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Richard Riakporhe continued his march towards a world cruiserweight title shot as he stopped former WBO champion Krzysztof Glowacki in four rounds on the Eubank-Smith bill in Manchester, although when that title shot will come for the unbeaten Londoner is far from clear.
Ekow Essuman kept hold of his British and Commonwealth welterweight titles with a strong showing down the stretch to claim a majority decision over Chis Kongo on the Eubank-Smith undercard in Manchester.
Former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker got back to winning ways but was made to work as he claimed a ten-round decision over Jack Massey in the Manchester arena where he was stopped by Joe Joyce in his previous fight.
Olympic super-heavyweight bronze medal-winner Frazer Clarke moved to 4-0 as durable Argentinian Kevin Nicolas Espindola, who retired at the end of the fourth round with a damaged right hand on the Eubank-Smith bill in Manchester.
By Ron Lewis - Liam Smith is a big outsider with the bookmakers for his fight with Chris Eubank Jr on Saturday night in Manchester, something the Liverpudlian just struggles to understand. The former WBO super-welterweight champion comes into this fight in a good run of form but apart from the fact that Eubank has been operating at a higher weight, Smith struggles to make a case for him.
Chris Eubank Jr wore a rainbow armband on the scales as he weighed in for Saturday’s fight with Liam Smith in Manchester as a row over homophobic taunting threatens to overshadow the fight.
Liam Smith could face action from the British Boxing Board of Control after he goaded Chris Eubank Jr at Thursday’s press conference by inferring that Eubank was gay. Sky Sports presenter Anna Woolhouse apologized for the “homophobic” remarks after an exchange between the pair about sending each other direct messages turned ugly, with Smith saying Eubank was never seen with women and asking: “Do you want to tell us something?” The BBBoC looks set to take action that could lead to a charge of misconduct against Smith, although Eubank could be sanctioned too for his part.
Moses Itauma knows enough about Mike Tyson’s record as the youngest world heavyweight champion to be able to drop into conversation the exact age that he achieved the task - 20 years, 4 months 22 days.
Rocky Fielding, the former WBA “regular” super-middleweight champion, has announced his retirement from boxing at the age of 35, a month after being stopped in a British light-heavyweight title challenge by Dan Azeez.
Liam Smith says that Chris Eubank Jr does not rate among the best two fighters he has boxed and it is only money that has elevated their fight to pay-per-view status.