Liam Smith won the clash of British middleweight rivals when the referee stopped his fight with Chris Eubank Jr in the fourth round
Liam Smith stopped Chris Eubank Jr with brutal and clinical authority in the fourth round of their middleweight contest in Manchester on Saturday night. His decisive victory, after an initially competitive and intriguing bout, settled the simmering animosity between the two men and has earned Smith the right to engage in far more prestigious fights.
A horrible swelling began to grow visibly beneath his right eye as Eubank was led back to his corner. The end was shattering for a man who, despite having lost two of his previous 34 fights, had never before looked in any danger of being dropped. Ten days ago he boasted to me of his “iron jaw” which he claimed to have “inherited from my old man”. But even Eubank Sr was badly hurt in the latter stages of his career and his son should consider his future very carefully.
But this crushing defeat – following previous losses to very good fighters in Billy Joe Saunders and George Groves – should end any lingering illusions that he can match his father in becoming a world champion. Eubank Jr also told me recentlyboxing can cause and so it can only be hoped that he agrees to live the rest of his life on the safe side of the ropes.
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