Doubts as BBBofC prohibits Eubank Jr vs Benn despite statement
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The fight was thrown into doubt when Benn’s promoters, Matchroom, said he had “returned an adverse analytical finding for trace amounts of a fertility drug” following a random test by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. "We have been made aware that a random anti-doping test for Conor Benn conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency returned an adverse analytical finding for trace amounts of a fertility drug," the Matchroom statement read. "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. Matchroom Boxing issued a statement immediately following the BBBoC's refusal to allow the fight to go ahead, stating that both fighters still wished to fight.
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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.
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