Conor Benn - What Next?

[Coco]

He is threatening the board with his lawyers now....

I guess this is Instagram talk to win back casuals.

Him failing the tests leaves the board pretty bulletproof

[margaret thatcher]

thank gawd for science though am i right

[bripez]

He is threatening the board with his lawyers now....

For what?

[KiwiRider]

He is threatening the board with his lawyers now....

For what?

Probably loss of income?
I heard he is hitting Eddie up too, for child support.

[handsofstone]

I know Conor's got his haters but you've got to hand it to him, everyone thought his stock couldn't get any lower after pissing hot but every other days he keeps on proving us wrong

#NoFear

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Nightmare Roy]

[Controversial]

I wonder what angle they are going down legally with the BBBoC?

[margaret thatcher]

remember , thank gawd for science, so how can the bbbc block a guy with science on his side from fighting

[Controversial]

remember , thank gawd for science, so how can the bbbc block a guy with science on his side from fighting

Doesn’t seem a strong argument, didn’t he refuse to renew his licence anyway? Also if the BBBoC were confronted with a positive test then it’s not for them to prove it otherwise

[polecateddy]

Checking out some Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on YouTube I came across the most blatantly anabolic female martial artist in history, Gabi Garcia. She 6 foot 2, and anywhere between 210 and 230 fairly lean! Interestingly the only drug test she ever failed (and subsequently got away with) was for Clomifene, the same post-cycle drug Conor Benn tested positive twice for.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/ufc/gabi-g ... 4e1d03d293

[deadpan]

Checking out some Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on YouTube I came across the most blatantly anabolic female martial artist in history, Gabi Garcia. She 6 foot 2, and anywhere between 210 and 230 fairly lean! Interestingly the only drug test she ever failed (and subsequently got away with) was for Clomifene, the same post-cycle drug Conor Benn tested positive twice for.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/ufc/gabi-g ... 4e1d03d293

Jeez. I wouldn't want to be stood next to her at the urinal.

[mickey1975]

I doubt Kell will be mentioned now. He is on film in The Sun today sniffing his head off.

[jameswilson]

Checking out some Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on YouTube I came across the most blatantly anabolic female martial artist in history, Gabi Garcia. She 6 foot 2, and anywhere between 210 and 230 fairly lean! Interestingly the only drug test she ever failed (and subsequently got away with) was for Clomifene, the same post-cycle drug Conor Benn tested positive twice for.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/ufc/gabi-g ... 4e1d03d293

Yeah when athletes test positive and it’s the first time an athlete has tested positive for that specific ped they can end up looking daft further down the line. Maria Sharapova tested positive for medonium, did a huge press conference naming the drug and saying she took it for her breathing troubles or something like that and in the next year tons of Russian athletes all ended up testing positive for meldonium. I think Povetkin did as well from memory.

[Ruthless-RKO]

EXCLUSIVE: Conor Benn is set to return to WBC's rankings after the British boxer was suspended over failed drug tests... but the fighter could STILL be banned with a UKAD investigation ongoing

Conor Benn is expected to be permitted to return to the World Boxing Council rankings when they release their findings from a three-month investigation into his failed drugs tests.

MailOnline revealed on Monday that an announcement is due from the rankings body in the coming week and multiple sources have indicated their verdict will be favourable to the 26-year-old, despite Benn twice testing positive for clomifene.

It is understood Benn’s team were notified of the outcome in a conference call last week.

While the WBC’s enquiries have operated to the narrow remit of determining if the fighter can regain his place in their standings – they ranked him fifth in the welterweight division prior to Sportsmail bringing his failed tests to light ahead of his scrapped October clash with Chris Eubank Jr – a separate, slower-burning probe by UK Anti-Doping and the British Boxing Board of Control remains ongoing.

It is the latter investigation that has the scope to ban Benn from boxing in this country, if they find him guilty of an offence.

The WBC have spent little over a month digesting over a 270-page dossier compiled by Benn’s lawyers and scientists, which Benn believes will prove his innocence.

Sportsmail sources say the WBC findings will point to the possibility of accidental ingestion, via contamination and the heavy consumption of eggs, though it is understood the testing procedure carried out by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association has also been a strong area of interest for Benn’s team, which has been spearheaded by the sports lawyer Mike Morgan.

It was VADA, a respected third-party testing unit contracted by promoters for certain bouts, who collected the positive samples on each of July 25 and September 1.

