2/5 Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Williams / Claressa Shields vs Ema Kozin
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Someone should make the fight thread soon, Claressa Shields on this bill too, Caroline Dubois and even Otto Wallin got a fight.
then go make one breh
eubank jr better utilize whatever roy has been teaching him and do work saturday...you cant be a gym and boxing rat like that and lacking technically for this long
chunky_mcdaniels
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Agree. You see his last one though? Against Wanik Awdijan? He definitely looking better in all facets. Not surprisingly, the lead hook.
Still has a propensity to want to forget recently learned mechanics and get back to old slugger Chris.
That's the concern in this fight.
Williams does everything he can to turn boxing matches into fights.
Ask Andrade.
Should be on Fite TV in U.S and Sky Sports in U.K.
where were you on making this thread like i asked?
Eubank Jr.-Williams, Shields-Kozin Weigh-In Results From Cardiff
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BY JAKE DONOVAN
Published Fri Feb 04, 2022, 10:10 AM EST
Chris Eubank Jr. and Liam Williams are set for their middleweight grudge match, while Claressa Shields nears one of her own.
All fighters made weight for Saturday’s Boxxer event live on Sky Sports (United Kingdom) and Fite TV (North America) from Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. Eubank and Williams collide in a scheduled 12-round middleweight contest, while Shields defends her WBC/WBA/IBF titles versus unbeaten challenger Ema Kozin (21-0-1, 11KOs) in the co-main event.
Brighton, England’s Eubank weighed right at the 160-pound limit, while the locally based Williams—who hails from nearby Clydach Vale—was 159 pounds, his lightest weight in nearly three years.
Eubank (31-2, 23KOs) is currently riding a five-fight win streak, with Saturday’s bout marking his third straight under the tutelage of Hall-of-Fame elected former four-division champion Roy Jones Jr. The second-generation boxer—whose father Chris Sr. was a former middleweight and super middleweight titlist—returned to middleweight in 2019 following a win over former super middleweight titlist James DeGale in his last fight in the 168-pound division.
Williams (23-3-1, 18KOs) enters on the heels of a twelve-round points loss to WBO middleweight titlist Demetrius Andrade last April in Hollywood, Florida. The bout—which marked his first major title fight along with his U.S. debut—snapped a seven-fight win streak as he returns to the U.K. where he has otherwise spent the entirety of his career. The grudge match with Eubank marks his first in Wales since September 2018.
In the co-main event, Shields checked in at a fighting fit 159 pounds for her unified title defense. Slovenia’s Kozin weighed 159 ¼ pounds for her first major title fight, having previously claimed secondary versions of the crown.
Shields (11-0, 2KOs) returns to middleweight for the first time since her shutout win over Christina Hammer in their April 2019 undisputed championship.
The two-time Olympic Gold medalist—who previously owned the super middleweight title—has since claimed undisputed championship status at junior middleweight over the course of her past two boxing fights. The most recent bout saw Shields take a ten-round decision over unbeaten Marie Eve Dicarie last March in her hometown of Flint, Michigan. The fight was followed by two trips to the octagon, where she made her MMA debut with a win last June before suffering a loss last October before deciding to return to boxing.
A win on Saturday will put Shields in line for a long-awaited showdown with old amateur rival and current WBO titlist Savannah Marshall. The two met in 2012, when Shields was 17-years-old and suffered her only boxing defeat as a pro or amateur.
The well-traveled Kozin has fought for various regional and interim titles heading into Saturday’s challenge of the three-division champ and pound-for-pound queen. The bout is her first in the U.K. and her fourth straight at middleweight since dropping down from super middleweight two years ago.
where were you on making this thread like i asked?
Been a bit busy plus wasn’t sure the protocol if there was any or just had to make it any way lol. But yeah hopefully it’s a good fight, if it lasts the styles could blend well together.
