Doubts as BBBofC prohibits Eubank Jr vs Benn despite statement

The O2 Arena clash in London on October 8 was never thrown into doubt initially, as promoters Matchroom Boxing and Wasserman released a statement within an hour of the report. Conor Benn was flagged for the banned substance Clomifene, as revealed on Wednesday, one day before the final press conference. Earlier, promoters had stated Eubank Jr. vs Benn will go ahead as planned while a failed drug test in the build-up goes through the B sample process. Finally, we journey back to 2004 when Miguel Cotto and Kelson Pinto came together in a bout that conclusively settled a rivalry stretching back to their amateur days. ALEX STEEDMAN is in Ibiza and surviving on two hours sleep a day. But even that herculean display of strength and stamina is nothing on Joe Joyce, who turned in the best performance of his career to stop Joseph Parker last weekend.

But the fight, it appears, will go ahead with or without the backing of the British Boxing Board of Control. We do our best to explain the events of a miserable day. WHAT began as a day of genuine excitement for the impending showdown between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn took a dark turn when a positive test for a banned substance emerged. Ben Whittaker-Peter Nosic Confirmed For Usyk-Joshua Undercard Ben Whittaker is already making for lost time.

“We have been made aware that a random anti-doping test for Conor Benn conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association returned an adverse analytical finding for trace amounts of a fertility drug. The B sample has yet to be tested, meaning that no rule violation has been confirmed. Indeed, Mr Benn has not been charged with any rule violation, he is not suspended, and he remains free to fight.

Last year, Anthony Joshua lost his unified titles in London after Oleksandr Usyk stretched him to the 12 rounds and won the fight via unanimous decision. Earlier, the promoters released a statement saying the fight would go ahead, despite the VADA results. Nick Young is the latest professional athlete to stray away from his sport and give boxing a try, and his debut on Saturday night did not go well. Tyson Fury's next bout will be a third showdown with Derek Chisora, not a matchup with Anthony Joshua, Fury's co-promoter Frank Warren told IFL TV on Monday.

While VADA was handling the drug testing for the fight ricky gorman at the decision of the fighters and promoters, Benn had passed all drug tests issued by the UK Anti-Doping Agency, which handles the BBBoC's "official" drug testing. Matchroom, and lead promoter Eddie Hearn, believed that was reason enough that the fight should be allowed to proceed. The British Boxing Board of Control said in a statement that the fight was "not in the interests of Boxing."

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Benn has since passed a doping control test conducted by the UK Anti-Doping Agency, the anti-doping authority to which the British Board of Boxing Control has delegated its doping control testing for the bout. The Rage on the Red Sea clash will be the first time Oleksandr Usyk will be defending his unified heavyweight titles. He is undefeated in his three matches in the heavyweight division after moving up from the cruiserweight category in 2019. Former Pittsburgh Steelers star, and nine-year NFL veteran, Le’Veon Bell is set to make his professional boxing debut against a former star from the UFC on the undercard of the Oct. 29. Benn and Eubank are set to meet in a catchweight battle at the O2 arena, which would be the third bout between the families after their father crossed swords twice in the early 1990s as one of the British Boxing's rivalries.

After days of drama, the fight between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. is officially postponed from its planned Saturday date. The news comes after it was reported on Wednesday that Benn had failed a drug test administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency. Matchroom Boxing released a statement on Thursday confirming the bout would not take place as scheduled.