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Reanna Smith

Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn's 30-year inherited rivalry explained as match is banned

It's one of the most highly-anticipated matches of the year but the clash between boxing rivals Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn has now been prohibited from going ahead by the British Boxing Board of Control.

The long-running rivals were supposed to go head-to-head in London on Saturday night but the governing body have said that the match “is not in the interests of boxing” after Benn failed a drug test.

Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed that Benn returned an "adverse analytical finding for trace amounts of a fertility drug".

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