FRANK SMITH was involved in a fierce war of words with Team Eubank's Mazhar Majeed at this morning's weigh-in.
The Matchroom CEO, who is in a long-term relationship with Jr's , has been working closely with ahead of this .
Majeed, meanwhile, was at the weigh-in as part of Eubank Jr's team.
In footage posted online by Matchroom Boxing, Smith smiled as he said: “Maz, I'm not scared of you.”
As Smith turned his back, Majeed appeared to say: “I don't give a f***. I don't give a f***. Pr***.”
At this point, the Matchroom supremo appeared to take offence and turned back towards Majeed.
“Come on! Come outside,” Smith said.
Majeed then called Smith a “pr***” again – to which the promoter replied: “Sorry? You keep turning round and saying it! Come outside.”
After Majeed said “come on then”, Smith replied: “I'm not going to have a fight with you.”
At this point someone else intervened in the war of words, saying: “We need to organise this, Frank off you go.”
Smith then finally disappeared into another corridor.
Despite working closely with Benn, Smith has been in a relationship with Emily Eubank since 2016.
Appearing on The George Groves Boxing Club podcast, the Matchroom CEO opened up on the potential awkwardness of the situation.
Smith said: “I know the Eubank character from Emily so I know the way they are and I've spent a lot of time with Conor since he's turned pro.
“And trying to get the fight over the line was the point where I probably got in the most trouble.
“I had to say things I'd say any other time, but obviously my missus is next door listening to me calling me an a**hole.
‘A BIT TOO CLOSE TO IT'
“Sometimes I have to say ‘wait a minute I've just got to leave the room' or be like ‘right, Emily's in the car so I can't talk yet.'
“This is a fight that obviously means so much because of the history, but for me I'm probably a bit too close to it to be honest.”
Eubank Jr went on at this morning's weigh-in.
After turning up over an hour late, Next Gen initially scaled at 160.2lbs.
The IBO middleweight champion's second attempt saw him come in at 160.05lbs – agonisingly 0.05lbs over the 160lbs limit.
Eubank Jr will now have £375,000 deducted from his purse and sent to rival Benn, per the terms of their agreement.
Seeing that his foe had missed weight, the Destroyer posted a short video clip of himself beaming as he said: “Show me the motherf***ing money!”
Benn, unsurprisingly, had no issues at the weigh-in – coming in at 156.4lbs.
