Liam Smith

Chris Eubank Jr feels Liam Smith “embarrassed himself” as the British rivals engaged in an ugly slanging match ahead of their middleweight showdown on ...

He told PA: “It’s crossed a line and for people looking at it, it’s wrong. We’re going to fight it out and settle our differences in a couple of days’ time.” “People react to fighting a man in different ways. Eubank Jr told the PA news agency afterwards: “It escalated quickly – and that’s OK. That is irrelevant to the boxing but I am happy and comfortable. This is for no laughs I am just asking, do you want to tell us something?”

Liam Smith and Chris Eubank Jr have apologised for their part in an ugly news conference on Thursday before their middleweight fight on Saturday.

"I don't hate the man but I just don't like him. "I just replied to some of stuff he says," he said. "He's so hellbent on trying to prove he's not rattled that he just went off the rails and I had to put him in line. "We're two polar opposites. So I get it." I don't hate the man, I don't go to bed hating him."

Smith and Eubank Jr today came face-to-face ahead of their middleweight grudge meeting this weekend, and the pair were embroiled in a heated argument on ...

We're going to do it in a responsible and good fashion and we're going to be full of energy on the night 100 per cent." I need these world titles and you need to beat these guys in devastating fashion to be able to challenge for world titles. I can't be coasting, I can't be scraping victories. Smith later added: "You were not good enough to fight the other Smith but you are very f***ing lucky you didn't because you would have lost. I don't need to win at tables, he is rattled by it. And Smith was clearly agitated by Eubank Jr's repeated claim he will only be at around 45 per cent for the clash, which saw him launch into a vicious rant.

Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Smith is live on Sky Sports Box Office this Saturday; book now if you are a Sky or non-Sky subscriber; Joseph Parker, ...

Buy tickets [here](https://www.boxxer.com/). Acting as chief support after 9pm will be hard-punching cruiserweight Richard Riakporhe's fight with Poland's Krzysztof Glowacki, the former world champion. Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith won’t make their ring walks before 10pm as the middleweights meet in a much-anticipated clash on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Box Office.

The British Boxing Board of Control has released a statement following Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith's controversial exchange at yesterday's press ...

You have to have a women to have a kid." Benn's promoter [Eddie Hearn ](/latest/eddie-hearn)claims that the 26-year-old has built up a considerable amount of evidence in his favour and is likely to be cleared to fight in late spring, even suggesting that Eubank Jr could end up being his next fight. “Yeah, the fight is twice as big,” Eubank You are 33 and you said on the programme you want kids. "This is for no laughs I am just asking, do you want to tell us something? During one ugly exchange, Smith said: "You go on about girls, has anybody in this room ever seen you with a girl?

Saturday's evenly matched middleweight grudge match can lighten the shadow cast by Conor Benn's failed drug tests.

But of course the machinations of boxing mean that, in an attempt to wring more money out of their longsuffering fans, it has become a pay-for-view offering. Victory is the most important thing in my life at this moment.” He told me last week that this is a fight for the “purist” and, while it will be only Smith’s second middleweight bout scheduled for 12 rounds, Eubank Jr expects a gruelling scrap. He has, however, improved under a new trainer in Roy Jones Jr, the great former world champion, and Eubank will step into the ring as a marginal favourite. Smith has lost three of his 36 fights but he has been a world champion and also [Eubank Jr](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jan/18/chris-eubank-jr-boxing-is-a-ruthless-game-conor-benn-liam-smith) is a middleweight, who has also campaigned relatively successfully at super-middle (168lb), while Benn is a welterweight (147lb). [controversial and postponed bout](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/06/benn-v-eubank-chaos-leaves-a-legacy-of-greed-stupidity-and-danger) which cast such deep shadows over a troubled sport last October.

It's an all-British middleweight clash on Saturday night between Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith.

Against Smith, Eubank Jr cannot afford to take his foot off the gas if he finds himself in control. Eubank Jr also seems reluctant to go in for the kill whenever he is dominating, his previous outing last year against Liam Williams was a prime example. BetMGM (as of January 20) has Chris Eubank Jr installed as the favourite at 2/5 which means you would need to bet $50 to win $20 and your stake.

Eubank Jr wore a rainbow armband to weigh in for his fight against Smith after yesterday's "homophobic" row with his rival at their press conference.

This is boxing, this is the entertainment business, this is the fight game and this is real," he said. "It’s crossed a line and for people looking at it, it’s wrong," he said. We’re going to fight it out and settle our differences in a couple of days’ time.” Just take it with a pinch of salt." "We would like to apologise if you have been offended by the offensive language, personal and homophobic remarks made up on stage," she said. People react to fighting a man in different ways.

Chris Eubank Jr proudly wore a rainbow armband at Friday's weigh-in ahead of his fight with Liam Smith.The two British middleweights, who will meet on.

“Have you got something to tell us? He said: “If you wanna get dark and personal with it, talking about being gay and do I like girls? Do you wanna tell us something? At Thursday’s press conference, Eubank Jr joked: “You slid into my DMs. Smith replied: “You haven’t got a missus to cheat on.” Smith asked again: “Do you have something you wanna tell us?”

Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Smith is live on Sky Sports Box Office on Saturday; book now if you are a Sky or non-Sky subscriber; Joseph Parker, ...

"I want to be fast, I want to be mobile and he's going to get it. "I'm going to enjoy the punishment I dish out. "He's in for a rude awakening tomorrow, let me tell you," he added. Eventually Smith began to speak to Eubank Jr but anything being said between the two was lost in the noise of the crowd. Smith weighed just the same, and both men stared out to the crowd, taking in the atmosphere before wheeling to each other to face off. Liverpool fan Smith has apologised for homophobic remarks made in Thursday's press conference and Eubank Jr responded with the armband gesture and a social media post which stated: "We don't discriminate…

The BBBofC will 'consider the conduct of both boxers directly' after Smith questioned Eubank Jr's sexuality at Thursday's press conference.

“It’s crossed a line and for people looking at it, it’s wrong. We’re going to fight it out and settle our differences in a couple of days’ time. “People react to fighting a man in different ways. Eubank Jr also claimed Smith “crossed the line,” telling PA: “It escalated quickly – and that’s OK. A spokesperson for Stonewall told the Independent: “Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic comments have no place in sport. Together, we can create a better sporting world where the sport is truly everyone’s game.”