{"id":4928,"date":"2023-01-21T13:39:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T13:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/chris-eubank-jr-v-liam-smith-predictions-from-pros-and-pundits-for-middleweight-fight\/"},"modified":"2023-01-21T13:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T13:39:13","slug":"chris-eubank-jr-v-liam-smith-predictions-from-pros-and-pundits-for-middleweight-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/chris-eubank-jr-v-liam-smith-predictions-from-pros-and-pundits-for-middleweight-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Eubank Jr v Liam Smith: Predictions from pros and pundits for middleweight fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-1\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0\"><noscript data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0.1\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--video\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-1.1\">&#8216;He&#8217;s fame hungry!&#8217; &#8211; Eubank Jr &amp; Smith take swipes ahead of clash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table class=\"gs-o-table story-body__table\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2\">\n<thead class=\"gs-o-table__head gel-brevier \" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.0\">\n<tr class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.0.$row-0\"\/><\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"gel-long-primer \" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1\">\n<tr class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-0\">\n<td class=\"gs-o-table__cell\" colspan=\"1\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-0.$td-0\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:0\">Venue: <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:1\">AO Arena, Manchester <\/span><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:2\">Date: <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-0.$td-0.0:3\">Saturday, 21 January<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-1\">\n<td class=\"gs-o-table__cell\" colspan=\"1\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-1.$td-0\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:0\">Coverage:<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$table-2.1.$row-1.$td-0.0:1\"> Radio commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra from 20:00 GMT and main card from 22:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 Live; live text coverage on the BBC Sport website &amp; app.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\"><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\">Chris Eubank Jr faces Liam Smith in an intriguing all-British middleweight fight at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\">\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\"><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0.0\">Both men are on impressive winning streaks and have promised big performances.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">Smith, 34, has stopped his past three opponents while Eubank&#8217;s last defeat was in 2018 to then-world champion George Groves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">The fight will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live from 22:00 GMT, while the BBC Sport website will have a live text commentary page from 20:00 GMT, featuring all the build-up and undercard action on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">We have asked big names from the world of boxing for their opinions on the big fight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.$bold-0\">Featherweight world champion Leigh Wood: <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.1\">&#8220;I think Smith will win on points. Both fighters will get hurt and Eubank has got a chin but Liam has more push in him and his style will make it tough for Eubank.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.$bold-0\">Former light-middleweight world champion Hannah Rankin:<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.1\"> &#8220;I see Eubank coming out on top. However, I think it&#8217;s going to be a lot harder than people think. It&#8217;s not going to be a walkover for him.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.$bold-0\">5 Live boxing analyst Barry Jones: <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.1\">&#8220;As soon as it was announced I really fancied Smith &#8211; he won&#8217;t make a dent in Eubank, but I don&#8217;t think Smith will care.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.$bold-0\">Heavyweight Frazer Clarke:<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.1\"> &#8220;Liam Smith on points. But I would not be surprised one bit if Eubank came out and is absolutely exceptional. It has happened before with Chris Eubank.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-14\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-14.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-14.0.0\"><noscript data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-14.0.0.1\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--video\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-14.1\">Chris Eubank Jr v Liam Smith: Listening to Drake, following UFC and a life motto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15.$bold-0\">Unified light-middleweight world champion Natasha Jonas: <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15.1\">&#8220;Liam Smith on points. The first four rounds will be the most telling for Eubank, he needs to build up a lead. We know that Liam comes back strong. Down the home straight he&#8217;s been there a million times and gets better as the fight goes on. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16\"><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16.0\">&#8220;We saw that against Fowler and in his last fight against Vargas. We know that&#8217;s coming, so how you start is imperative and it has to be a good start. If you think you&#8217;re going to start slow and try and work him out, that&#8217;s not going to happen because he&#8217;s going to work you out first.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17.$bold-0\">Former world champion George Groves: <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17.1\">&#8220;I can imagine Smith is mentally very tough but physically I don&#8217;t know. I make Eubank a chunky favourite but it&#8217;s definitely a banana skin.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18.$bold-0\">Cruiserweight Scott Forrest:<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18.1\"> &#8220;Liam will be too much for him. Too strong. Eubank&#8217;s got a good chin so I think Liam will win on points.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19.$bold-0\">Trainer and former world champion Andy Lee: <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-19.1\">&#8220;It could go either way. I slightly favour Eubank but I can see a win for Smith as well.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20.$bold-0\">Former heavyweight champion David Haye: <\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-20.1\">&#8220;I think Chris Eubank Jr is an exceptional fighter. I don&#8217;t think he&#8217;s been able to express how good he is. I&#8217;m expecting him to go in there fully loaded because Liam is the guy to really bring the best out of him.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-21\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-21.$bold-0\">Middleweight Liam Williams:<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-21.1\"> &#8220;I&#8217;ve boxed them both. I am personally going with a Liam Smith win. I don&#8217;t think either of them are going to stop each other but I think Liam is better schooled than Eubank.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22\"><strong data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22.$bold-0\">5 Live boxing analyst Steve Bunce:<\/strong><span data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-22.1\"> &#8220;I just fancy Chris Eubank. But I do think what we&#8217;ve seen in Manchester this week, that will have an effect on the fight.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-24\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-24.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-24.0.0\"><noscript data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-24.0.0.1\"\/><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--video\" data-reactid=\".124do2m6wvs.0.0.0.1.$video-24.1\">Chris Eubank Jr v Liam Smith: 12 Rounds with&#8230; Liam Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/64292535?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s fame hungry!&#8217; &#8211; Eubank Jr &amp; Smith take swipes ahead of clash Venue: AO Arena, Manchester Date: Saturday, 21 January Coverage: Radio commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra from 20:00 GMT and main card from 22:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 Live; live text coverage on the BBC Sport website &amp; app. Chris [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4930,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928\/revisions\/4930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}