UK Anti-Doping confirms Conor Benn was provisionally suspended last month

Conor Benn was provisionally suspended last month (Yui Mok/PA)

UK Anti-Doping has confirmed boxer Conor Benn has been charged with an anti-doping violation and provisionally suspended.

Controversy surrounded Benn’s scheduled fight against Chris Eubank Jr in October after it emerged on the eve of the contest that the former had tested positive for the banned female fertility drug clomifene.