Eddie Hearn explains how Conor Benn vs Chris Eubank Jr fight can still go ahead
Eddie Hearn has explained how the fight between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr can still go ahead this Saturday.
The bout had been scheduled to take place at the O2 Arena but has now been cancelled by the British Boxing Board of Control after Benn tested positive for banned substance clomifene in a VADA test. The female fertility medication is known to increase testosterone in men, although he has passed UKAD tests put in place by the BBBoC more recently than his positive test.
Benn's promoter Hearn, however, believes the fight can still go ahead and has confirmed that Matchroom Boxing lawyers are now in talks with the BBBoC to find a resolution.
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Speaking to Matchroom's official channels, he explained: "It's with the lawyers going backwards and forwards right now. The guys signed up to a multitude of testing for this fight, the UKAD testing, which is the testing agency that the BBBoC use and are governed by, have all been clear and negative.
"There was an adverse finding on a VADA test but there has not been an official doping violation. There is a process to go through; Conor Benn has not been suspended by the BBBoC because he has passed all the tests from UKAD but clearly they will take a position on it.
"Both camps were aware of the situation and are prepared to go ahead but conversations have to be had with the lawyers and the team and the BBBoC."
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The BBBoC had cancelled the bout following the news of Benn's positive test results, releasing a statement which read: "On the evening of 4th October 2022, the Board of the British Boxing Board of Control Limited resolved that the contest between Chris Eubank Jnr. and Conor Benn scheduled to take place on 8th October 2022 is prohibited as it is not in the interests of Boxing."
Eubank Jr's promoter, Kalle Sauerland of Wasserman Boxing, has also revealed that both fighters still want the bout to go ahead and have held private talks with each other.
Both fighters have also taken legal and medical advice following Benn's positive test, according to Sauerland, who told talkSPORT: “We spoke to Benn directly.
"There was a direct discussion between the two, but I’m not privileged to that discussion, I wasn’t part of that discussion. We have to focus on the show on Saturday and we can’t be distracted by anything."
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