Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Conor Benn | PPV - 26 April 2025

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Team DAZN trying to rush to any defence!

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[gregregegg]

Tell you what pisses me off….

Eddie, frank smith and matchrooms statement on social media implies they only just found out, and that they are being super open and honest.

They found out weeks ago, we’re sweeping it under the rug, and then it got leaked/threatened to be leaked….

This (like they Whyte one) would of never been known if some hero didn’t leak it. How many fights have had people test positive but happen anyway because no one leaked it?

[Dioufy]

It’s about time that if you use VADA then you agree to the results coming to light through them automatically.

It’s not right you can use VADA and keep the results to yourself like it’s some kind of pregnancy test.

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No one has really mentioned Tony Sims in all this.

A well respected British trainer.

People give Dom stick for his guys right?

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The worst thing is.. at the time of this video.. Hearn already knew about the failed test.

[forcefraser]

I bet Nostril Ellerbee is loving this.

Eddie Hearns taking another shellacking.

Paid a fortune for a blown up bodybuilder who dare nor engage and his number 2 now pished dirty.

The fall of Matchroom has been epic.

[maverick23]

The worst thing is.. at the time of this video.. Hearn already knew about the failed test.

And so did the BBBC! Yet they waited until yesterday to ban the fight. If the Daily Mail doesn’t report then then the fight still happens with the VADA test swept under the rug.

Promoters, manager and fighters will almost always focus on the money. It’s the board that need to rise above it.

[Scoops]

The worst thing is.. at the time of this video.. Hearn already knew about the failed test.

And so did the BBBC! Yet they waited until yesterday to ban the fight. If the Daily Mail doesn’t report then then the fight still happens with the VADA test swept under the rug.

Promoters, manager and fighters will almost always focus on the money. It’s the board that need to rise above it.

Here here.

If this fight goes ahead, and if a weight-drained Chris Eubank gets seriously hurt, boxing is in enormous trouble.

[garethhop]

Board are absolutely complicit in this shambles. That said, they've made the right decision now so for now, we should move on from them.

Fascinated to see what today brings.

Is there anyone on here who thinks it's ok for the fight to go ahead?

[forcefraser]

Board are absolutely complicit in this shambles. That said, they've made the right decision now so for now, we should move on from them.

Fascinated to see what today brings.

Is there anyone on here who thinks it's ok for the fight to go ahead?

I do. I have a massive night planned and the fight being called off will ruin that.

Both fighters want to fight after having taken "medical advice"

It's a free world apparently, so if both want to fight, let them fight.

We all know that most top athletes are juiced in some form. Nothing tonsee here, move along.

It's not like boxing hasn't been shat through ringer already, it has, so this makes no odds

[gregregegg]

The worst thing is.. at the time of this video.. Hearn already knew about the failed test.

Surely he couldn’t of known then. His subconscious would of had to slow his rant

If Ed knew at that point he truly is an exquisite actor, because acting like your just morally bound to insist on vada, while hiding vada results is just a tough gig.

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The worst thing is.. at the time of this video.. Hearn already knew about the failed test.

Surely he couldn’t of known then. His subconscious would of had to slow his rant

If Ed knew at that point he truly is an exquisite actor, because acting like your just morally bound to insist on vada, while hiding vada results is just a tough gig.

The test was from August.. Results would have been provided .. that interview is from less than 2 weeks ago. end of September..

[forcefraser]

Why doesnt any interviewer just ask Eddie straight. "Ok, he is not suspended by the BBBC and hasnt failed a UKAD test, but he has failed a vada test, so do you think it`s ok that a fighter failing a vada test, a testing body that you said are the best in the world, should be allowed to fight"

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The worst thing is.. at the time of this video.. Hearn already knew about the failed test.

Surely he couldn’t of known then. His subconscious would of had to slow his rant

If Ed knew at that point he truly is an exquisite actor, because acting like your just morally bound to insist on vada, while hiding vada results is just a tough gig.

clearly acting of that type is a required part of the promoter's skillset, I mean come on, how many times to you polish a turd in public before it becomes second nature?

[olij999]

The worst thing is.. at the time of this video.. Hearn already knew about the failed test.

And so did the BBBC! Yet they waited until yesterday to ban the fight. If the Daily Mail doesn’t report then then the fight still happens with the VADA test swept under the rug.

Promoters, manager and fighters will almost always focus on the money. It’s the board that need to rise above it.

Poor show if true re the Board. What sources do we have so far that the Board definitely knew a couple of weeks back? So far I am only aware of EH and KS saying so, and they are not neutral in this situation. Any corroboration? I am struggling to sift out the facts in this.

