Former world champion Liam Smith does not believe Chris Eubank Jr. was humbled by their first encounter earlier this year.
Smith, widely viewed as the underdog, pulled off a tremendous upset when he knocked out Eubank in four rounds.
Afterwards, Eubank exercised his contractual right to an immediate rematch.
Their second encounter will take place on September in Manchester.
“He should be [humbled by the loss],” Smith told Sky Sports, “but he won’t.
“He goes to say the better man won and he says: ‘the better…’ and he doesn’t finish his sentence.
Heading into the first encounter, Smith told of a story where he hurt Eubank in a sparring session. There were some who doubted Smith’s account of the sparring tale.
“I don’t know how many of you believed the sparring story, I don’t know if you believed it or not but I feel like I’ve proved a point now. I didn’t just pull it out of the air. I fully did do him to the body [in sparring] and I’ve done him in the head now too. He knows I can hurt him. I know I can hurt him,” Smith said.
“The result was nothing that I didn’t expect. I never once had defeat in my mind. The satisfying thing was the manner I done it in. A lot of journalists said to me about his chin and it was basically made out like it was pointless trying to go to his head because you’re not going to hurt him. So to do what nobody thought could be done is the more satisfying thing for me.
“But also it’s a lesson for everyone that asked me that question – there’s people with better chins than Chris Eubank Jr over the past 30 years of boxing who have been knocked out. Any man, any fighter, especially who can throw a punch with 10 ounce gloves on, hits you on the button, there’s a chance you can go, no matter how good your chin is.”