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

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His reaction

[jimmystone]

Ok - so it’s a banned substance by VADA and by UKAD too but he just luckily passed their test.

I know very little about this kind of stuff. Is it naturally occurring in blokes?

When drug cheats/users come off anabolic steroids their own natural testosterone is significantly lowered and their natural estrogen levels may be significantly elevated. These people take drugs such as Clomid to block estrogen from interacting with the pituitary gland. This leads to an increase in their own natural testosterone bringing the natural balance back closer to normal.

It is not naturally occurring. His only real hope of an excuse is that the test is contaminated, highly unlikely, or that he accidentally took his partner's fertility drugs. Nobody will believe him though.

Thanks.

So clearly there’s no way he accidentally took his partner’s pills (who a year or two ago had a baby). Only possible way to argue it is contamination which I’d imagine is super unlikely.

I bet this is causing absolute chaos. Eubank Snr will be pushing for the fight to be cancelled, Conor’s either pregnant or his head will be fried by being caught, they can’t promote the same way and commercial partners may not be as keen to be involved. Plus Eubank Jr will likely be asking for all sorts as recompense.

Weirdly I wonder if this might help their PPV sales. I’ve had 3 casual boxing fan mates already message me about this.

It will definitely help PPV, you are right. Another nail in the coffin of the sport though. Those few men at the top are making a fortune but nobody else is fighting. That is unsustainable and the sport is almost certainly dumped from the Olympics too.

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The clowns at sky sports, desperate to bury the fight, but also desperate to throw shade on it, so leading with the story on sky sports news and thereby promoting it at the same time, what conflicted agony

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'If Chris Eubank Jr wants it, I'm ready': Undefeated Albanian star Florian Marku throws his hat in the ring to replace Conor Benn after the boxer tests positive for banned substance clomifene

He posted via Twitter: 'Conor fail drug test? I am not impressed. If Chris Eubank Jr wants it, I'm ready.'

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[CaptainSpacerod]

It’s a wacky novelty fight, anything goes! including drugs!!
Are there many people on here who didn’t really think Benn was on the gear? ( like his dad oh sorry did I really say that ) It doesn’t change my view of the fight: it shouldn’t be happening but it’s like a car crash, you can’t look away..I’ll catch it at the pub though

You are right but when tests are failed, for the good of the sport, the fight should not happen. It's hypocritical because we know what goes on but the illusion of clean sport needs to be maintained.

Sadly when it comes to boxing there is no “for the good of the sport “. It’s only about the money and this dramatic news will if anything only make this an even bigger money spinner.

The illusion of clean sport can wait, everybody involved wants to line their pockets first.

People rightly condemn Conor here but what about Tony Sims a highly respected figure in British boxing - surely he must’ve known about it. Poor from him if he did.

[jimmystone]

Has the look of a standard issue doping insta-manlet. Albeit a millionaire edition come Saturday.

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a picture so obvious even a fvckwit like me gets it

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Eubank Jr's promoter Kalle Sauerland confirmed the fight will go ahead when he told talkSPORT: "The summary of what we’ve received is that there was this trace finding, but the key for me here is the UKAD findings and the medical advice, which is probably the most important thing here, because we’re talking about a physical combat sport, so that for me is the be all and end all."

"The first thing you think when you hear ‘positive doping test’ is that the fight’s off, then you have to look into what it is… It’s very clear there’s been a big mistake here from the other side, but ultimately has it been done as a PED? No. That’s what the medical opinions are. The fight on Saturday is on.”

If it wasn't done as a PED, what other reason is it?

[MightyWarrior]

The board saying it’s OFF

[jimmystone]

Eubank Jr's promoter Kalle Sauerland confirmed the fight will go ahead when he told talkSPORT: "The summary of what we’ve received is that there was this trace finding, but the key for me here is the UKAD findings and the medical advice, which is probably the most important thing here, because we’re talking about a physical combat sport, so that for me is the be all and end all."

"The first thing you think when you hear ‘positive doping test’ is that the fight’s off, then you have to look into what it is… It’s very clear there’s been a big mistake here from the other side, but ultimately has it been done as a PED? No. That’s what the medical opinions are. The fight on Saturday is on.”

If it wasn't done as a PED, what other reason is it?

Kalle is not a serious person. What he says is meaningless.

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'If Chris Eubank Jr wants it, I'm ready': Undefeated Albanian star Florian Marku throws his hat in the ring to replace Conor Benn after the boxer tests positive for banned substance clomifene

He posted via Twitter: 'Conor fail drug test? I am not impressed. If Chris Eubank Jr wants it, I'm ready.'

I can't wait till this midget gets laid out.

[jimmystone]

The board saying it’s OFF

Well. If that is indeed true, Robert Smith has more spine that I gave him credit for. Well done.

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Which other fighters have been affected by Clomifene?

In 2017, WWE star Brock Lesnar received a one year suspension from the UFC for testing positive for clomiphene ahead of UFC 200.

The former UFC heavyweight champion beat Mark Hunt by unanimous decision but it was later overturned to a No Contest.

Lesnar’s representatives claimed at the time his use was accidental and tested his eye medication and foot cream tested for clomiphene.

Ahead of the same event at UFC 200, Jon Jones was due to rematch Daniel Cormier before he tested positive for two banned substances.

One of those was hydroxy-clomiphene, which resulted in Jones being pulled from the bout and suspended for one year.

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‘You’re bringing the sport into disrepute’ – Simon Jordan questions decision to allow Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn fight to go ahead after failed drug test

However, Jordan believes the fight should be called off and suggested Eubank Jr vs Benn going ahead at the O2 Arena in a few days’ time could seriously harm boxing’s credibility as a sport.

“The presence of this drug that is on a banned substance list, so it’s kind of irrelevant that they now have a negative test, I would suggest,” the talkSPORT host said on the White and Jordan show.

“If you then move into the territory of saying, ‘Okay, somehow or another we can squeeze this through, we can browbeat it through, we can find a way to get it on.’

“You’re bringing the sport into disrepute because if Chris Eubank were to lose this fight, the argument coming back would be Conor Benn was using a substance and somehow, we still find ourselves in a fight.”

“Then you are bringing the paying public into a complicit scenario of being supportive of a fight that happened on the back of something that brings the sport into a very dangerous space.”

[tony1234]

The board saying it’s OFF

Said it was called off last night

[garethhop]

Board are prohibiting it.

The lawyers are clearly now chasing them.

Wow.

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Are the Luxembourg commission still going ?

[stujones]

Well done Robert Smith and absolutely disgusting the Matchroom and Kalle tried to keep it going. What impression would that have given - it pays to cheat.

I hope that isn't the only punishment for Benn.

[maverick23]

The board saying it’s OFF

Said it was called off last night

Also said they only told the promoter and boxers this morning.

Hmmm.

So the show can only really go on if they use non-BBBC officials. Can’t see them doing that as it’ll impact all of the undercard fights and possibly cause issues down the line for the promoters.

Surely that means the show has to be cancelled?

For the first time ever I think I actually feel a bit sorry for Eddie.

[stujones]

Are the Luxembourg commission still going ?

Wasn't that only allowed due to the FOM rules under the EU?

[MightyWarrior]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking, it sounds like matchroom knew the board was taking this line before their own statement, so looks like they’re going to try and push it through. Similar to Haye/Chisora I guess