In an interesting middleweight fight, the former world middleweight champion Liam "Beefy" Smith (33-3-1, 20 KOs) scored an early victory in the fourth round over Chris Eubank Jr. (32-3, 23 KOs) in the main match of the evening in Manchester. After three close rounds, Smith was able to send Eubank to the floor with a flurry of punches in the fourth round. Eubank got up, but was visibly shaken, and Smith was able to send him back to the floor, after which the fight was stopped at 1:09.
Before the fight, Eubank was a 3-to-1 favorite. There was a rematch clause for Eubank in the contract for the fight.
