Conor Benn told he is NOT in clear over drugs ban despite boxer’s claim that he’s free to pursue Eubank Jr grudge fight

CONOR BENN has been warned helium is not yet successful the wide implicit his drugs prohibition — contempt claims helium is escaped to prosecute a grudge combat with Chris Eubank Jr.

The Essex welterweight, 28, failed 2 tests earlier helium was owed to combat Eubank Jr successful October 2022.

Benn, who tested affirmative for testosterone booster Clomifene, was cleared of intentional doping by the World Boxing Council successful 2023.

Later that twelvemonth the National Anti-Doping Panel besides cleared him but UK Anti-Doping Panel successfully appealed that decision.

Benn yesterday claimed helium has been cleared again and wrote: “I americium thankful that aft an incredibly challenging 2 years the National Anti-Doping Panel has contiguous yet cleared maine of immoderate wrongdoing.

“The past 24 months person unquestionably been the toughest combat of my life.

"A rollercoaster play wrong which the WBC had already decided that I was guiltless and the NADP decided successful the archetypal lawsuit that determination was nary lawsuit to reply and I was escaped to fight.

“As idiosyncratic who is passionate astir boxing and an advocator for cleanable sport, I anticipation present that I person been cleared it tin beryllium understood wherefore I maintained my innocence truthful powerfully throughout.

“As a antheral of God, I carnivore nary sick volition toward UKAD oregon the British Boxing Board of Control.

“We person a shared ambition of a cleanable athletics and I look guardant to reconciling with the Board and moving guardant together.”

The UKAD and the Board are present considering different appeal.

A UKAD connection read: “UKAD notes that Benn has made nationalist comments contiguous regarding the result of proceedings earlier the autarkic National Anti-Doping Panel.

“The Panel concluded that it was ‘not comfortably satisfied’ that UKAD had proved that Mr Benn had committed an anti-doping regularisation usurpation for the usage of Clomifene.

“The provisional suspension antecedently successful spot has been lifted and the complaint against him has been consequently dismissed.

“UKAD volition present cautiously reappraisal the Panel’s determination successful accordance with its entreaty rights nether the UK Anti-Doping rules.”

Benn has had 2 low-profile bouts successful America implicit the past 14 months but remained outlawed by the BBBC and has nary UK licence.

Despite claims from Benn’s squad they requested backstage meetings with the BBBC to code his situation, the Board volition not stock its evidence.

But Saudi Arabia’s caller powerbroker, Turki Alalshikh, is keen connected making the Eubank Jr combat — gathering with Benn and his legendary dada Nigel astatine a September movie premiere.

The BBBC, who authorisation astir of the large shows successful Riyadh, stay unwilling to licence the Ilford fighter.