Chris Eubank Jr takes on Liam Smith this Saturday in a 12-round middleweight main event from Manchester, in a fight that has drifted into grudge match territory after a nasty press conference earlier this week in particular. I’m taking Eubank Jr by decision, but will certainly be rooting for Smith. Plain talking, I think Chris Eubank Jr is a good boxer that’s never done particularly well for himself boxing. Chris Eubank probably ought to win, but Liam Smith probably will. The only way Smith gets the phone booth brawl he needs to win is if Eubank gives it to him, and even then I wouldn’t fancy his chances.
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