Conor Benn vs Chris Eubank Jr is being targeted to take place in the Middle East this summer despite the drugs test fiasco which surrounded their ill-fated fight.
Benn was scheduled to fight fellow son-of-a-legend Eubank Jr on October 8 last year but the grudge fight was cancelled after 'The Destroyer' returned two positive drug tests for the banned substance clomifene. Sun Sport has now reported the fight is close to being announced for June 3 in Abu Dhabi, as Benn is yet to be cleared by the British Boxing Board of Control following his positive tests.
The WBC [World Boxing Council] spent over a month breaking down a 270-page file submitted by Benn's team and have since cleared him of any wrongdoing, citing a "highly-elevated consumption of eggs" as an explanation for clomifene being in his system. Benn has since refuted the WBC's reasoning for his failed tests and is unhappy with the organisation's verdict.
