Round-by-Round: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Liam Williams - 5 February 2022

[Controversial]

I noticed Williams seems to slow blink every now and then, not in a regular way, more noticeable. Has he always done this?

[tonyevs]

He's just done a solid out tour with Benn.

I know Hatton supplements his earnings doing such things on a regular/constant basis. But are these earning much over £100k a year?
His ring earnings were gone before 2009 when he was bankrupt owing well over a million quid just to the taxman.

I know he has done a fair bit of reality TV, but again that won't be anything like serious big money. Eubank SR really demonstrates the adage of a fool and their money .. yet he is regularly seen driving cars worth a serious amount.

Is there a connection to Dubai somewhere in there? Seems to be lots of shady stories about that place over the last few years.

What’s the shady stories? Is Eubank maybe a corrupt Sheriff here?

You only need a few seconds to Google Dubai regarding crooks etc basing selves there.
A friend of mine and his wife gave up their jobs as teachers in UK to work over there. From what my mate says you get impression it's a snake pit of corruption over there.

Williams always has blinked like that. Not sure where Dully goes from here now. Doubt he will retire - but if a glancing jab puts you down then you know it's time.

[maverick23]

I noticed Williams seems to slow blink every now and then, not in a regular way, more noticeable. Has he always done this?

I don’t know about always but I noticed it about 18 months ago on an IFL interview. Looks to me more like a facial tic but who knows.

[Wee Tommy]

I know Hatton supplements his earnings doing such things on a regular/constant basis. But are these earning much over £100k a year?
His ring earnings were gone before 2009 when he was bankrupt owing well over a million quid just to the taxman.

I know he has done a fair bit of reality TV, but again that won't be anything like serious big money. Eubank SR really demonstrates the adage of a fool and their money .. yet he is regularly seen driving cars worth a serious amount.

Is there a connection to Dubai somewhere in there? Seems to be lots of shady stories about that place over the last few years.

What’s the shady stories? Is Eubank maybe a corrupt Sheriff here?

You only need a few seconds to Google Dubai regarding crooks etc basing selves there.
A friend of mine and his wife gave up their jobs as teachers in UK to work over there. From what my mate says you get impression it's a snake pit of corruption over there.

Williams always has blinked like that. Not sure where Dully goes from here now. Doubt he will retire - but if a glancing jab puts you down then you know it's time.

Google London or any major city and you’ll find something.

What’s the reference to Eubank is what I’m asking?

[BigDoofus]

It annoyed me that silly Adam Smith was crowing about being in the presence of greatness in regard to Shields when you have proper fighters like Williams, climbing off the deck 4 times to keep coming all night over 12x3's and not receiving any plaudits.

The fanfare for Caroline Dubois' first fight was ridiculous. I doubt Floyd Mayweather would have had such a build-up.

[dan28uk]

I noticed Williams seems to slow blink every now and then, not in a regular way, more noticeable. Has he always done this?

was thinking that the other day , looks more like a tic then some sort of damage from boxing

[margaret thatcher]

he's always done it, check here for example from a presser vs corcoran, which is what, like 6-7 years ago now or something. corcoran actually made fun of it at some point in the build up to that fight i think

maybe he does it to reel his ears back in

[Controversial]

he's always done it, check here for example from a presser vs corcoran, which is what, like 6-7 years ago now or something. corcoran actually made fun of it at some point in the build up to that fight i think

maybe he does it to reel his ears back in

Ah ok, yes looks more like a nervous tic

[611519]

I noticed Williams seems to slow blink every now and then, not in a regular way, more noticeable. Has he always done this?

he's always done that, its a tic

[cormack]

Calling Eubank dross is very unfair, surely. He’s no world beater, but he travelled to Williams’ backyard and dropped him 4 times and coasted the whole fight.

Maybe its unfair but its in context of a guy who is overhyped and is constantly telling anyone daft enough to listen that he is ready for a title fight which he clearly isnt given that williams was so easy to drop yet jr couldnt deliver the thing he talked about for months now .

[Controversial]

he's always done it, check here for example from a presser vs corcoran, which is what, like 6-7 years ago now or something. corcoran actually made fun of it at some point in the build up to that fight i think

Off topic but bizarrely Corcoran lost three times as a pro, all stoppages in the 11th round

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Ruthless-RKO]

[emallini]

Eubank is right. Ignore the crowd and no way was Williams racking up all those rounds.

