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Alex Pattle

Conor Benn ‘information’ will ‘come to light’, says Eddie Hearn after cancelled Chris Eubank Jr fight

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Eddie Hearn has urged boxing fans to ‘let the facts come out’ after Conor Benn returned an adverse drug test result that saw his fight with Chris Eubank Jr called off last week.

Benn, 26, was scheduled to take on Eubank Jr, 33, at London’s O2 Arena last Saturday (8 October). However, it was revealed on Wednesday (5 October) that Benn had returned a test result with traces of a fertility drug – namely the banned substance clomifene – and the British Boxing Board of Control prohibited the 157lbs catchweight contest from going ahead.

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