NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr fight for a second time at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday evening.
Smith is full of confidence heading into the rematch after beating Eubank Jr in four rounds in their first fight in January earlier this year.
Eubank Jr had never been knocked down in his professional career before his defeat to Smith and ahead of their second fight, the 33-year-old split with his trainer, Roy Jones Jr, and has brought in Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre, who has worked extensively with undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford.
‘What happened in the last fight was not supposed to happen. Even to Liam – he may not admit it – but he was not expecting the fight to finish how it finished. Nobody was,’ Eubank Jr said ahead of the rematch.