Chris Eubank Jr's coach banned from having towel in corner for Liam Smith fight
Chris Eubank Jr has banned new coach Brian 'Bomac' McIntyre from having a towel in the corner for his rematch against Liam Smith.
Boxing legend Roy Jones Jr opted to wave the towel to stop the fight when Eubank Jr was being battered by Smith in the fourth round of their fight at the beginning of this year. Eubank Jr has since parted ways with Jones Jr and is now working with McIntyre, the trainer of undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford, for his second fight against Smith this Saturday in Manchester.
Eubank Jr and Smith clashed over their opinions on having towels in the corner at the press conference ahead of their fight. “It wasn’t a conversation, I just told him ‘Keep those towels out of the corner’ and Bomac said ‘If we’re going to go out on our shield, we’ll go out on our shield’ That’s how we play it, we’re not going to do any of that looking for the easy way out," Eubank Jr admitted.
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Smith criticised McIntyre for not protecting Eubank Jr's health by agreeing to the towel ban as he replied: "You've already just lost every respect you've got for yourself then if Chris is telling you not to bring a towel. Your job is to be the best for your fighter, so if Chris is telling you not to bring a towel then he's already the boss of you as well isn't he."
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"What’s going to be funny is, imagine he throws the towel in again after all of this situation with towel after having it once before. F****ng brilliant. When you’re doing the chicken dance again, the towel will come in." Smith continued his attack on Eubank Jr by stating that he isn't an "intelligent fighter", with the son-of-a-legend then replying: "I'm definitely a lot more intelligent than you my friend, let's not talk about intelligence."
Bookies had Eubank Jr as the betting favourite going into his first fight against Smith but the result of that fight has seen him go into the rematch as an underdog. Eubank Jr admitted that part of his decision to not want a towel in the corner is because of how much he gets paid for stepping foot in the ring.
"Some fighters need a safety net, some fighters need to be saved. I'm not that fighter, I've been through too much and done too much. If I can't go on, you guys will see it. If I'm on my feet demanding for the fight to continue, let it continue. I'm getting paid too much to take the easy way out if the going gets tough," Eubank told Mirror Fighting.
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