The eye contact does not work too well for me in this pic. Your focus on the eyes is well executed, for my taste too shallow. THis blurs it's fur too much. The background is too black. I know everyone says pick a dark background for wild life but this might be a tad too dark.
there is an exposure issue though, and the focus is not quite all there.
have you thought of a square crop around this guy? that much black isn't doing much for the image, but at a square crop I think it would