A scandal erupted after Sportsmail uncovered the September 1 positive on October 5, with the further revelation that Benn’s team had been notified on September 13, only for Benn, Eubank and their respective promoters to push on with plans to stage the fight.

Shortly after the story broke, the Board of Control declared their opposition to the fight, which was reluctantly cancelled on October 6. Benn has been free to fight in the meantime, while the two investigations have been conducted.

Sportsmail has contacted the WBC and Benn’s team for comment.

If Benn is entirely cleared by the WBC, there will be an expectation within the sport for the comprehensive publication of their reasoning.

The conclusion of that investigation comes after Sportsmail reported last week that while Benn’s team assisted WBC, there have been roadblocks for the UKAD and the Board of Control enquiries, with claims of a lack of cooperation from the boxer’s team.

Board of Control general secretary Robert Smith confirmed to Sportsmail last week that he had not yet received a copy of the 270-page dossier.

[Ruthless-RKO]

WBC the dodgy bastards

They implement the CBP for WBC ranked boxers and they can't do shit about it.

[margaret thatcher]

the heavy consumption of eggs

[Boxerbeetle]

Surely no-one can ever be banned for failing a VADA test if Benn gets away with this? They just have to copy and paste his document, then change the name on it and insist they were eating lots of eggs during training?

[margaret thatcher]

having no licence in the uk will be a bigger deal for now, as if he's gonna challenge spence for the wbc anytime soon

[tony1234]

having no licence in the uk will be a bigger deal for now, as if he's gonna challenge spence for the wbc anytime soon

He won't sell a bean outside the UK , and in the UK he's become unmarketable unless people want to see him on his backside in a fight

[leejonesjnr]

Checking out some Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu on YouTube I came across the most blatantly anabolic female martial artist in history, Gabi Garcia. She 6 foot 2, and anywhere between 210 and 230 fairly lean! Interestingly the only drug test she ever failed (and subsequently got away with) was for Clomifene, the same post-cycle drug Conor Benn tested positive twice for.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/ufc/gabi-g ... 4e1d03d293

Yeah when athletes test positive and it’s the first time an athlete has tested positive for that specific ped they can end up looking daft further down the line. Maria Sharapova tested positive for medonium, did a huge press conference naming the drug and saying she took it for her breathing troubles or something like that and in the next year tons of Russian athletes all ended up testing positive for meldonium. I think Povetkin did as well from memory.

Povetkin doesn’t even play tennis

[handsofstone]

I'd like nothing more than Benn to be genuinely innocent, I was a fan and tbh even when guys who I'm not big fans off it's never good to see any fighter piss hot but I think even when the facts come out here I'm not informed enough to tell if Benn's legit innocent or they've expoited a loophole, you'd like to think that the WBC would get the truth but again who knows? We all know Sulaiman's a leach, the pandering to Canelo, the attempts to rank Jake Paul, he's all about the cash and he probably knows Benn's a possible cash cow in a couple of years

[joshj909]

Wait so this egg excuse has actually worked? if anyone wants to get huge they need to eat uncastrated wild boar, mexican beef and a shit tonne of eggs. I may be wrong but haven't eggs got an insane amount of cholesterol and fat which surely wouldn't be good to take in the quantities he's talking about for a professional athlete?

[polecateddy]

Wait so this egg excuse has actually worked? if anyone wants to get huge they need to eat uncastrated wild boar, mexican beef and a shit tonne of eggs. I may be wrong but haven't eggs got an insane amount of cholesterol and fat which surely wouldn't be good to take in the quantities he's talking about for a professional athlete?

I think the Cholesterol is mainly the good kind, and most athletes do like their eggs, for the protein if nothing else. People on bodybuilding style cuts to go sub-10% bodyfat might be taking the yokes out. I think the secret 270 page dossier is full of obscure studies into eggs and farming! It definitely wasn't taking a common post-cycle drug honest guv'nor!

[smiling assassin]

Benns team are just blurring the lines. The WBC are going to put him back in their rankings so it clears him to fight for their belts. We all know that these sanctioning bodies are out for a pound note but the WBC (in my opinion)are the worst.

The BBBOC are still yet to see this 270 page document as they haven’t submitted it to them (make of that what you want). Benns is as guilty of taking steroids as Gary Glitter was of touching little boys. Let’s not let any thing The WBC do get away from that fact