Conor Benn: “I’m a clear athlete and we’ll resolve this”

Having spoken together with his opponent, Chris Eubank Jnr, Conor Benn totally expects Saturday’s battle between them to nonetheless go forward

FOLLOWING information {that a} optimistic performance-enhancing drug check has probably scuppered Saturday’s (October 8) battle between Chris Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn, the person chargeable for the failed drug check (for clomifene), Conor Benn, elected to supply his facet of the story at this afternoon’s deliberate media exercise.

Talking with Chris Lloyd of Matchroom Boxing, Benn stated at 3.50 pm: “Clearly you guys have learn what the Day by day Mail revealed about me at the moment and I wished you guys to listen to it from me personally reasonably than learn it in an announcement from me and my staff.

“I’ve not dedicated any violations. I’ve not been suspended. So, so far as I’m involved, the battle remains to be going forward. I’ve spoken to Chris (Eubank Jnr) personally and we each need the battle to go forward. We’ve each taken medical and authorized recommendation and, as I stated, we would like the battle to occur for the followers.

“I’ve signed up for each voluntary anti-doping check below the solar. All through my complete profession I’m examined. All my UK exams have come again unfavorable all through my complete profession. I’ve by no means had any points earlier than.

“Even within the lead as much as this battle my exams have come up unfavorable. So my staff will discover out why there’s been an preliminary adversarial discovering in my check. However, so far as I’m involved, the battle remains to be going forward. I’m a clear athlete and we’ll resolve this.”

Requested to relay the main points of his aforementioned dialog with Eubank Jnr, Benn merely stated, “He totally believes. He believes in me. It’s not who I’m. It’s not what I’m about. I’m an expert athlete and he was understanding. We each need the battle to go forward and, as far I’m involved, the battle is going forward.”

If the battle does certainly nonetheless go forward, it is going to have to take action with out the permission of the British Boxing Board of Management, who earlier this afternoon revealed their place by way of the next assertion: “On the night of 4^th October 2022, the Board of the British Boxing Board of Management Restricted resolved that the competition between Chris Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn scheduled to happen on 8^th October 2022 is prohibited as it isn’t within the pursuits of Boxing. That was communicated to the Boxers and Promoters concerned on the morning of the 5^th October 2022.”