Eddie Hearn has provided an update around all the chaos surrounding Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn after it was announced the latter had failed a drugs test.
The open workout session has gone ahead as planned as talks continue about trying to get the fight to go ahead after it was prohibited by the British Boxing Board of Control.
Robert Smithâs statement confirmed that they were comfortable with the fight going ahead after the fight was deemed not to be in the interest of boxing following the drugs test news, although Benn hasnât been suspended.
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Eddie Hearn provides update on Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn
Obviously itâs been a whirlwind afternoon for the boxing world, summing up a hectic few weeks with the Tyson Fury rollercoaster as well as the Errol Spence Jr vs Terence Crawford bout in doubt.
However, Eddie Hearn has done his best to clarify the situation, saying: âI think we have just seen the British Boxing Board of Controlâs statement, and itâs pretty straightforward and itâs going backwards and forwards with the lawyers right now.
âBoth guys signed up to a multitude of testing for this fight, the UK testing which is obviously the testing agent the British Boxing Board of Control go by and they were all negative, but there was the adverse finding on the VADA test previously.
âSo, thereâs not been an official doping violation, thereâs a process that it has to go through, Conor Benn is not suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control, ultimately, he canât be because heâs passed all the tests from UKAD, but clearly, the British Boxing Board of Control will take a position on it.
âWeâll deal with the lawyers, both camps have been made aware of course, previously, before the article came out about the situation and both camps are prepared to progress with the fight, but ultimately the conversations have to be had with the lawyers and teams and the British Boxing Board of Control.â
Video: Eddie Hearn's update on Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn
Is Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn off?
The simple is we have no idea yet, thereâs so many reports flying around, itâs hard to know what to believe, with everyone having contrasting ânewsâ and âsourcesâ when making claims.
Thankfully, Hearn will be reliable as any with him being involved in all the important conversations, and the main thing is it sounds like both parties still want the fight to happen.
Hopefully we can see the two go toe-to-toe, but only if itâs right, we wouldnât want any result overshadowed by the chaos that has ensued today, and thatâs far from over yetâ¦