Liam Smith suffered a tenth round TKO defeat to Chris Eubank Jr at the AO Arena on Saturday night
Smith explosively stopped Eubank Jr inside four rounds at the AO Arena back in January; however, there was to be no repeat here. The former WBC light-middleweight champion was dropped twice and suffered a cut above his eye before the contest was waived off in the 10th round.
Brave to the end, Smith rose again, but Eubank Jr continued to unleash shots, leading referee Kevin Parker to step in and wave the contest off. "From our point of view, the deadline, maybe Chris would've walked away from the rematch. It was always a race against time anyway, and I feel it just played its part.
Asked about his ankle injury, he said: "I rolled it in around round two or three, I think. But as I say, even the ankle part, I've done that before in fights.
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