Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn postponed after adverse drug test result
The IndependentSign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chris Eubank Jr’s fight with Conor Benn this Saturday has been postponed, after the latter returned an adverse drug test result. It was revealed on Wednesday that Benn, 26, had returned a drug test result with traces of the fertility drug clomifene, which led the British Boxing Board of Control to “prohibit” Saturday night’s main event at London’s O2 Arena. “My team and I will consider the next options including rescheduling the fight, but my immediate focus is on clearing my name because I am a clean athlete!” Chris Eubank Jr at open workouts before his fight with Benn was called off Benn returned an “adverse analytical finding” for the fertility drug clomifene in August, following a test taken by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. The fight was scheduled to take place almost exactly 29 years to the day after the pair’s fathers, Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn, rounded out one of the most storied rivalries in British boxing history.