In the just-concluded WBA MiddleWeights Qualifying Knockout Tournament, "Boxing Ii" Chris Yubank Jr. knocked down his opponent four times against former boxing challenger Liam Williams to win by playing 12 rounds, and then he prepared to challenge IBF middleweight champion Golovkin.
The 32-year-old Yubank is the son of the legendary British boxing champion Old Yubank, and is a veritable second generation of boxing. He didn't play any influential games since losing to WBA Superweight Grovers in 2018.
In the civil war between the two Britons, Williams took the initiative to attack at the beginning of the match, and towards the end of the first round, Yubank seized the opportunity to knock williams down once. In the second round, Ubank took advantage of the opponent's rush to attack and knocked out Williams again.
In the fourth round, Yubank still knocked down Williams again, and then Yubank played very conservatively and waited for the end of the game until the eleventh round Yubank knocked down Williams again. In the end, the two played twelve rounds of Ubank to win the game with a score advantage of 116-109, 116-108, 117-109.
"The show was enjoyable. I want to teach this guy a lesson. He said something very threatening to me before the game, which made me want to punish him for this game," Yubank said. "I thought about it before I came on and I thought, 'I don't even want to KO this guy in the first turn.'" I want to punish him slowly. I want to teach him a lesson. ”
"You saw all the crazy foul moves like Williams' head lock and I was surprised he wasn't disqualified by the referee. But I punished him, like I said before the game that I was going to do it. It was a fun night. Ubank added.