[margaret thatcher]

ya, in fact 120-104 eubank was the right score

114-110 eubanks a fair card , no real issues with that. he obviouslyy won with all the kds, but very very few rounds other than those did he put beyond doubt

that said.......i think the coasting was in part a function of the kds. if he hadnt gotten such a massive lead early id expect that he wouldve fought harder in the mid/late stages. but the big lead let him take it easy a lot of the time. so comments like fowlers i think miss the influence that the kds had on eubank's own approach

[Ruthless-RKO]

Eubank is right. Ignore the crowd and no way was Williams racking up all those rounds.

Yh the crowd did pop every time Williams landed.

[Coco]

In one sense the knockdown spoiled the fight as Eubanks knew he could coast. The other rounds were close enough so it would have been interesting to see whether Eubanks would have changed his tactics and brought it on more.

[margaret thatcher]

ya i agree, kds put him far enough ahead that he started arsing around pretty early, if he hadnt gotten those id expect him to fight harder. i did think he was starting to step it up late too before the final kd, when it seemed like williams had worked his way back into it

he did get the kds of course, so we'll never know how it wouldve gone without them

[KiwiRider]

It annoyed me that silly Adam Smith was crowing about being in the presence of greatness in regard to Shields when you have proper fighters like Williams, climbing off the deck 4 times to keep coming all night over 12x3's and not receiving any plaudits.

The fanfare for Caroline Dubois' first fight was ridiculous. I doubt Floyd Mayweather would have had such a build-up.

Oscar did early on in his pro career, dunno about his first fight though.
But he was hyped up the jacksie and back early on. The Golden Boy could do no wrong.
The pressure when he turned pro was immense according to his autobiography "Out Of My Closet And Into My Wife's".
Golden boy this, Golden boy that.

[margaret thatcher]

oscar was also a great fighter, olympic champ at 18

about a decade too young to be on the gb squad!

[KiwiRider]

oscar was also a great fighter, olympic champ at 18

about a decade too young to be on the gb squad!

And oddly more feminine than Doobette, in the right outfit

[CaptainSpacerod]

ya, in fact 120-104 eubank was the right score

114-110 eubanks a fair card , no real issues with that. he obviouslyy won with all the kds, but very very few rounds other than those did he put beyond doubt

that said.......i think the coasting was in part a function of the kds. if he hadnt gotten such a massive lead early id expect that he wouldve fought harder in the mid/late stages. but the big lead let him take it easy a lot of the time. so comments like fowlers i think miss the influence that the kds had on eubank's own approach

I’ve never really agreed with the way that a knockdown pretty much guarantees a 10-8 round. Jr did nothing in rd 1 and Liam was clearly winning it until the flash knockdown. For me that should be 10-9 Jr. I think the 4th followed a similar pattern

[margaret thatcher]

oscar was also a great fighter, olympic champ at 18

about a decade too young to be on the gb squad!

And oddly more feminine than Doobette, in the right outfit

true

[margaret thatcher]

ya, in fact 120-104 eubank was the right score

114-110 eubanks a fair card , no real issues with that. he obviouslyy won with all the kds, but very very few rounds other than those did he put beyond doubt

that said.......i think the coasting was in part a function of the kds. if he hadnt gotten such a massive lead early id expect that he wouldve fought harder in the mid/late stages. but the big lead let him take it easy a lot of the time. so comments like fowlers i think miss the influence that the kds had on eubank's own approach

I’ve never really agreed with the way that a knockdown pretty much guarantees a 10-8 round. Jr did nothing in rd 1 and Liam was clearly winning it until the flash knockdown. For me that should be 10-9 Jr. I think the 4th followed a similar pattern

ya agree, if one guy is clearly winning the round but takes a flash kd or something it shouldnt be 10-8, that's like a full 3 point swing

[Ruthless-RKO]

Chris Eubank Says He 'Bit' Liam Williams' Glove During Fight

“We knew he was going to come dirty,” Eubank told reporters in the post-fight press conference. “We knew he was going to try everything he could to take the fight to me, whether it was in or out of the rules of boxing. We dealt with it. I didn’t complain.

“I’m upset the referee didn’t take a point – at least one – for the amount of headlocks, headbutts, and everything that was going on. He was pushing his hand up into my face a couple of times. I actually had to bite him at one point.”

“I’ve never bitten anybody in the ring before,” Eubank said. “I bit him. He put his arm around my neck, squeezing my neck, his glove was kind of close to my mouth, so I gave it a bite as hard as I could.

“If he’s going to fight dirty, I’m going to fight dirty. It is what it is, but it was a fun fight.”