Benn-Eubank fight finally called off after legal wrangling 

Conor Benn tested positive for clomifene in leadup to London bout but promoter Eddie had intended to go ahead despite BBBofC intervention

NO GO: Chris Eubank Jr (left) and Conor Benn were scheduled to meet on Saturday at The O2 but the bout has been postponed, promoter Matchroom has announced. Pic: Steven Paston/PA Wire.

Boxing’s latest crisis lurched haphazardly and belatedly towards a modicum of good sense on Thursday afternoon when the promoter Eddie Hearn finally conceded that Conor Benn’s fight against Chris Eubank Jr would be postponed.

Having tried to overturn the British Boxing Board of Control’s ruling that the bout in London on Saturday is “prohibited”, in the wake of Benn testing positive for clomifene, Hearn’s company Matchroom confirmed that the bout was off.