Relive Eubank's brilliant win over bitter rival Smith

Undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford on X, formerly known as Twitter: "Good win to my Team out there!"

After a vintage Chris Eubank Jr performance, why not indulge in his Born to Brawl episode?

The son of the ever-flamboyant Chris Eubank - a former two-weight world champion - Eubank had big shoes to fill when he turned professional in 2011.

Liam will be mortified, he'll be devastated. Most of the fans here are for him. He'll be wanting to put that right.

Former cruiserweight world champion Johnny Nelson speaking on Sky Sports: "The best [win of his career] because he got slaughtered in January. The only people who believed he'd win were him and his team."

Former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew on X, formerly known as Twitter: "He won’t make excuses Liam as it’s not his way but anyone who knows boxing or knows him knows that something was clearly up from round 2 onwards! Credit to Chris Eubank for getting back in there with him but for me that wasn’t the Liam Smith we all know!"

Former cruiserweight world champion Johnny Nelson speaking on Sky Sports: "We wrote Eubank off, we said there's nothing he's done to make us think he can turn this around and we were wrong.

Liam Smith speaking to Sky Sports after his TKO loss to Chris Eubank Jr on what went wrong: "Everything from start to finish. I was flat. I think the weight killed me. I was flat and Chris was sharp.

"I couldn't move my feet and when I did move my feet back, I rolled my ankle.

"Chris was the better man tonight. Chris knows how I was with the weight and after the injury, I came down three stone. I was flat as they come from the get go.

"I couldn't move my feet and Chris was sharp."

Eubank had to win tonight, and he did.

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Emma Smith has been at Manchester Arena for the action this evening.

You can read her full report here.

Liam Smith is up next on mic and he's got a huge cut above his right eye.

That gash wasn't there throughout the fight. It must have opened up in the final sequence.

"I couldn't move my feet," Smith tells Sky Sports.

Chris Eubank Jr speaking on Sky Sports after his TKO win over Liam Smith: "It had to be, I had no other choice. There are too many fights out there that I want to be in. Liam is a warrior, I respect him and his whole team. He didn't give up and he fought to the last second.

"I'm not going to lie. What happened tonight was supposed to happen in January. I trained hard, the focus is always there and I dedicate my life it this sport. I see the names ringside. I'm coming for you Conor [Benn], I'm coming for you Kell [Brook]."

On dealing with the January loss: "The weight had nothing to do with it. It just wasn't my night. I'm not a pretender. I'm turning a few people round on the journey."

On his new team: "They all add percentages and what've learned over the years is you have to take all percentages you can. There's some tough, tough men out there."

On his next fight: "I want to fight GGG [Gennady Golovkin]. I don't know where he is right now, but wherever you are, I want to take one of those belts."

Smith had no grip in the fight. He was dropped early. Eubank was super aggressive, but he wasn't wild or reckless. Everything was measured.

Still D.R.E is back on as Eubank hugs his friends and family who have entered the ring. They are posing for pictures and basking in the victory.

Eubank entered Manchester Arena as the villain and, as Emma says, the fans aren't best pleased with the result.

But it was a classy performance from the 33-year-old.

He gets the win back. Are we going to get a trilogy?

Eubank is now speaking to Sky Sports. He says he threw so many punches that the letters on the front of his shorts fell off.

"I'm coming for you Conor [Benn], I'm coming for you Kell [Brook]," he adds.

We'll bring you his full interview shortly.

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Myself, several other journalists and my laptop just got covered in someone's drink, which was launched from the crowd at the end of that fight.

Many Manchester fans have not taken this result well.

You have to take your hat off to Eubank. To change your trainers and then come into a fight losing the way he did. You have to take your hat off to him.

Smith is down for the second time tonight.

Once again he was backed up on to the ropes, traying to bob and weave away from Eubank but he's caught and ends up on the canvas.

There are several scraps breaking out among spectators around Manchester Arena, which seems completely pointless and disrespectful to both boxers.

This crowd has been very partisan in supporting Smith, however their man is being dominated tonight.

There were quite a few fans making for the exits after round nine.

Two right hooks in succession land cleanly on Smith, that'll zap what energy is left.

Smith is almost like a sitting duck as he stands in the middle of the ring and struggles to come up with any answers to the attacks coming in his direction.

The Liverpudlian is warned for shots to the back of the head after Eubank initiates the clinch.

Eubank starts to go through the catalogue of shots in the final seconds, hooks and uppercuts to rubberstamp the round.