Smith Eubank 2 Post-Fight Press Conference | CHAOS Erupts

Weight cuts just took a toll on me, I think, from the minute of back injury to the minute the rescheduled date

It was a race against time. From our point of view, the deadline, Chris maybe would have walked away from the rematch

So it was always a race against time anyway, and I feel it just obviously played its part

You know, you didn't have to be a genius to see. from 40 seconds into the fight, you know what I mean

So I just couldn't get going. I feel the weight killed me

Have you rolled your ankle later in the fight? Yeah, I rolled it around two or three, I think, yeah

But I'm going to say, it was even the ankle part, you have done that before in fight

It was more just like being flat. That killed me. When did the injury stop

Was it a recurring injury? The witchmate. The injury you were talking about was it just

The back one grew from the fore? Yeah, no, the back, I mean, from the way from the back injury last time

to when I got over the back injury, you know, I cut $4 to $2 to pounds

I feel like I just played, it took a toll on my body in this last week

Were you surprised that Chris you meant how did they have to say this fight

No, it was just, like I said before, that's what I like frustrate me because it looked like Chris was great

and it was like Chris was exactly that started that fight exactly how we started

the last fight but then got more confident because he was not

being countered than not being you know the counters I was trying to throw

was miles away too slow going over the top of his head so he got more confident

you know what I mean and obviously you can keep throwing if nothing's coming back

you can throw and throw and trow so that's right I feel Chris Godder got confidence

because he knew nothing was really coming back I couldn't really I just didn't have

any meat in me to counter so someone's not counting yet or throwing back or even throwing when you throw

You get more confidence so you let more and more shots go. But I feel he starts to fight exactly how he starts for the last one

Obviously, there was a little bit extreme with one. I don't know

No, definitely not an excuse. My uncle, like I said, I've done my ankle before in fighting

Definitely not an excuse. So don't run with that one. No, as I said before, just flat from the get-go

Chris was sharp from the get-go Chris is night to night I won't make no excuses

like blame blame and no uncle but yeah it's one-one now so we'll see what happens next

Liam did you feel any pressure going into the fight with Chris What type of pressure

You know obviously you were the quote unquote underdog going into the previous

fight you had a brilliant display in the last night No the pressure was just just like I said before

besides it was a rematch with Chris The pressure was just the race against time to make way

a lot of people knew that. Chris knew that, he mentioned it to me on the way

But the only pressure was to basically make weight because like I said before

it's like a bit of a racing game to time. That's the only pressure. Besides, regarding the fight

it was just a fight that I felt I had to win on the path toward the rest of my career

What do you want to do next Lee and I know it's just happened but what you were kind of..

Yeah, obviously I'll sit down and I'll have to get over this and see what's next

like I said before, it's one-one. I think it doesn't take a genius to see how I performed in that fight

So, you know, we see what's next. Obviously, like I said before, it's one-one. That doesn't settle nothing for me

Were there any adjustments in the corner that they were telling you to try to make

Was there anything you were trying to do? I'm pretty sure you could do. They were telling me everything, but when I couldn't push away or I couldn't push in

I didn't have the likes to do it. So, you know, like I said before, that's what is overstated me a little bit

because I've got Joseph, I've got Dechlin. and I've got Paul screaming at me to do things and I just couldn't do it

I was just flat. How far out Ian how long ago did you know that this was a real problem when you were going to come into this and problem I not sure I can really put my finger on it now I think from the rescheduled date it was always going to be a push

Do you know what I mean? Fort of two pounds, a lot of weight. If there is a rematch, how do you approach it differently

Is it something you do different in camp? Does it need to be in a different weight for you to make it? No, definitely

Look, like I said, 160 shouldn't really, is not a struggle. It was just obviously coming back off the injury

And, you know, I got back in camp. We had the press conference to announce the rematch

Then we done the gloves are off. You know, train home and I done me back the next day

So basically, the start of the last camp, I got injured and had another four or five weeks where I couldn't do nothing

So, you know, at the start of camp, you're starting camp quite heavy

I went heavier again, if that makes sense. what I would say is what Liam's been through in this camp

I've never seen anything like it I know he didn't want to let anyone down

we pushed and pushed the date Chris was going to have to move on it's no excuses as I say

and Liam won't want to make any at all but he did he went through

absolutely everything to be here tonight no definitely not that's what I mean

I'm just saying that on my part that's my performance I'm not taking not in a way

this is obviously Chris is night I had my night in January. I celebrated it well

I'm not talking. I'm not away from Chris this time I'm hard. This is his night. Where would you wrap that performance, Chris

in your overall career tonight? I'm happy with it. I stuck to the game plan

You know, I box well. I picked my shots. Yeah, I did what I was supposed to do

what I said I was going to do. Did you feel that you grew in confidence

during the fight? Oh, oh, oh! Oh! Oh! You know

I think we're a idiots, that, I think we're idiots

We all can't, you know, don't go around, they're speech. You, and I said

that's a little, really, thank you. What you called me? No, no, they're not seen a bit of stand

One of the rats taking your chest out. You want it over for a , it's a big way

We're not idiots, okay? You're ready, bring your right. They slick it

Come again, take off my room. Let's just get off on the stretch, off and just get out of the flat

Let's just stay in the house to let's do it. Um, just really quickly, Bo Mack, do you feel, um, you know, how well have you jelled with, with Chris over these four weeks

The jell was good, man. You know, he don't talk a lot

He's real quiet. He come in, he can start a firefighter that comes in, he's ready to work

He got to come in. He's got to come in and ready to work with you

He started right away. So he's all about business. He's about, like some of those guys just sit around the gym

want to talk, and want to take forever to put on their shoes, want to play games

I mean, he's not that type of fighter. He's that type of fighter to come in, get his work done

and get out of there. So in the first couple days, it was like, well, I hope he liked me

