Liam Smith: record, next fight and profile →
Former world champion Liam Smith believes he was physically affected by cutting down a lot of weight for the rematch with Chris Eubank Jr. Their first meeting, in January, saw Smith score a dramatic knockout victory over Eubank in only four rounds.
Eubank, Smith Rematch Photos Gallery - Manchester - In a middleweight rematch, Chris Eubank Jr. (33-3, 24 KOs) got revenge by dropped, punishing and stopping Liam Smith (33-4-1, 20 KOs) in ten rounds. (photos by Lawrence Lustig)
Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. is looking ahead to several potential fights in the immediate future. Eubank is back on the map after Saturday's dominating stoppage of Liam Smith in their rematch in Manchester. The victory saved Eubank's career.
The CompuBox statistics reflected the one-sided beating that Chris Eubank Jr. administered to avenge his first knockout loss to former world champion Liam Smith.
Welterweight contender Conor Benn was not impressed with the dominant performance by Chris Eubank Jr. - who got revenge by stopping Liam Smith in the tenth round of their rematch.
By Jake Donovan - The same venue and matchup provided a very different ending for the second act. Chris Eubank Jr. not only avenged the lone stoppage defeat but offered perhaps the best performance of his career in a brutally one-sided, tenth-round stoppage of Liverpool’s Liam Smith. Seven months after suffering a stunning fourth-round knockout, Eubank returned to the scene of the crime to twice floor Smith.
Liam Smith, Chris Eubank Jr. Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Fight week is here for the anticipated middleweight rematch between bitter rivals Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr. (photos by Lawrence Lustig)
One thing Chris Eubank Jr. knows for certain is that nobody can accuse him of being a quitter. That is one way the cocky British middleweight has been able to rationalize his disastrous fourth-round knockout loss to Liam Smith earlier this year at AO Arena in Manchester, England.
Lauren Price has loftier goals in mind after her latest win. The Olympic Gold medalist and history-making women’s British welterweight titlist claimed a technical decision win over Zambia’s Lolita Muzeya. The fight was stopped at 0:24 of round six due to a cut over Muzeya’s left eye caused by a headbutt from the preceding round. Price was credited with a fifth-round knockdown and won by score of 60-53 on the lone scorecard of referee Steve Gray in their welterweight bout Saturday at AO Arena in Manchester, England. Lauren Price has loftier goals in mind after her latest win. The Olympic Gold medalist and history-making women’s British welterweight titlist claimed a technical decision win over Zambia’s Lolita Muzeya. The fight was stopped at 0:24 of round six due to a cut over Muzeya’s left eye caused by a headbutt from the preceding round. Price was credited with a fifth-round knockdown and won by score of 60-53 on the lone scorecard of referee Steve Gray in their welterweight bout Saturday at AO Arena in Manchester, England.
Promoter Eddie Hearn is confident that he can land a major fight for his embattled charge, Conor Benn. Specifically, the head of Matchroom Boxing believes that former welterweight titlist Kell Brook, who retired last year, is a prime candidate to fight Benn, whose two positive tests for a banned substance last year have scandalized British boxing.