Conor Benn returns ‘adverse’ drug test result but Chris Eubank Jr fight set to go ahead
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 vs Conor Benn is set to go ahead on Saturday despite the latter returning an ‘adverse’ drug test result. The statement added, however, that Benn and Eubank Jr, 33, ‘wish to proceed’ with Saturday’s catchweight main event at London’s O2 Arena, although the British Boxing Board of Control has said the fight is ‘prohibited’. “We have been made aware that a random anti-doping test for Conor Benn conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association returned an adverse analytical finding for trace amounts of a fertility drug,” the promoters’ statement began. Chris Eubank Jr and Benn at a pre-fight face off Wasserman’s Kalle Sauerland, who represents Eubank Jr, told Talksport on Wednesday: “The instant reaction is, ‘The fight is off.’ the fight on Saturday is on.