[maverick23]

Board are absolutely complicit in this shambles. That said, they've made the right decision now so for now, we should move on from them.

Fascinated to see what today brings.

Is there anyone on here who thinks it's ok for the fight to go ahead?

I don’t think the fight should happen but I also understand why those involved (including the fighters) are pushing for it to happen.

I struggle to move on from the board seemingly being ok for it to go ahead as long as it’s not widely known. I know they’ve banned it now but it makes me wonder how often this kind of thing has happened and they’ve turned a blind eye.

[maverick23]

The worst thing is.. at the time of this video.. Hearn already knew about the failed test.

And so did the BBBC! Yet they waited until yesterday to ban the fight. If the Daily Mail doesn’t report then then the fight still happens with the VADA test swept under the rug.

Promoters, manager and fighters will almost always focus on the money. It’s the board that need to rise above it.

Poor show if true re the Board. What sources do we have so far that the Board definitely knew a couple of weeks back? So far I am only aware of EH and KS saying so, and they are not neutral in this situation. Any corroboration? I am struggling to sift out the facts in this.

No corroboration but ultimately the only people who can corroborate are the board who are unlikely to do so. I can’t imagine that Eddie/Kalle would blatantly lie about that but who knows.

[TheLeprechaun]

The worst thing is.. at the time of this video.. Hearn already knew about the failed test.

And so did the BBBC! Yet they waited until yesterday to ban the fight. If the Daily Mail doesn’t report then then the fight still happens with the VADA test swept under the rug.

Promoters, manager and fighters will almost always focus on the money. It’s the board that need to rise above it.

The BBBoC have repeatedly shown their true colours. Just as much scumbags as Hearn.

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As Malignaggi points out, if this were any other sport, the athlete that tested positive would be suspended or banned instantly, but not in boxing.

“Conor Benn has failed a doping test. My first take on this is that’s not a drug that you can take on accident,” said Paulie Malignaggi on Paulie TV about Conor Benn’s failed drug test for the banned substance clomifene.

“I don’t think this fight should happen regardless of anyone’s opinion. You have a failed drug test here, and I hope this fight doesn’t happen. I know I’m hearing that they’re still trying to make it happen, but we’ll see.

“It’s frustrating and unfortunate. This would have been a very interesting fight. In any other sport, the athlete would be banned or suspended instantly without questions asked. Only in boxing can this failure happen, and people are still talking about maybe there’s a way the fight can still happen.

“These drugs can be masking agents. A lot of these drugs do other things that become situations where they’re performance enhancers. Not all performance enhancers are steroids.

“I don’t know if the drug that Conor Benn failed for or if there’s another hidden use that it can do to benefit athletes. The fact that it’s on a banned list shows that there is something. It could also be a masking agent that can prevent positive tests for other drugs that somebody is taking.

“If it’s on a banned list, then it’s on a banned list for a reason. Also, because it’s a women’s drug, it’s not a drug that you’re going to take on accident.

“I’m not saying it’s obvious with Conor Benn, but he did get stronger recently. This was also a weird fight where they were meeting at a different weight at a catchweight. Naturally, they’re separated by three weight classes.

“So this isn’t like a normal fight that you’re used to seeing ever in boxing until recent times. I’m one of those people that think the media and the TV networks cause a lot of the fighters to start doping because they had such a high demand for the constant weight class jumps.

“They made weight classes seem irrelevant, and they want guys to constantly jump up in weight. They give too much credit for jumping up weight classes and winning titles in so many different weight classes.

“It’s not really something that’s possible unless you’re doping. You start to consistently have weight class jumping and making weight classes irrelevant; you’re going to naturally invite performance enhancers into the sport, and that’s really frustrating to see.

“It’s a joke what they’ve turned this sport into. You’re going to be inviting these types of situations where guys are failing doping tests. Even if they don’t fail, they’re forced to do this type of thing.

“If you have a sport full of dopers, what happens? If you’re a fighter, you’re going to dope yourself to protect yourself because if you go in clean against a doped-up fighter, which is more than likely once you reach a high of a certain level, you probably are fighting a doped-up fighter.

“This isn’t a Rocky movie. Nobody beats a doped-up fighter when you’re clean. Benn and Eubank, they’re trying to figure out a way for it to still happen. Why? Because there’s so much money on the table. All of a sudden, safety becomes not the priority anymore.

“As soon as money becomes so high and you can put safety aside, they try to do it.

[THEBUTCH]

Thank you jimmystone....good spot !! I did mean scrupulous

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Mirror reporting they could be looking at an exhibition..

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Undercard presser at 3pm.




Main event Presser will be at 4pm.

But later than usual



They were originally set to be at 12pm and 1p respectively.