Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn: Kalle Sauerland sheds light on latest developments - exclusive

Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn will go ahead as planned despite the latter returning an ‘adverse’ drugs test result, according to promoter Kalle Sauerland.

On Wednesday, Matchroom Boxing and Wasserman Boxing issued a joint statement confirming that Benn, 26, had tested positive for ‘trace amounts of a fertility drug’, which was later revealed to be clomifene.

Both men, however, still ‘wish to proceed’ with Saturday’s catchweight bout at London’s O2 Arena.

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Eubank’s promoter insists the event will not be cancelled despite the British Boxing Board of Control prohibiting the fight from taking place on Saturday night.

“Where we’re at is we’re planning to have a fight on Saturday night,” Sauerland exclusively told GiveMeSport.com. “We have multiple tools we can use to fight.

“We received pretty much the same statement that has been put out was written to us this morning.

“So from Team Eubank’s side, we’ve just received the letter saying they can’t sanction it. And that’s not the event, that’s this specific fight. And that’s on the basis of it not being in the interest of boxing.

“That’s it. There’s no reference to anything else. So it’s something that obviously our legal team are looking at at the moment and discussing with the legal team of the board.”

Sauerland also revealed that they had received this information prior to everyone else.

“We’ve been aware for a little while,” he admitted. “I can’t go into exact details, it’s all with the lawyers.

“We’ve had enough time for us to go to the medical side of things, first and foremost, to check exactly what it meant.

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