By Nick Parkinson, courtesy of The Daily Star

CHRIS EUBANK JR is hoping to fight George Groves within a year after promising to stop Arthur Abraham on Saturday.

Victory over the Armenian will earn Eubank a place in the new World Boxing Super Series, an eight-man knockout tournament which features Groves and Callum Smith.

The Englishman, 27, only stepped up to super-middleweight in his last fight but is already chasing Groves and James DeGale, who hold the WBA and IBF world titles. The Brighton bruiser is expected to enter the Super Series which starts in September and target Groves if he beats former world champion Abraham at Wembley Arena.

Eubank said: "Entering that tournament is definitely an option that we will look into after the Arthur Abraham fight.

"Groves has the title and it's naturally an option we will look into, A belt is a belt so George Groves is in range. He got the job done against Fedor Chudinov in his last fight and did what he had to do. Was I impressed? No, but he got the job done."

Eubank, who holds the IBO belt, is prepared to wait for DeGale as he is ruled out until early next year after shoulder surgery.

He said: "Me and DeGale have a history. We've knocked heads before so it would be very satisfying for me to go in there and destroy him and I know I can and like I did in the sparring session all those years ago.

"Me against DeGale and Groves has to happen - who else can they fight? The public want me to fight them.”

Abraham, 37, has beaten Brits Martin Murray and Paul Smith in recent years but lost his WBO world title to Gilberto Ramirez last year. And Eubank is going for a knockout to clinch a place in the Super Series, once he has done the business on Saturday night.

He added: “I believe my style will be too much for his one dimension which is to come forward and throw power shots. I will be too slick for that.

“I’m definitely looking for a stoppage. He hasn’t been stopped and I want to be the first man to do that.”