Conor Benn will bear the ‘most rigorous’ drug-testing ‘that has ever existed’ for his subsequent combat, Eddie Hearn has stated.
Benn returned adversarial leads to two drug assessments final 12 months, resulting in the short-notice cancellation of his October bout with Chris Eubank Jr. The saga continues to be ongoing, with the WBC having cleared the Briton, 26, of intentional doping, whereas the British Boxing Board of Control stripped Benn’s licence.
Manny Pacquiao and Kell Brook have since been named as potential opponents for Benn, whose promoter Hearn has claimed that the “Destroyer” will bear the strictest testing attainable earlier than any return to the ring.
“You know, whoever Conor Benn fights next, the testing process is going to be more rigorous than any fight that has ever existed, right?’ Hearn said on The DAZN Boxing Show.
“One thing that makes me laugh is people who say, ‘I mean, look at Conor Benn; he went from getting dropped by a guy who was 7-3 to [becoming] an absolute killer.’ You’ve got pros coming out saying it was obvious [that Benn was doping]. Do me a favour.
“Let’s see if, all of a sudden, there’s a dip in his performance, and he doesn’t punch as hard. Absolutely ridiculous. I cannot believe the relentlessness of some people with agendas, but I’ve never seen so many people so passionate about the subject.”
The unbeaten Benn, son of British boxing icon Nigel, final fought in April 2022. Benn (21-0, 14 knockouts) knocked out the South African within the second spherical.
He was then scheduled to combat Eubank Jr, son of Nigel Benn’s rival Chris Eubank, at London’s O2 Arena in October.
However, the primary occasion collapsed on brief discover after the revelation that Benn had returned adversarial drug-test outcomes.
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