But then after he starts seeing more he working, staying sticking to the schedule

you know, listen to what the coaches were saying to him in the gym and shit

I start getting happy. I said, we might got something. But then after he started seeing the sparring and every single sparring session that he did he improved every single one I brought in a tough kid that was tough as shit And he Chris Hound his ass like a baby

I was like, oh, shit. And I warned him a couple days. I'll say, man, this dude, Lesser Martinez

and stuff is ed, dude. Now, you won me the day, as I was walking into the radio

As I'm getting ready to, the bell's about to start. By the way, he's going to, he's going to come on

He's going to come back. I was like, oh, thanks for telling me. but when I seen him with that performance

man, I was like, I was happy and shit. I was happy

And one thing about trainers, you see fighters that come on off a loss

and their mindset is kind of different when they're going into the next fight

But Chris' mindset was always positive, positive, work hard, work hard, positive, positive, work hard, work hard

And what I've seen from other fighters, I did not see one from Chris. So that's why I was confident

I was kept telling everybody, watch, watch, watch, watch, watch. How did it feel getting that encouragement from Crawford prior to the fight

Yeah, listen, Crawford is the man right now. So having him and his team supporting is, you know, it's definitely good

How is winning a rematch compared to just winning the big five-greens

I had to fight some demons, you know. There was a lot of things to prove

People saying I'm shot, people saying I don't have it anymore, I'm too old, chin punch resistance is gone, all these things I'm seeing

And, you know, I had to live with that for six. Six months, knowing that it wasn't true

So yeah, that was tough. This is the first time I've ever been in a rematch before

But, you know, like I said, I enjoy new challenges. I rise to the occasion when I have to

William said if his legs weren't there tonight, could you tell in the beginning of the fighter

at some point that he didn't have the same agent tonight that he had the first night? I think after the first knockdown, I don't know, it was the third of the fourth round

I think after that it was, that kind of took the sales out, the wind out of his sales

And then I, you know, I kind of dominated from there. Yeah

Was there anything in the game plan that wasn't working for you tonight? It seemed like everything you were trying was successful

Yeah, I mean, you know, boxers. smart, you know, pick your shots

I was surprised I hit him with a flurry of punches. I don't know what round it was

And, yeah, I was like, okay. I don't know, I threw, I'm probably punched for like 20 seconds

and he still stands like, wow, yeah, this guy is tough, this guy's tough. This is going to be a tough cookie to crack

I'm going to crack it, but this boy is tough. Yeah, so you had him on the ropes a couple times

during a flurry of punches and he was able to slip them. What were you thinking at that time

Crafty old fox. I said that before the fight. This guy, listen, he's a veteran

He's been there, he's been through it, he's done it. You know, this is what we do, you know

What did you two, I know, you went over to the corner, what did you two talk about after that

The first one was, obviously, he got a little bit tasty, but this has been a really respectful fight

and then you went to try to chat with him. I'm not, I just said, listen, you know, you're a warrior

You know, he didn't give up, he didn't look for a way out. Like so many other fighters are doing these days

People are getting hurt, people are getting cut or dropped, and then they're looking for the towel

The team looking for the towel or they looking to just take a knee and listen I don want it anymore It looks like a guy quit tonight I forgot the guy name White Rhino He just quit and it like it becoming normal now which is not good

So when fires like me and Liam get in the ring and we have no quit in us, that's what boxing needs

Chris, Connor, his immediate fight reaction, he had said that he was not impressed in the slightest

What would you, what would you say to him? I don't know, man, maybe the juice is still affecting his mental

Okay. Can you think a third fight's warranted? Listen, it is 1-1

If the fans want to see a third fight, you know what me

I don't back down from a challenge. The both titles at 160 are going to be

It looks like they're going to be fragmented. Do you think the trilogy we can get because you're both quite ranked

as well? Do you think you can get there? French hotel or what's up for

your fight? Maybe. That is up to these gentlemen here. That's their job

Okay, and I'll ask them then. I think, I know you all want to

ask lots of questions about the next fights. I think that would be disrespectful to

what we've seen this evening. We've spent a whole week here together in this wonderful

city of Manchester talking about, you know, tonight. Now we've seen the flip side of what happened in January

I think we saw promoted some huge fights with Junior since 2017

Tonight, he was the best I've ever seen him. It was in every department

Beaumack has managed to put together all those different strengths of his

and it was fantastic. At the same time, Liam, what a fighter, what a warrior

it takes two to tango it was his night in January that's boxing boxing

an emotional sport I don't think tonight and I'm not just saying this because it's quarter past

one I want to get out about answering the difficult questions but there is no plan right now

we're going to enjoy the celebration but Liam enjoyed his celebration in January and

Monday morning 9am we'll get cracking but right now congratulations also to Liam for his part in all this

And like I said, we saw, I think, the best Chris Hugh Banc Jr

That we've ever seen tonight. And amazing media support all week and fantastic atmosphere as always in Manchester

Chris, would you also say that was the best you ever met tonight? I felt good

You know, I didn't eat for a day and a half before. but aside from that, everything went to plan, you know

It was a good performance. I did what I was supposed to do. Listen to the corner, execute the game plan, and yeah, happy

And there are a few times during the fight between rounds when you spoke to each other before going back to the corners

Can I ask what kind of things you said to each other during the fight yourself? Yeah, not right now

Any other questions, last one? Let's go on. You have a question. Ah

One from you, Derek. Yeah. So as well as it's like friendly

You're all waiting for the question. Yeah, well, of course. I'll be asked you when we're asking questions

So here's your pleasure. Yeah. Delicious TV. Delicious TV. Come on, baby. You've got the best questions

Right, no questions. It's 115. We're done. Thank you very much