The super middleweight is searching for a route back to prominence after being brutally stopped by Hamzah Sheeraz in Queens, New York IN "The Ring III" main event last July.

The former world title challenger has decided that a fight with another high profile Briton offers him the ideal opportunity. On Sunday, Berlanga took to X and posted: “Me and Chris Eubank Jr. will be a fire fight in LONDON."

Over the weekend, Chris Mannix reported that while talks are advancing, the major stumbling block is Eubank's insistence that the fight takes place at 164 pounds, a weight that 28-year-old Berlanga (23-2, 18 KOs) hasn’t made since 2019.

Eubank (35-4, 25 KOs) spent most of 2025 talking about the difficulties of making the middleweight limit of 160 pounds and adhering to a morning after 10-pound rehydration limit for his two fights with Conor Benn.

In April, Eubank overcame the struggles and battled to a thrilling unanimous decision victory over his hated rival. The Fight won The Ring’s 2025 Fight of the Year award.

A rematch was inevitable but the 36-year-old was a shadow of himself during the November return and lost a wide unanimous decision.

Two weeks later he revealed that he had been struggling with health issues and wouldn’t box until he was back to 100 percent fitness.

It seems like Eubank has got to the bottom of his problems and stepping directly into a fight with the aggressive, heavy-handed Berlanga would be a meaningful - and potentially dangerous - return to action.