Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn 'prohibited' from taking place after failed drug test
The Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn fight has been prohibited by the British Boxing Board of Control after Benn failed a random doping test.
He insisted the 33-year-old was happy to fight having consulted legal and medical experts, as well as Benn himself. “The British board follows UKAD and all those tests were presented to us as negative and that’s the position from a licensing point of view that we have received.“It’s a non-PED [Performance Enhancing Drug], but at the same time it can raise the testosterone levels, but the experts we consulted couldn’t see that it was giving an advantage.
“The first thing you think when you hear ‘positive doping test’ is that the fight’s off, then you have to look into what it is…“It’s very clear there’s been a big mistake here from the other side, but ultimately has it been done as a PED? No. That’s what the medical opinions are.”
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