Liam Smith says Chris Eubank Jr "doesn't punch hard enough to stop me" and it eats away at him
The former world champion told iFL TV that Eubank "should never have beat me" and moved on to fight Conor Benn "for millions" rather than give him a third fight.
Liam Smith says Chris Eubank Jr "doesn't punch hard enough to stop me", and that the defeat eats away at him every day.
"The Eubank thing eats away at me day in, day out," Smith told iFL TV. "To see him on my phone, it eats away at me. He should never have beat me in a month of Sundays."
The pair are 1-1. Smith, a former WBO light-middleweight champion, won their first fight, and Eubank stopped him in the rematch.
"He should never stop me. He doesn't punch hard enough to stop me. He's just... he's not good enough," Smith said. He added that it eats away at him "more than anyone will know".
Smith said he understood Eubank moving on to fight Conor Benn "for millions", but he never got a third fight. "He didn't give me it, he didn't have a tilt at me," he said. The whole thing, he added, "does niggle me all the time".
Eubank Jr has been out of the ring for a year since he lost his rematch with Conor Benn, having won their first fight on points. He has also mentioned a third fight with Benn.
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