A noticeable but expected absentee from the weigh-in audience was Chris Eubank Sr, who has refused to attend the contest due to objections about the weight disparity.
Eubank Jr spoke about the “pain” of not having his father by his side this week.
Benn – who has operated at welterweight for most of his career – weighed 11st 2lb.
The 28-year-old – joined by his entourage including father Nigel – flexed his muscles and roared to the crowd.
Eubank and Benn will fight 32 years after their fathers last met for the WBC and WBO super middleweight title during their rivalry in the 1990s.
“It’s an expensive price to pay, but he is disciplined and should have made the weight,” said Benn, who will receive the full sum of Eubank’s fine.
Eubank has now racked up more than £500,000 in fines and payments to undercard fighters before he has stepped in the ring.
Asked about his latest fine, he said: “It is what it is. If they are going to take half a million off me for being 0.05 pounds off the limit, that’s the people that [promoter] Eddie Hearn, Matchroom and Conor Benn are.”
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