Chris Eubank Jr insists he purposely dragged his fight with Liam Williams out "to punish him" – but Sky Sports' Johnny Nelson has said "I don’t believe him".
Eubank Jr knocked Williams down four times and, at times, looked certain to stop him but eventually settled for a unanimous decision win on Saturday in Cardiff.
He floored his rival in the opening two rounds but said afterwards he opted against a swift stoppage in order to finally settle their feud.
"I wanted to teach this man a lesson," Eubank Jr said.
"He had said some menacing things to me leading up to this fight so I wanted to punish him.
"I thought: 'I do not want to knock this man out in the first round'.
"I want to get people like him out of boxing.
"You saw the fight - headlocks, headbutts, crazy stuff. I'm surprised he didn't get disqualified.
"I punished him like I said that I would do."
He later revealed that an injured left hand impaired him.
