Round-by-Round: Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Liam Smith - 21 January 2023

[Nightmare Roy]

I had £260 on Liam.

Happy days what was the price

3.2 at Coral

Could have got 3.7 had I shopped around but was in town with no data on my phone so had to take it.

Happy days, nice payout wonder why Smith was such an underdog? Bookies often get boxing odds way off IMO

[Dioufy]

My first bet of the year, my first win

I had £260 on Liam.

I lost £20 to Dioufy. The shame.

Fair play for paying my man. Appreciated.


Surely Chris has to be done with Roy and middleweight if he is to carry on. Heffron next for the British and see how he looks.

[Delta Jay]

Thought Liam points, repeatedly said to everyone in my gym that there was no way it ends early either way. Happy to be proven wrong.

I knew Liam would stay tight and have a good look early on, thought he would come on strong down the stretch, wait for mistakes. Roy Jones has damaged CEJ and that’s why he made the mistakes much earlier than I thought. Hopefully Liam gets a world shot again next. GGG v Beefy this year would be incredible

[Controversial]

Does anyone else think it looked like Smith followed through with his elbow when Eubank was in the corner for the first knockdown? Might explain the huge lump that came up on his eye. Only noticed it watching the slo-mo of it

[handsofstone]

Does anyone else think it looked like Smith followed through with his elbow when Eubank was in the corner for the first knockdown? Might explain the huge lump that came up on his eye. Only noticed it watching the slo-mo of it

Never noticed that but wouldn't surprise me with Smith

[Controversial]

Does anyone else think it looked like Smith followed through with his elbow when Eubank was in the corner for the first knockdown? Might explain the huge lump that came up on his eye. Only noticed it watching the slo-mo of it

Never noticed that but wouldn't surprise me with Smith

Certainly looks like it to me and that lump came up immediately afterwards

[keithmoonhangover]

I had £260 on Liam.

I lost £20 to Dioufy. The shame.

Fair play for paying my man. Appreciated.


Surely Chris has to be done with Roy and middleweight if he is to carry on. Heffron next for the British and see how he looks.

I think there'll be an immediate rematch. Liam Smith will get a bigger slice of the pie, Eubank gets a chance at redemption. I can't see any reason why it doesn't happen.

Eubank - I didn't train properly, it was a once in a lifetime shot etc.
Smith - If he wants another hiding, I'm the man to give him it.

[cormack]

And still stands there with his hands down like a twat.

jr is all about ego and arrogance - cant box and has never had the power to bother any of the top boys anyway .
No doubt all the physchophants who think the sun shines out of his ass will just move onto another fake tosser to worship.

Let's put things in perspective, it's about levels, and Jnr is still a good fighter.

I have to disagree - he has bean beaten twice before when stepping up to the top ish level and since then done zilch unless you include posing and calling out beltholders like GGG .
Now been blasted by Smith who is not considered either concussive or elite , his career is in tatters according to numerous trainers and coaches and I have to agree with them .
He is likely to try and get the rematch obviously as he is now way down any pecking order for other big money fights .

[Boxerbeetle]

Eubank Jr has always been British / Euro level. Despite his big talk, I think he’s always known it himself really, which is why he’s never made a serious attempt at challenging world level.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Does anyone else think it looked like Smith followed through with his elbow when Eubank was in the corner for the first knockdown? Might explain the huge lump that came up on his eye. Only noticed it watching the slo-mo of it

Never noticed that but wouldn't surprise me with Smith

Certainly looks like it to me and that lump came up immediately afterwards

A few people have now said this.

Slow motion shows it. The barrage was quite fast and the camera angle was the worst.

[KiwiRider]

My first bet of the year, my first win

Was it David's Haye prediction of Eubank jr winning?

Very surprised to see Smith stop him.
Was it the speed as much as the weight that got Eubank? It's the punches you don't see etc ..

That's what I expected Liam Williams to have done to Eubank.

Chuffed for Smith - despite a solid record, he is still a very underrated fighter.

David Haye?
Nope, but I am following his "thruple" story with interest.
And no way did I expect a stoppage, but in hindsight Beefy has stopped his last four opponents - I just never expected him to stop Eubank.
I bet on Beefy to win because Eubank has had carefully picked guys who never really put it on him, and his workload has been low. I knew Beefy would get in close and go to work, it's what he does, nothing flashy, just grind it out.
This lead me to think Smith could outpoint the second coming of RJJ
My main concern was Smith getting a British decision against him as Eubank was thw A side and had lucrative options after the fight with the egg man.

[KiwiRider]

Eubank Jr has always been British / Euro level. Despite his big talk, I think he’s always known it himself really, which is why he’s never made a serious attempt at challenging world level.

He might actually be below British level, because the three guys who have beaten him have all been British

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Ruthless-RKO]

Gentleman is George

[Ruthless-RKO]

[KiwiRider]

Haha!
Go Josh!
I'm sure he would love some of that sweet, sweet ppv money

[Neil Gee]

The rematch reasoning - I will win a rematch because I was winning this one - reminds me of George Groves vrs Froch.

Eubank will not be the same in a rematch.

Chris Jnr finally has to accept that he is not his Dad. He inherited a lot of the talent but not quite the whole package.

[Gnome]

Fair play to CEJ for taking the loss well

[Ruthless-RKO]

Smith said he’d be open to the rematch.

A few conditions.

Liverpool, more money, and possible 157 catchweight.

Ok to the first 2, but as it shows, CEJ should even be making 160 at this rate, never mind 157.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Just like he did after he fought Kurbanov

[Twinkle Toes]

Smith said he’d be open to the rematch.

A few conditions.

Liverpool, more money, and possible 157 catchweight.

Ok to the first 2, but as it shows, CEJ should even be making 160 at this rate, never mind 157.

If Eubank wants it then Smith is contractually obliged to a rematch, altrhough there seems some vagueness around the weight.

[Nightmare Roy]

Just like he did after he fought Kurbanov

Good lad, that's mad as fcuk, I'd be in a week long binge after that

[Ruthless-RKO]

[unknownman79]

Def an elbow there. Could easily have been that caused the swell and Eubank has always had a good chin.

[Controversial]

Assuming Eubank fights on it’ll be interesting to see how he acts before future bouts, I wonder if he will drop the smug “I don’t have to try too hard” routine