Got back in time to watch the end of the Eubank Jr vs Blackwell fight. A pretty brutal last few rounds, Eubank Jr throwing lots of punches at Blackwell (hard as nails) who wasn't offering much back but not looking like giving in or getting knocked down either and the ref let it carry on. At the end of Round 10 the ref decides the swelling round Blackwell's eye is too much, gets the opinion of the ringside doctor who says it can't carry on and fight over. All seems ok in the immediate aftermath but Blackwell subsequently taken away on a stretcher and being seen to by the anaesthetist backstage, now off to hospital. So fingers crossed for some good news.
It seems he is going to be ok although still in hospital. Eubank Sr wasn't the same fighter again after the Watson fight so let's hope history doesn't repeat itself on both levels.
Referee should have stepped in at least a couple of rounds earlier. At one point he had him pinned on the ropes and was just landing punch after punch.
He was throwing punches at Eubank in the last round when Eubank was goading him, didnt land any though.
The round before the last one, i didnt think his eye looked half as bad as it did at the end...quite shocking seeing the state of his face at the end.
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