr knocked out the unbeaten Avni Yıldırım 9 years ago today, on 7 October 2017, to book his place in the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series. The stoppage came at 1:58 of the third round of a scheduled 12 at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart.

The tournament bout also carried Eubank Jr's IBO super-middleweight title, which he retained. It was only the second time he had boxed outside the UK since turning professional.

The match-up was chosen by his father. At the tournament draft in Monte Carlo on 8 July 2017, Chris Eubank, the former two-division world champion, picked Yıldırım, then 16-0 with 10 knockouts, as his son's opponent. The fight was confirmed after Eubank Jr beat Abraham, and the Stuttgart date and venue were announced on 8 August 2017.

"I am here to dominate this tournament. I am sending a message out there that I am coming," Eubank Jr said at ringside after the fight.

The Stuttgart win came during the first of two spells as IBO super-middleweight champion between 2017 and 2019. Eubank Jr also held the WBA interim middleweight title twice between 2015 and 2021, and later won the IBO middleweight title, which he held from 2024 to 2025.

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