The Irish boxer has high aspirations.
Aaron McKenna is gearing up to fight Etinosa Oliha on August 8 live on Sky Sports.
McKenna believes that if he can win the IBF middleweight world title, then he can put himself on course to fight Canelo Alvarez or Chris Eubank Jr.
He explained to Sky Sports: “On August 8, becoming world champion will open a lot of doors for me.
“[Canelo] is one of the biggest names in boxing right now – he’s fighting Mbilli. That’s for the 168lbs title.
“You never know. I win the IBF title, [I could] try and unify, but I’m definitely open to fighting for titles at 168lbs as well.
“I’m taking the best opportunity that’s going to grow my career.”
It’s not just Canelo that the 26-year-old is eyeing up for future fights, after calling for Chris Eubank Jr to fight on Irish soil.
Eubank Jr’s father, boxing legend Chris Eubank, fought twice in Ireland in his career.
Although he lost on both occasions to Steve Collins.
McKenna continued: “Eubank and Steve Collins, they fought in Cork on Sky Sports, so you never know.
“If he wants to run a similar story back, we can do it in Ireland on Sky Sports again; it would just recreate history.
“After this show on August 8, Irish boxing will have a big star.
“It’s going to bring massive, massive headlines and a new audience to Irish boxing.”
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