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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Conor Benn v Chris Eubank Jr fight finally called off after day of wrangling

Conor Benn
Conor Benn had hoped to see the fight go ahead despite his Vada positive for clomifene. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Boxing’s latest crisis lurched haphazardly and belatedly towards a modicum of good sense on Thursday afternoon when the promoter Eddie Hearn finally conceded that Conor Benn’s fight against Chris Eubank Jr would be postponed.

Having tried to overturn the British Boxing Board of Control’s ruling that the bout in London is “prohibited”, in the wake of Benn testing positive for clomifene, Hearn’s company Matchroom confirmed that the bout was off.

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