{"id":286303,"date":"2023-09-04T16:34:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=286303"},"modified":"2023-09-04T16:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:34:22","slug":"carl-froch-slams-liam-smith-after-defeat-by-chris-eubank-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/carl-froch-slams-liam-smith-after-defeat-by-chris-eubank-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Froch slams Liam Smith after defeat by Chris Eubank Jr"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Carl Froch slams Liam Smith for &#8216;conning the fans&#8217; in\u00a0his stoppage defeat by Chris Eubank Jr&#8230; insisting his drastic weight cut made him &#8216;physically incapable&#8217; of performing<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liam Smith suffered a tenth round TKO defeat to Chris Eubank Jr on Saturday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The former WBC light-middleweight champion felt &#8216;flat&#8217; due to weight cut<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Carl Froch claimed the weight cut meant Smith was incapable of performing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Carl Froch has claimed\u00a0Liam Smith&#8217;s drastic weight cut meant he was &#8216;physically incapable&#8217; of putting on a performance against Chris Eubank Jr in their highly anticipated rematch.<\/p>\n<p>Smith suffered a tenth-round defeat to Eubank Jr on Saturday night, after he was dropped twice and suffered a cut above his eye before the contest was waved off.<\/p>\n<p>The result saw Eubank Jr earn revenge after Smith had beaten him with a\u00a0devastating fourth-round knockout in January.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, a former WBC light-middleweight champion, suggested after the fight that his weight cut had played a factor in his performance.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old said he had come down three stone since their rematch in June had been postponed after he suffered a back injury.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/16\/75045793-12479203-image-a-37_1693840373867.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Liam Smith suffered defeat to\u00a0Chris Eubank Jr after being stopped in the tenth round<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/16\/75045861-12479203-image-a-40_1693840494359.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carl Froch has claimed\u00a0Smith&#8217;s drastic weight cut had made him incapable of performing<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/16\/75045807-12479203-image-a-38_1693840400509.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Smith admitted post fight that he had shed three stone ahead of his showdown with Eubank Jr<\/p>\n<p>Froch, a\u00a0three-time world champion, claimed Smith was surviving from the outset of the fight due to being &#8216;badly weight drained&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Cobra claimed to his former rival George Groves on talkSPORT&#8217;s &#8216;The Verdict&#8217; that Smith&#8217;s weight cut had meant he was &#8216;physically incapable&#8217; of performing against Eubank Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Froch suggested Smith had almost been &#8216;conning the fans&#8217; due to his condition heading into the fight.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t want to take anything away from Chris Eubanks performance and I don\u2019t want to write off Liam Smith too much, but Liam Smith was that bad,&#8217; Froch said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It transpired in the post-fight press conference that he took three stone off.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Taking three stone off, 42 pounds in weight, being that drained going into the ring.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Not only is it dangerous but it is also kind of conning the fans, cheating the fans and the public when you are there to put a performance on and actually you have got no chance of putting a performance on because you are physically incapable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s what it looked like from round one for me, he was on survival mode after the knockdown but before that he did nothing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/16\/75045813-12479203-image-a-39_1693840411213.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eubank Jr&#8217;s victory in the rematch has led to suggestions of a trilogy between the boxers<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It just wasn\u2019t good enough from Liam Smith, I was disappointed in his performance, I expected a lot more than him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Eubank Jr&#8217;s victory in Manchester has raised the prospect of a trilogy between the two middleweights.<\/p>\n<p>A lucrative fight against Conor Benn has also been mooted for Eubank Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12479203\/Carl-Froch-slams-Liam-Smith-conning-fans-stoppage-defeat-Chris-Eubank-Jr-insisting-drastic-weight-cut-physically-incapable-performing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carl Froch slams Liam Smith for &#8216;conning the fans&#8217; 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