Wagner, 19-2 (10 KOs), was certainly tough and likely just what Eubank needed. Able to throw his flashy combinations – a three-punch salvo in the sixth was particularly impressive – the welterweight contender was afforded the time to move through the gears almost at will. Wagner, try as he might, couldn’t slow Eubank down nor could he keep up and, in the ninth, the Englishman sensed that his rival might be on the brink of breaking down altogether.
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