Liam Mark Smith vs. Christopher Livingstone Eubank Jr. II & Mark Heffron vs. Jack Cullen RBR.

So true but was it Roy's idea for Chris to take on so much of his style in the first place?

 

Very & he just looked old from the get go like one of those fighters who just aged out on the night.

 

He looked like Robert Deniro in raging Bull when LaMotta was fighting Robinson for the last time and just gave up looking completely dejected, he wouldn`t even answer his corner in between rounds, one of his corner asked him if he was okay and he didn`t reply.

 

I have not watched the first Smith/Eubank Jr fight. But based on its decisive outcome, I was surprised to find live prefight odds on DraftKings for this rematch to have Smith listed as only a -170 favourite, and Eubank Jr a +135 underdog. Today in the first three rounds, with Eubank Jr moderately busy and Smith throwing very little in return, I assumed Smith was biding his time while waiting for an opportunity to let his power shots fly. By the 10th round, with the same dynamic having persisted all fight long, and with Smith now throwing absolutely nothing, I wondered what could possibly have happened to Smith between January and September 2023. Postfight he mentioned having "rolled (his) ankle" at some point, but that would not have prevented him from throwing punches. Prior to this fight I thought Smith was still borderline world level, but having seen this fight, I now think he should retire. Postfight Smith halfheartedly suggested they should have a trilogy fight, but I am sure he was the only one in the entire AO Arena who thought that. For his part, Eubank Jr postfight called out "Kell" (which surprised me bc I thought Kell Brook had retired, and if he hasn't yet, he should), and then he called out Golovkin (who based on his last fight, vs Canelo in September 2022, looked absolutely shot). So Eubank Jr isn't exactly reaching for the highest fruit on the tree. Which is probably just as well, bc although on paper this was a good win for him, in reality it was a 10-round walkover.

 

It's meaningless as Smith was completely off clearly carrying an injury, and Smith was never remotely an elite boxer.
It's like Wilder sparking blown up average cruisers it's about context, Chris looked sharp because he was fighting a dude wearing lead boots.

 

Spoiler, Just got it on Blu-ray & still haven't watched it as I haven't been in the mood for that sort of drama haha.

 

Middleweight is in a pretty dire state right now.

 

Maybe he was boxing to instruction and not wading in carelessly. Perhaps you know better than Bomac and his team how to train fighters after all you seem to think you know every thing.

 

Yeah when the guy you don’t want to win actually wins they luck out. Maybe you should congratulate CEJ on his revenge win but you won’t because you are not a big enough man to do that.

 

Yeah for sure, traditionally a strong division not so much these days as with other weight divisions.