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Repeat or Revenge
Date	2 September 2023
Venue	Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK
Tale of the tape
Boxer
Boxer	Liam Smith
Nickname	"Beefy"
Hometown	Liverpool, Merseyside
Pre-fight record	33–3–1 (20 KOs)
Age	35 years, 1 month
Height	5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (177 cm)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Style	Orthodox
Recognition	WBO; No. 2 Ranked Middleweight; WBA; No. 4 Ranked Light Middleweight
Result
	Eubank Jr wins via 10th-round TKO

Unleashed
Date	21 January 2023
Venue	Manchester Arena, Manchester, UK
Tale of the tape
Boxer
Boxer	Chris Eubank Jr.
Nickname	"Next Gen"
Hometown	Hove, East Sussex
Pre-fight record	32–2 (23 KOs)
Age	33 years, 4 months
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	159 lb (72 kg)
Style	Orthodox
Recognition	WBC/WBO; No. 2 Ranked Middleweight; WBA; No. 5 Ranked Middleweight
Result
	Smith wins via 4th-round TKO

Chris Eubank Jr. vs Liam Smith, was a series of two professional boxing matches contested between former IBO super-middleweight and WBA interim middleweight champion, Chris Eubank Jr., and former WBO light-middleweight champion, Liam Smith. The first bout was billed as Unleashed, and the second bout was billed as Repeat or Revenge^[1]^[2]

The bouts both took place in the Manchester Arena.

There wasn't any compelling build up to the fight. Both fighters were chasing different avenues and organically this fight was made Chris eubank JR was favourite to pick up the win and the build up very much played to that narrative. Liam smith though stayed mostly corduale throughout, began to show signs of frustration as the fight neared. Liam smith picked up a 4th round KO/TKO in what surprised many . Eubank JR seemed lethargic and laboured throughout the fight and many believed something was definitely not right. These assumptions were debunked by eubank jr. It was scratched up to a bad night at the office.

Initial fight

Smith won the bout via fourth round TKO.^[3]^[1]^[4]

Fight card

Weight Class		vs.		Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Liam Smith	def.	Chris Eubank Jr.	TKO	4/12	1:09
Cruiserweight	Richard Riakporhe	def.	Krzysztof Głowacki	TKO	4/12	2:44
Welterweight	Ekow Essuman	def.	Chris Kongo	MD	12		^{Note 1}
Heavyweight	Joseph Parker	def.	Jack Massey	UD	10
Heavyweight	Frazer Clarke	def.	Kevin Nicolas Espindola	RTD	4/6	3:00
Cruiserweight	Scott Forrest	def.	Amine Boucetta	PTS	6
Heavyweight	Matty Harris	def.	Jiri Surmaj	TKO	1/6	1:14
Lightweight	Frankie Stringer	def.	Cristian Narvaez	PTS	4

Reference: ^[5]
^Note 1 For IBF European title

Rematch

Eubank Jr won the second bout via tenth round TKO.^[6]

Rematch card

Weight Class		vs.		Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Chris Eubank Jr.	def.	Liam Smith	TKO	10 (12)	1:45
Super Middleweight	Jack Cullen	def.	Mark Heffron	TKO	3 (12)	2:43	^{Note 2}
Super lightweight	Adam Azim	def.	Aram Faniian	UD	10
Heavyweight	Frazer Clarke	def.	David Allen	RTD	6 (10)	3:00
Welterweight	Florian Marku	def.	Dylan Moran	TKO	1 (10)	0:54
Cruiserweight	Mikaela Mayer	def.	Silvia Bortot	PTS	10
Welterweight	Lauren Price	def.	Lolita Muzeya	TKO	6 (8)	0:24
Lightweight	Frankie Stringer	def.	Engel Gomez	PTS	4