Liam Smith wants Eubank Jr fight next | 'He's an easy night for me!'
Liam Smith has called for a fight with Chris Eubank Jr next. Now the former WBO super-welterweight world champion has signed with promoter BOXXER, with his fights to be screened live on Sky Sports, he wants the biggest challenges available.
After a contentious loss to Magomed Kurbanov in Russia, Smith is coming off two impressive wins, beating Anthony Fowler in their Liverpool hometown and defeating Jessie Vargas in New York's Madison Square Garden. In February Eubank travelled to Cardiff to outpoint Liam Williams, a fighter Smith has beaten twice before.
"I've always put my name in for that [Eubank fight]. That's a fight that I'd jump at tomorrow. That's a fight that I'd love, that's a fight that I know could be made now. With me back on Sky that's one that they'll probably push to make," Smith told Sky Sports Boxing.
Even though Eubank Jr is a bigger man, operating at middleweight, Smith is confident that he would defeat the star from Brighton.
"If Chris Eubank fights me the way he fought Liam Williams, I think I'd beat him handily," Smith said.
"I think he's stuck in styles, trying to fight the way Roy Jones [the boxing legend who now trains Eubank] fights. So that's one that I'd bite your hand off for and I'd bite your hand off for it next, if you want the truth."
Smith speaks with some authority on the subject. He has previously shared a ring with Eubank, though only in sparring.
"We had some good spars and you can't really take too much off a spar, sparring in general. But them spars, we done a lot, have also made me massively confident I'd beat Chris Eubank," Smith explained.
"If he comes for a fight, you're in for a fight with him; he's a good athlete, fit. He's not strong but he's fit.
"Boxing ability and