CHRIS EUBANK JR hit out at fighters for QUITTING as he praised Liam Smith for taking ten rounds of punishment in their rematch.

Smith became the first man to ever drop and stop Eubank in January with a pair of knockdowns in round four.

2Chris Eubank Jr beat Liam Smith in ten roundsCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun

But Eubank, 33, floored Smith, 35, twice himself before their rematch back in Manchester was waved off in the tenth.

On the undercard, heavyweight Dave Allen, 31, was pulled out against Frazer Clarke, 32, with a perforated eardrum.

And only last month Daniel Dubois, 25, was accused of letting himself get counted out too easily in defeat to Oleksandr Usyk, 36.

Eubank also mocked Billy Joe Saunders, 34, after his arch rival failed to make it out of the corner for round nine against Canelo Alvarez, 33 in 2021.

But the middleweight son of a legend was full of admiration for Smith, who battled on until the referee intervened.

Eubank said: “I just said, ‘Listen, you’re a warrior.’

“He didn’t give up, he didn’t look for a way out like so many other fighters are doing these days.

“People are getting hurt, people are getting cut or dropped and then then they’re looking for the towel, their team’s looking for the towel.

“Or they’re just looking to just take a knee and, ‘Listen, I don’t want any more.’

“A guy quit tonight – forgot the guy’s name White Rhino – he just quit. And it’s becoming normal now, which is not good.

“So, when fighters like me and Liam get in the ring and we have no quit in us, that’s what boxing needs.”

2Smith and Eubank embrace after their rematchCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun