Liam Smith wasn’t shocked that he defeated Chris Eubank Jr. of their first assembly final January. The Liverpudlian is assured going into each battle.
There was one factor he didn’t count on, although: The benefit with which he was capable of put Eubank away. Smith put him down twice and stopped him in the fourth round of a scheduled 12-rounder.
And Smith appears to relish the alternatives to remind Eubank of that going into their rematch Saturday at AO Area in Manchester, England, the location of the unique battle.
“You didn’t know what day it was once you received stopped,” he mentioned on a media convention name that included each males, in line with Fight Hub TV.
Eubank (32-3, 23 KOs) had carried out properly for three-plus rounds when Smith (33-3-1, 20 KOs) shocked him with a proper hand and adopted with a number of extra damaging blows, placing him down and hurting him badly.
He was capable of stagger to his ft and continued for a second however he went down once more below a barrage of punches, prompting referee Victor Loughlin to cease the battle.
“I used to be shocked how straightforward he falls,” Smith mentioned. “I touched him as soon as and he was like Bambi on ice. I used to be shocked how a lot he folded off one proper hand, left uppercut, left hook.”
Eubank blamed the loss on complacency. He mentioned that he let his guard down as a result of he believed he was in agency management of the battle till the ultimate moments.
And, in fact, he promised to appropriate his mistake and switch the tables on his rival.
Smith, bursting with confidence, scoffed at that notion. He believes he has Eubank’s quantity.
“He makes too many errors,” Smith mentioned. “… I’ll punish him.”
