Chris Eubank Jr. received it proper on the second attempt.
The middleweight contender, who was knocked out by underdog Liam Smith in January, turned the tables by stopping Smith within the tenth spherical of a scheduled 12-rounder Saturday night time in Manchester, England.
The official time of the stoppage was 1:45.
Within the first battle, Eubank had managed the motion for three-plus rounds however received caught with a giant proper hand that harm him and Smith adopted with a flurry that put him down.
Moments later one other sequence of pictures satisfied referee Victor Loughlin to cease the battle, giving Smith an upset victory.
Eubank (33-3, 24 KOs) insisted afterward that he was dominating Smith (33-4-1, 20 KOs) till his countryman landed his large shot and vowed to reveal within the rematch that he’s the higher man.
He backed up his phrases nearly from the start on Saturday, outboxing and outworking Smith to win spherical after spherical and finally the battle.
Eubank compelled Smith to take a knee in Spherical 4, when it appeared that the battle may finish early. Nonetheless, Smith, demonstrating his toughness, fought by means of the unhealthy second and continued to attempt.
Nonetheless, it wasn’t his night time. Eubank continued to land nearly at will because the battle progressed.
He put Smith down once more with a flurry of punches within the closing spherical. Smith once more received to his toes however the battle was stopped shortly thereafter, giving Eubank a victory and his revenge.
