Chris Eubank Jr

Eubank Jr and bitter rival Smith were embroiled in a heated argument on stage during the press conference to promote their grudge fight, which saw lines ...

What would you like to know Liam? You have to have a women to have a kid." No-one in this room has seen you with a women. Smith shouted: "You go on about girls, has anybody in this room ever seen you with a girl? She said: "We would like to apologise if you have been offended by the offensive language, personal and homophobic remarks made up on stage." Eubank Jr and Smith will meet in an all-British middleweight grudge match on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in front of a sold-out crowd.

Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith unexpectedly got into a 'homophobic' and 'personal' argument at their press conference on Thursday for which Sky Sports.

He Jr said: “If you wanna get dark and personal with it, talking about being gay and do I like girls? “Have you got something to tell us? 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?”

Eubank has faced a few similar men to Smith in the past – Liam Williams isn't far off Smith in style or ability, and Dmitrii Chudinov and Arthur Abraham we're ...

I’ll be backing Parker to win a fairly ugly fight on points. The Polish fighter, 36, is still a dangerous southpaw, but I just don’t think he’ll have the reactions to deal with the Londoners fast hands. Eubank still stands and admires his work, and he might want to implement Jones’ fleet-footed approach on Saturday, but there will be openings for his best shots. Ekow Essuman v Chris Kongo – Essuman to win on points or decision. ‘Beefy’ can whack a bit but his KO ratio is only 52%, and Eubank, with his father’s chin, has stood up to super middleweight bangers like George Groves. It’s probably fair to say that since Junior started working with Roy Jones Jr he’s been caught between styles – the American boxing legend has tried to add a jab and lateral movement to Eubank, and it hasn’t always looked great.