Investigation into Conor Benn’s failed drugs tests is held up over a ‘lack of cooperation’ with UKAD

An investigation into Conor Benn’s two failed drug tests has been delayed amid claims of lack of cooperation from the boxer’s team.

Benn’s case is being examined by both the WBC classification body and a separate investigation led by UK Anti-Doping and the British Boxing Board of Control into the positive tests that disrupted his October fight with Chris Eubank Jnr, according to revealed by Sportsmail.

While Benn’s side submitted a 270-page dossier to the WBC investigation last month, whose mandate is apparently limited to determining whether the fighter can return to his spot at No. 5 in its welterweight ranking, it has been received less cooperation for the most significant. UKAD and Control Board investigation that will determine if he faces a doping ban in this country.

The investigation into Conor Benn’s two failed drug tests has been delayed

Benn’s failed drug tests caused his grudge match with Chris Eubank Jr. to be cancelled.

That includes Benn’s team not turning over the same dossier despite sources claiming the Control Board had made a request. Asked by Sportsmail if it had been shared with his investigation, Board Secretary General Robert Smith confirmed that it had not, but declined to comment further. UKAD, which as a matter of policy does not confirm whether it is involved in a particular investigation, also declined to comment.

Benn’s team told Sportsmail in a statement: ‘Conor is involved in confidential legal proceedings, to which UKAD and the BBBoC are not parties. Unlike Daily Mail sources in UKAD and/or BBBoC, he has to respect their confidentiality obligations.

“All we can add for now is that the Daily Mail’s understanding of the situation is inaccurate and incomplete in several respects. Due to his confidentiality obligations, Conor can’t say anything else.

Benn, who has yet to be charged by any body so is free to continue fighting, has repeatedly protested his innocence over two failed tests for clomiphene, a female fertility drug.

Benn’s 270-page file has not been shared with the British Boxing Board of Control.

The positives, found in samples collected by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association on July 25 and September 1, have yet to be explained by the 26-year-old, although he hopes the WBC will authorize it on the basis of evidence rooted in science that It has been compiled by your team.

He previously indicated that contamination could be the cause, and his team is believed to be exploring links between the substance and excessive consumption of chicken eggs.

Sportsmail revealed in October that Benn’s legal effort is being spearheaded by Mike Morgan, the lawyer who managed to get cyclist Chris Froome suspended from a possible two-year ban for exceeding allowable levels of the asthma drug salbutamol. Morgan was also recruited by Tyson Fury prior to his retroactive ban for nandrolone positive.

In a social media post last month, Benn said: ‘I’ve been through hell and back. Thank God for science. The evidence doesn’t lie. There are no holes in the truth. He wrote in another tweet last week: “I’ve never taken a PED in my life and never would… there’s a reason the WBC hasn’t banned me, keep that energy up when all is said and done and I . My innocence has been proven.