Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith will look to tug off an upset tonight when he takes on the A-side Chris Eubank Jr at middleweight in what may very well be a positive night time on DAZN in Manchester, England. The Eubank Jr vs. Smith occasion shall be proven LIVE on DAZN within the U.S., starting at 2:00 p.m. ET and on Sky Field Workplace PPV within the UK.
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Smith (32-3-1, 19 KOs) shall be arising in weight to tackle the larger Eubank Jr (32-2, 23 KOs) and shall be giving freely measurement, pace & energy.
What Smith does have is a relentless combating model and stress model of combating that might put on down Eubank Jr, who hasn’t been in a conflict since his loss to George Groves in 2018.
Full card
Chris Eubank Jr vs. Liam Smith
Richard Riakporhe vs Krzysztof Glowacki
Joseph Parker vs. Jack Massey
Ekow Essuman vs. Chris Kongo
Frazer Clarke vs. Kevin Espindola
Matty Harris vs. Jiri Surmaj
Scott Forrest vs. Amine Boucetta
Stephen Smith: “Liam beats him in each division”
So far as bodily attributes, Eubank Jr has the benefits by way of being the larger man, having fought on the heavier weight,” mentioned Stephen Smith to Boxing King Media.
“He’s fairly an athletic fellow, however aside from that, all the things written by way of boxing potential and the ring IQ and the expertise, all of it goes to Liam’s favor.
“I feel Liam beats him in each division. The one factor he’s acquired is fast palms, Eubank. In addition to from that, I feel Liam beats him in each division.
“Liam comes throughout as aggressive on a regular basis. The way in which he speaks, that’s simply Liam. Chris is making an attempt to persuade everybody that he’s in Liam’s head. He’s making an attempt to persuade himself.
“I’ve been with Liam all week, and I’m very proud of the place Liam is. The respect is there. They each know they’re in a combat. That’s what all of the rematch clause enterprise is about.
“He’s made it out prefer it’s a better combat than Conor Benn, but he didn’t have a rematch clause with Conor Benn. He made positive there was one with this combat with Liam.
“We all know Liam is ready. He’s [Liam] only a higher fighter with the higher ring IQ and ring generalship, and he can do all of it, for my part. Abilities pay the payments is the previous saying, and I’m very assured of what Liam is bringing to the ring.
“Concerning the result of the combat, all of the professional’s opinions going to factors is because of the respect of each fighters. I feel the followers are going to see a very good combat with two robust males going at it. The truth that everyone seems to be choosing factors exhibits that it’s going to be a very good combat,” mentioned Smith.
