{"id":8687,"date":"2023-04-30T06:35:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T06:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/liam-smith-says-he-is-baffled-by-chris-eubank-jr-saying-first-fight-was-stopped-too-soon\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T06:35:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T06:35:13","slug":"liam-smith-says-he-is-baffled-by-chris-eubank-jr-saying-first-fight-was-stopped-too-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/liam-smith-says-he-is-baffled-by-chris-eubank-jr-saying-first-fight-was-stopped-too-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Smith says he is &#8216;baffled&#8217; by Chris Eubank Jr saying first fight was stopped too soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.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=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$video-1\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$video-1.0.0\"><noscript data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$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=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$video-1.1\">&#8216;I need to avenge loss&#8217; Eubank Jr &amp; Smith prepare for rematch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-2.0\">Liam Smith is &#8220;baffled&#8221; by Chris Eubank Jr saying their first fight in January was ended prematurely by the referee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">Eubank, 33, was dropped twice before Victor Loughlin halted the fight. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">&#8220;To blame the referee? Wow,&#8221; Smith, 34, said.&#8221;You&#8217;ve opened another one now where you&#8217;re going to get slaughtered by everybody.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">Speaking to 5 Live Boxing at Tuesday&#8217;s new conference, he added: &#8220;It could have easily been stopped after the first knockdown, never mind the second.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">&#8220;I feel he is what he is. I don&#8217;t know. I&#8217;m baffled now. He&#8217;s just said he dominated the first three rounds. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">&#8220;If that&#8217;s domination, then I don&#8217;t know what boxing is. It&#8217;s crazy.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">The first fight was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/64353747\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.$link-2.0\">marred by controversy in the build-up<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.3\">, with homophobic taunts and insults about class.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.0\">Both <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/65304148\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.$link-2.0\">Eubank and Smith were fined by the British Boxing Board of Control<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-11.3\"> for their previous behaviour, but there were no such unsavoury scenes this time, where there were more jovial exchanges instead. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-12.0\">&#8220;It shouldn&#8217;t have gone that way,&#8221; Smith added. &#8220;But now we&#8217;ve got a past fight to go off, we don&#8217;t really need to be being personal. We&#8217;ve got a fight we can feed off.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"story-body__crosshead\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$crosshead-13\">&#8216;I have to show I&#8217;m the better fighter&#8217; &#8211; Eubank<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.0\">Eubank &#8211; who <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/64637901\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.$link-2.0\">activated his rematch clause<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-14.3\"> &#8211; said he felt the ending of their first fight &#8220;wasn&#8217;t conclusive&#8221;. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15.0\">He added: &#8220;People will say I got stopped, but the fact that I&#8217;m on my feet, begging for the fight to continue means there&#8217;s something more there. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-16.0\">&#8220;We have to do this again. If I&#8217;m laid out on the floor or I&#8217;m on one knee and I don&#8217;t make the count, then fair enough.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-17.0\">Eubank says while other options were available, a rematch with Smith was &#8220;one that I needed, not that I wanted&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18\"><span data-reactid=\".1k08k9hsjxq.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-18.0\">He added: &#8220;I can&#8217;t let this man walk through the rest of his life saying that he beat me. I have to right that wrong. I have to even the score. I have to show the people that I am the better fighter.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/65400751?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;I need to avenge loss&#8217; Eubank Jr &amp; Smith prepare for rematch Liam Smith is &#8220;baffled&#8221; by Chris Eubank Jr saying their first fight in January was ended prematurely by the referee. Eubank, 33, was dropped twice before Victor Loughlin halted the fight. &#8220;To blame the referee? 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