2 things that haven’t been talked about much after last night.
1. How clinically Liam Smith took his chance when it came. He did not give Eubank a chance.
2. Carl Froch touched on this in an interview. He asked whether Eubank “cheated”to make the weight? He didn’t mean anything sinister, he meant whether he cheated on his conditioning and didn’t make weight properly. He drained himself and looked tight at the weight and consequently weak. Basically he didn’t make the weight properly.
He said about 5 or 6 days before the fight that at one of the weigh-ins they periodically have in the build up , that Liam was heavier than him at that time. That shouldn’t be happening.
This has been the big problem in his whole career. He has always done things his way, and sometimes on his own.
I firmly believe that if he had
a. Kept his Dad out of it early doors
b. Got a good trainer, learnt the fundamentals and LISTENED.
c. Got a good conditioning team on board
Allied to his Athleticism , desire and Durability he could have been a World beater, and would definitely have won a World title.
Unfortunately it’s way too late now.