Eubank JR Is Disputing Liam Smith's TKO Win

What a clown. We saw a reaction from CEJ after that big right hand over the top landed. CEJ clearly nearly touched down after eating that shot and his glove or knee may well have even touched the canvas given how low his knees dipped. I knew he hurt him with that shot when I watched it live and Smith clearly picked up on it because his eyes lit up and he immediately pounced on him.

That clown also ignored the fact that we saw no reaction from CEJ when the elbow or forearm landed. It didn't wobble or noticeably stun him or turn his face into a mask of pain. His expression was the same and he was still OK at that point. But we clearly saw a reaction from him when the big uppercut landed as we did with the flush left hook that followed shortly after.

Had we seen a noticeable reaction from the elbow/forearm like we did from the three big shots which hurt him, one of which at the beginning of the sequence which almost dropped him, he and his fans might have an argument and if so I would be inclined to agree it was a big factor. However, we didn't.

The fact that CEJ was octopus grabbing Smith to death everytime he managed to get into range and back him against the ropes, which is obviously where range where the fight favoured him heavily, is being conveniently ignored too. Smith hurt and nearly dropped him the first time he didn't and then finished him off shortly after.

Andre Ward used to elbow and billy goat butt almost as much as he punched. All of which quite intentionally. He literally carved Kessler's face up with nothing but billy goat butts. Three separate gaping wounds all from separate billy goat butts. He butted the hell out of him all night and even worse he continued to do so even after carving his face up.

The ref said there were ''five unintentional headbutts.'' Well, firstly they weren't unintentional at all and there was more than five and even if they were unintentional, which of course they weren't, you don't allow one fighter to come in with their head like that all night to carve their opponent's faces up. You pull them to one side and give them a stern warning to be more careful.

I don't recall talk of overturning that decision and that was repeated fouling all night not just one unintentional elbow/forearm.

Ward going elbow/forearm crazy towards the start of the vid

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Like I said, the first right hand over the top nearly dropped CEJ. In fact, from this camera angle you can see it actually did

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/moCmoYhjlFA