A BOXING fan claimed he has put his life savings on Chris Eubank Jr to knock out Liam Williams – only to see the fight go the distance.
Eubank Jr was a 1/3 favourite to beat hometown hero Williams in their Cardiff grudge match.
And one punter appeared to be so confident he lumped all he owns on the middleweight world title hopeful.
In an direct Instagram message to Eubank Jr, a fan wrote: “Chris, I’ve just unloaded my life savings onto you to win by stoppage, don’t let me down.”
He man himself revealed the claim and captioned it: “Now that’s some belief right there.”
The apparent punter was well on his way to celebrating the mother of all gambles as Williams, 29, was floored FOUR times.
But he would have been left gutted and gobsmacked after Eubank Jr elected to take his foot off the gas and showboat his way to a win on the scorecards.
The 32-year-old later claimed he refused to look for the KO and instead wanted to ‘punish’ his rival over a sustained period.
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He said: “I am happy with the performance, I wanted to teach that man a lesson, he said some quite menacing things to me in the lead-up to this fight.
“I wanted to punish him – I didn’t want to knock him out in one round, I wanted to punish him.
“Headbutts, headloks, I am surprised he didn’t get disqualified. But I took it like a man and I punished him like I said I would.
“It was a fun night. I think I showed some of my critics a different side to me.
“There was no danger, if I had stepped on the gas at any point in the fight he would have been gone.
“There are levels to this game. Don’t be a big mouth against guys you can get hurt against.”
