{"id":287643,"date":"2023-09-05T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=287643"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:36:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T16:36:02","slug":"liam-smith-apologises-to-his-team-for-stoppage-defeat-to-eubank-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/liam-smith-apologises-to-his-team-for-stoppage-defeat-to-eubank-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Smith apologises to his team for stoppage defeat to Eubank Jr"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Liam Smith apologises to his team for his brutal stoppage defeat to Chris Eubank Jr and claims &#8216;the performance speaks for itself&#8217; &#8211; as he congratulates his rival for &#8216;evening the score&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liam Smith has congratulated Chris Eubank Jr for beating him on Saturday night\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Liverpudlian fighter apologised for his under-par display in Manchester\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Smith looked shaky from the start and admitted he was &#8216;flat&#8217; due to a weight cut\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Liam Smith has apologised for his flat display against Chris Eubank Jr after he was stopped in the tenth round of their grudge match in Manchester on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpudlian went into the rematch as the slight favourite after stunning &#8216;Next Gen&#8217; in their first fight earlier this year with a knockout of his own, but he looked off the pace from the first bell and was punished by his rival throughout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Smith looked as though he had trouble with his footwork and balance &#8211; which he had attributed to a gruelling weight cut for the fight &#8211; and he has now posted on social media graciously admitting defeat and congratulating his opponent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We shout when we win and I can take defeat if I lose,&#8217; he said on Instagram alongside a picture of him clapping while Eubank&#8217;s hand was raised on the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Gutted about how I lost but, the performance speaks for itself. All I will say, my family, my team and all my fans, I\u2019m sorry and I love you all. 100 per cent i&#8217;ll be back for [you lot].<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/16\/75082759-12482623-image-a-8_1693927208671.jpg\" height=\"505\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Liam Smith has graciously accepted his defeat to Chris Eubank Jr and apologised to his fans<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/16\/75082075-12482623-image-m-10_1693927216862.jpg\" height=\"558\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Smith said he was &#8216;gutted&#8217; about the nature of his loss and congratulated Eubank Jr<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/16\/75082839-12482623-image-a-11_1693927272626.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Smith was dominated by Eubank Jr in their rematch in Manchester before being stopped in the 10th round<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Congrats to Chris, he boxed well, and has evened the score!!!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s humility marks a change in attitude from the pre-fight taunts he had exchanged with Eubank Jr in the build-up to both fights. In the final press conference before their clash on Saturday, Smith goaded him over his lack of &#8216;intelligence&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You are trying to convince people you&#8217;re intelligent? You&#8217;ve been fit, you&#8217;ve been durable, you have an engine, but you&#8217;ve never been classed as intelligent.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And last month he had labelled him &#8216;deluded&#8217; after Eubank Jr claimed he was dominated their last fight in January before he was stopped.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was complacent after the third round of success, I guess maybe I got a little bit too comfortable and paid the price,&#8217; said Eubank.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Smith hit back: &#8216;Are you really that deluded that you&#8217;re drawing on that twenty second period at the end of round three &#8211; are you really drawing on that for some confidence?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/05\/16\/75082855-12482623-image-a-12_1693927294877.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Smith claimed he was left feeling &#8216;flat&#8217; after a gruelling weight cut for the showdown<\/p>\n<p>However, Smith was gracious in the aftermath of his defeat, though he insisted he felt &#8216;flat&#8217; from the off after struggling with the weight cut.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You don&#8217;t have to be a genius to see how flat [I was] from 40 seconds of the fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think everyone knows and Chris knows how I was with the weight, to say at the weigh-in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;After the injury, I came down three stone and so [that is] a lot of weight to shift in a short space of time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But that&#8217;s all I can put my finger on, I was flat, flat as they come from the get go I couldn&#8217;t move my feet and Chris was sharp early on so fair play to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Chris was the better man tonight. I shout when I win, I take my defeat when I lose.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12482623\/Liam-Smith-apologises-team-brutal-stoppage-defeat-Chris-Eubank-Jr-claims-performance-speaks-congratulates-rival-evening-score.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Liam Smith apologises to his team for his brutal stoppage defeat to Chris Eubank Jr and claims &#8216;the performance speaks for itself&#8217; &#8211; as he <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/liam-smith-apologises-to-his-team-for-stoppage-defeat-to-eubank-jr\/\" title=\"Liam Smith apologises to his team for stoppage defeat to Eubank Jr\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Liam Smith apologises to his team for stoppage defeat to Eubank Jr - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/boxing\/liam-smith-apologises-to-his-team-for-stoppage-defeat-to-eubank-jr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liam Smith apologises to his team for stoppage defeat to Eubank Jr - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liam Smith apologises to his team for his brutal stoppage defeat to Chris Eubank Jr and claims &#8216;the performance speaks for itself&#8217; 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