By Barry Holbrook: Chris Eubank Jr wore a rainbow armband on Friday during a deliberation with Liam Smith Jr after he questioned his sexual preferences last Thursday at the meeting final newspaper.
Eubank Jr (32-2, 23 KOs) and Smith (32-3-1, 19 KOs) weighed in at 159 lbs in a 12-round non-middleweight title match this Saturday night, January 21 at Manchester Arena. in Manchester, England.
The 34-year-old gray-haired man Smith looks significantly smaller than Eubank Jr despite being about the same weight as him. For his part, Eubank Jr appeared tired of trying to hit the 160 lb limit.
“Both are at their peak and both understand what all this is all about,” Roy Jones Jr. iFL TV about Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith.
“I don’t change the game plan because I’m not here for Conor Benn [training camp]so I came and started where I left off.
“The thing about Liam is that he would be a modern day Marvin Hagler. He’s not super strong, and he’s not super explosive, but he’s consistent. What he does well, he will do it all night.
“So if you know that about him, he’s a very professional guy and a high-level boxer,” Roy continued about Liam Smith. “He was consistent throughout the night. So if you leave him there and take his momentum.
“If you try to hurt him early or get him cut early, you have a better chance now because if you let him pick up momentum and gain momentum, he can really be a problem. subject.
“The loser goes somewhere else. It will all depend on what the loser wants to do. What Liam wants to do, what Chris wants to do. Chris won’t lose. It depends on what Liam wants to do. I don’t know what the loser will do. That is not my job.
“It all depends on Chris Eubank Jr. I’m a guy if he asks me to train him, I’ll train him,” Jones Jr said when asked if he wanted to train Eubank Jr for Conor Benn’s fight.
“If he says, ‘My dad has it, he has it. Of course, I’ve always enjoyed being in camp with him because he’s someone who always listens to what I teach and he applies that to his sport, so I love that,” said Roy.
