Fight Talk: Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Sr react to Liam Smith's knockout of Chris Eubank Jr

Chris Eubank Jr had ne'er been dropped successful his vocation earlier the combat with Liam Smith

Liam Smith pulled disconnected a memorable upset successful Manchester against Chris Eubank Jr - and it has got radical talking.

An entertaining nighttime astatine the AO Arena besides saw Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall astir travel to blows.

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The connection connected everyone's lips was "wow" arsenic Smith produced a fourth-round knockout.

It seemed similar Eubank was acceptable to use the unit aft an awesome 3rd round, but Smith responded with an uppercut helium won't soon forget.

After what proved to beryllium a arguable combat week, some men shook hands and hugged pursuing the bout, with Eubank saying helium "regretted" immoderate of the things helium said successful the build-up and Smith admitting successful the post-fight property conference: "It got a small spot retired of manus betwixt maine and Chris [this week]."

Eubank took his decision with grace and his begetter offered congratulations to Smith aft the result.

'You'd past 2 rounds'

One antheral who seemed pleased with Smith's triumph was Benn.

Benn and Eubank had been scheduled to combat past October but Benn failed 2 cause tests, causing the combat to beryllium postponed.

Benn has protested his innocence but the UK Anti-Doping Agency and the British Boxing Board of Control are yet to reason their investigations into the failed tests.

He took to societal media to taunt Eubank aft his loss.

"Oh man, Chris Eubank Jr, it's a bully occupation you didn't combat me," helium said. "You'd past 2 rounds astatine 160."

Ringside fights... almost

There was immoderate breaking quality astatine ringside arsenic Taylor and Catterall confirmed their rematch was off, for now.

Scotland's Taylor was hobbling astir for overmuch of the nighttime and was owed to officially denote the rematch for 4 March connected Saturday nighttime earlier having to retreat owed to injury.

Catterall joined Taylor astatine ringside for a little play but it wasn't agelong until information had to measurement successful to abstracted them.

These 2 don't similar each other. A caller day for the rematch is chartless but here's hoping Taylor tin retrieve and marque the light-welterweight bounds 1 much time.

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