Callum Smith Describes Eubank Sr. Comments as “Daft."

By Shaun Brown

Unbeaten British super-middleweight prospect, Callum Smith 10-0 (8) spoke to BoxingScene this week about Saturday night’s comments from Chris Eubank Sr. that the only man who could beat his son, Eubank Jr 15-0 (10), from 160 to 168 lbs would be Andre Ward.

After Eubank Jr had toyed and played with Robert Swierzbinski 13-3 (3), the outspoken middleweight contender then went on to stop his man in the seventh round of their eight round contest. It was a bout that saw Swierzbinski hit the deck seven times.

Afterwards, Eubank Sr. told the Boxnation cameras: “Only one fighter in the world beats my son right now and that is Andre Ward. That’s because he is a thinker and only comes forward when he wants to.

“But any other fighter in the world at middleweight or super-middleweight my son beats them.”

Smith, who fights this Saturday in Wales and is being lined up to crack the world title scene within 18 months by promoter Eddie Hearn, told ‘Scene - “It’s a bit of a statement coming from any fighter in the world let alone a novice who hasn’t won a title yet. It’s a bit daft really. There’s some great fighters throughout the world; Gennady Golovkin, Peter Quillin, Martin Murray, Matthew Macklin and Billy Joe Saunders who seems to want the fight but Eubank seems to ignore it. He’s doing the same as what his Dad did and making a name for himself. Whether you like him or not people are going to watch him.”