Froch: Smith ‘cheated’ followers after shock revelation explains Eubank Jr defeat
Smith beat Eubank when the pair first fought in January and seemed for extra of the identical on Saturday night time in Manchester, however was unable to duplicate that success.
Eubank was in cost from the primary bell and dominated the rematch, dropping Smith within the fourth spherical and once more within the tenth earlier than the referee stepped in to wave it off.
Smith admitted after the battle that he was flat all through and put that right down to having to lose three stone to make the 160lbs restrict. The 35-year-old recommended he felt pressured to return from a again damage ahead of he would have preferred to be able to stop the rematch from falling via.
Reflecting on the bout and Smith’s complete defeat, Froch hit out on the Liverpudlian for going into the battle so drained, believing it made him “physically incapable” of difficult Eubank.
“I don’t want to take anything away from Chris Eubank’s performance and I don’t want to write off Liam Smith too much, but Liam Smith was that bad,” Froch mentioned.
“It transpired in the post-fight press conference that he took three stone off. Taking three stone off, 42 pounds in weight, being that drained going into the ring.
“Not 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.
“That’s what it looked like from round one for me, he was on survival mode after the knockdown but before that he did nothing.”