Eddie Hearn admits he has ‘doubted’ Conor Benn’s innocence after two failed drugs test
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‘I’ve doubted his innocence’: Conor Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn admits even he interrogated ‘The Destroyer’ after two failed drug tests ruined the grudge match with Chris Eubank Jr…
- Conor Benn Failed Two Drug Tests Prior to His Massive Fight With Chris Eubank Jr
- This led to the resentment match between the pair being canceled last month
- Promoter Eddie Hearn has admitted he doubts Benn is innocent
- However, he believes that ‘the facts’ will prove that the fighter is a clean athlete
Conor Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn has admitted he hasn’t always been convinced his fighter is innocent after failing two drug tests prior to his canceled fight with Chris Eubank Jr.
Benn tested positive for the banned substance clomiphene in two separate VADA tests, leading to his grudge match against Eubank Jr being suspended two days before it was set to take place.
The 26-year-old has protested his innocence and is currently investigating how the substance got into his system.
Hearn has revealed he had doubts about whether ‘The Destroyer’ is a pure athlete, but insists he supports Benn as he expects ‘the facts’ will clear the boxer of any wrongdoing.
“Yes, I doubted his innocence,” Hearn said Seconds Off.
“But I’ve made the decision – based on the facts, based on talking to him, based on knowing him, based on this trial – that I believe he is innocent.
‘People can criticize me for that, but I’m entitled to my opinion.’
Conor Benn failed two drug tests prior to his grudge match with Chris Eubank Jr
This led to the fight between the pair being canceled at short notice last month
Promoter Eddie Hearn has admitted he doubts Benn, his fighter, is innocent
In the wake of his failed tests, Benn continued to claim he did nothing wrong.
Just days after the Eubank Jr fell through, he posted on Instagram, “Hope the apology is as loud as the disrespect!”
This message turned out to be addressed to those who had already decided he was guilty of intentionally taking performance-enhancing drugs.
He has since spoken of how he spent more than £100,000 on scientists trying to get to the bottom of his case.
However, Hearn now thinks Benn is clean “on the facts” and talking to the fighter
Benn’s legal team is investigating whether chicken eggs could cause trace amounts of clomiphene to enter his system when the fighter ate “30-34 eggs a week” in the run-up to the Eubank Jr match.
Meanwhile, Benn has asked the public for patience and feels that “contamination” caused his positive tests.
“I just want people to wait, step back and wait for the science, wait for the evidence, wait for the actual proof of what this is. The only thing I can think of is contamination,” he said in an interview with The Times.