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    #3302
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,519 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Thought Liam Smith was out of order yesterday ,

    Chris dealt with it very well in the beginning by not even answering either way , ( ps his missus is stunning ) But then he went over the line with the Wife comment but look if Smith is going to sling mud all bets are off,



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    #3303
    OmegaGene
    Registered Users Posts: 8,622 ✭✭✭OmegaGene


    Chris clearly got under his skin in the last week and beefy reacted but he didn’t think it through, the gay jibes didn’t go down very well

    The internet isn’t for everyone



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    #3304
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120134693#Comment_120134693

    He was blatantly homophobic. Questions Eubank in a negative and teasing manner as if to suggest/imply that being gay was something to be ashamed of. Disgraceful.

    Eubabk too slow to react: he should have interjected quickly and said “hold on, are you actually being homophobic here? Suggesting that being gay should be frowned upon?” That really would have stopped Smith in his tracks.

    Eubank then kind of adds fuel to the fire by saying he’d “rather” be gay than be a cheat. As if he was picking the lesser of two “evils.”



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    #3305
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,519 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120134996#Comment_120134996

    I think Chris dealt with it brilliant (before the Wife part)

    He doesn't have to answer that question , It may not seem like a big thing but to start answering inappropriate question's would be letting Liam assume the dominant position as your having to answer to him ,

    Eubank is without question well aware of psychological wins& loses, He is a very well educated fella ,

    Eubank also keeps his missus out of the public eye & if he answer yes he has a girlfriend then the media & everyone's next question is the obvious Who ?



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    #3306
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120135040#Comment_120135040

    Spot on. Before wife part he did deal with it. I just wished he had hit back straight away with the homophobic accusation/question to Smith.



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    #3307
    OmegaGene
    Registered Users Posts: 8,622 ✭✭✭OmegaGene


    Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith are facing an investigation from the British Boxing Board of Control (BBofC) over their shameful 'personal' and 'homophobic' comments at their pre-fight press conference.

    The internet isn’t for everyone



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    #3308
    Robert Nairac
    Registered Users Posts: 365 ✭✭Robert Nairac


    The Eubank-Smith fight is on S Sport + if you have a subscription and working VPN. Much cheaper than buying the PPV.



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    #3309
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    National Elites live TG4 YouTube now. Tasty men’s 60 kg final due in about 20 mins.



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    #3310
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,095 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Is Smith the easiest boxer in the world to hit 🙈



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    #3311
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,053 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Wasn't expecting that!



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    #3312
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,095 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    🤣🤣



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    #3313
    x PyRo
    Moderators Posts: 8,703 ✭✭✭x PyRo


    Where on earth did that come out of!



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    #3314
    x PyRo
    Moderators Posts: 8,703 ✭✭✭x PyRo


    https://twitter.com/_Umarrrrrr/status/1616937723444756481?t=s2wXkf4VdbbXAaKDaEpAbg&s=19

    Nas was right. 🤣



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    #3315
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,095 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Eubank clapping.



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    #3316
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,095 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120140421#Comment_120140421

    Not exactly Mystic Meg.

    That was after a fight 4 years ago.



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    #3317
    x PyRo
    Moderators Posts: 8,703 ✭✭✭x PyRo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120140434#Comment_120140434

    I know! Just a funny clip of Nas being weird. Although Eubank Jr is equally as strange a guy.



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    #3318
    OmegaGene
    Registered Users Posts: 8,622 ✭✭✭OmegaGene


    Fair play to smith I didn’t see that coming at all, hats off to naseem Ahmed for his funny clip being relevant again

    The internet isn’t for everyone



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    #3319
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Delighted I didn’t pay 25 euro for that card. Was it a poor card overall?

    Caught the finish of the Eubank fight. Did he win rds 1-3? The shots Smith landed weren’t particularly heavy. I think it was the clean left uppercut that did the damage. Eubank didn’t recover. Second knockdown seemed more poor recovery than getting hit

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    #3320
    Bobby Baccala
    Registered Users Posts: 7,341 ✭✭✭Bobby Baccala


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120140883#Comment_120140883

    Rd 1 was fairly close but I’d say smith just about edged it, Eubank won 2 and 3 and was only really getting comfortable when he got dropped. Noticed smith moving his head a lot more at the start of RD 4 trying to unsettle Eubank and it worked.

    The ref should have waved it off when he stood back up on incredibly shaky feet in my opinion.



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    #3321
    ebbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,737 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    Eubank is like Oscar, lost most of the big fights he fought.

    A big fighter in name only.



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    #3322
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120141062#Comment_120141062

    Big fights? I wouldn’t even go that far. Lost to a green Saunders and a washed up Groves.

    I’ve always liked Chris, but he’s just not that good. I even overrated him through the years.

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    #3323
    Cyrus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,669 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120141079#Comment_120141079

    I think that’s a fair summary, he seems a good lad under the bravado and he has done well at carving out a decent career money wise for himself but ultimately he isn’t quite world level.



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    #3324
    OmegaGene
    Registered Users Posts: 8,622 ✭✭✭OmegaGene


    Chris had done very well considering he hasn’t beat anybody of more or achieved a world title, maybe it’s his hype or thinking back to his old man but o honestly thought he would smash smith in a few rounds

    The internet isn’t for everyone



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    #3325
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120141346#Comment_120141346

    Smith is fairly rugged and tough. Eubank is not a killer or a puncher. Only surprise last night was the stoppage. I thought Smith could nick it on points.



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    #3326
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,095 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120141481#Comment_120141481

    Wait until the rematch where Eubank ups it to 60%.

    Smith will be in trouble then! 🙊



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    #3327
    OmegaGene
    Registered Users Posts: 8,622 ✭✭✭OmegaGene


    I see Conor tren is saying he would have done Eubank in 2 rounds

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    #3328
    Jarhead_Tendler
    Registered Users Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭Jarhead_Tendler


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120141637#Comment_120141637

    Probably the drugs talking



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    #3329
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,584 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Eubank really making out it was a once in a lifetime shot, ala Julian Jackson v Bomber Graham. Nothing of the sort.

    Also making out that he was dominating the 3.5 rds fight.



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    #3330
    OmegaGene
    Registered Users Posts: 8,622 ✭✭✭OmegaGene


    He did seem to have tbe upper hand but other than the three uppercuts at the end of the third he didn’t land anything of note, it was mostly jump in jab and jump out and feck act around

    smith said the rematch is on his terms and wants it at 154 so that’s not happening

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    #3331
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users Posts: 20,519 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    very strange outcome,

    I like Jr & he has never been stopped before even from much bigger harder punchers , He used to spar with Froch & the likes & was never hurt by Froch's own words,

    I think the last weight cut for Benn & then this one didn't help him at all, the older you get you should not be going down divisions,

    Jr's had a hard time of things lately, His Dad is all over the shop since his brothers death,

    Fair play to Smith done what he had to do ,



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