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Ben Davies

Chris Eubank Jr sends message to fan who lost "life savings" on Liam Williams fight

Chris Eubank Jr has reached out to a fan who claimed to have staked his life savings on him recording KO victory against Liam Williams.

A fan had send Eubank Jr a direct message before the fight claiming to have put his life savings on Eubank Jr knocking out Williams.

Despite scoring four knockdowns in the contest, however, Eubank Jr cruised to a comfortable unanimous decision victory and was unable to stop his spirited rival.

Eubank Jr has now sent a message of "good luck" to fan Calum Sovran and revealed his team are setting him up an opportunity to attend an event.

“He is probably not in a great place right now and pretty upset," Eubank Jr told Mirror Fighting after his victory.

Chris Eubank Jr scored four knockdowns but was unable to stop Liam Williams (PA)

"I think actually my team may have reached out to him, there is something they may be doing in terms of inviting him to an event or something like that or putting that in place.

"It is unfortunate for him that I hurt my hand and was unable to put weight behind my shots, which is why I boxed a lot more and was more defensive.

"That affected me not getting the finish but it’s boxing and you have to deal with it. Good luck to the guy, I’m sure he will be okay."

Eubank Jr had initially responded to the message hailing the man's belief in advance of the fight.

The middleweight star started brightly on hostile soil in Cardiff, dropping his opponent three times in the opening four rounds.

It made a stoppage seem inevitable, but Williams was able to survive to hear the final bell.

Eubank Jr later revealed a hand injury prevented him from putting his foot down for a knockout, but he was still able to record a penultimate-round knockdown.

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Despite facing criticism for his second-half display, Eubank Jr believes his gameplan was executed to "perfection".

“Great, the job was done to perfection and it’s always an amazing feeling after a fight knowing you did everything right," he continued.

"It has set up all the big fights by making a statement, it was a convincing and dominant performance and it is great to now sit back and relax.

“It’s a great achievement to know that I broke a record in terms of viewing figures on free-view TV and it shows how much interest is behind my career.

"People really do love to watch me fight and it is awesome to know. Something like that is going to make them push me harder and set up these big fights."

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