{"id":290739,"date":"2023-09-21T19:39:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=290739"},"modified":"2023-09-21T19:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:39:18","slug":"conor-benn-should-not-be-boxing-this-weekend-insist-bbbofc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/conor-benn-should-not-be-boxing-this-weekend-insist-bbbofc\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor Benn &apos;should NOT be boxing this weekend&apos;, insist BBBofC"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Conor Benn &#8216;should NOT be boxing this weekend and is yet to clear his name&#8217; after TWO failed drugs tests, insist the British Boxing Board of Control&#8230; with welterweight fighter set to return to ring after 17-month absence<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Welterweight boxer Conor Benn twice tested positive for clomifene last year\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He is set to return to the ring this weekend when he takes on Rodolfo Orozco<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>However, the British Boxing Board of Control insist he is yet to clear his name\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) have insisted Conor Benn has not cleared his name and shouldn&#8217;t be making a return to the ring this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>It was announced on Wednesday that\u00a0Benn\u00a0is set to fight for the first time since twice testing positive for clomifene in 2022 when he takes on little-known Mexican Rodolfo Orozco in Orlando on Saturday &#8211; despite the unresolved doping case that could yet see him banned from the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Although his suspension in Britain was lifted by the National Anti-Doping Panel in July, the fighter is still facing a potential two-year ban in this country pending the outcome of appeals against that decision by the BBBofC and UK Anti-Doping, as first reported by Mail Sport.<\/p>\n<p>Benn&#8217;s promoter Eddie Hearn has repeatedly claimed he has cleared his name and is free to fight, but\u00a0general secretary of the BBCofC Robert Smith disagreed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Although it&#8217;s a sport, we don&#8217;t deal with teams, we deal with individuals,&#8217; he told talkSPORT.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/15\/75689005-12545361-image-a-41_1695307655637.jpg\" height=\"438\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The British Boxing Board of Control have insisted Conor Benn has not cleared his name and shouldn&#8217;t be making a return to the ring this weekend when he takes on Rodolfo\u00a0Orozco<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/15\/75689013-12545361-image-a-44_1695307665055.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The BBBofC&#8217;s general secretary Robert Smith (left) insisted several issues are still outstanding<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And sometimes people look after themselves rather than the sport in general, which is slightly disappointing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I understand why they do it, but no I don&#8217;t think he should be boxing. Personally I don&#8217;t think he should be boxing until this matter is cleared. Hopefully that&#8217;ll be done as soon as possible.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Smith continued: &#8216;He hasn&#8217;t cleared it (his name), a number of issues are still outstanding which everybody&#8217;s aware of.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve decided to appeal a decision and once the appeal has taken place we&#8217;ll take it on board from there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But when Eddie says he&#8217;s cleared his name, according to us we haven&#8217;t had an explanation of how the positive test came about, so I don&#8217;t quite agree with Eddie on that one.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Benn has previously pointed to that NADP ruling as a &#8216;vindication&#8217; of his innocence, though sources have told <span>Mail Sport<\/span> that the hearing did not focus on the key question of how the banned substance entered his body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/16\/75688929-12545361-Benn_has_not_fought_in_17_months_after_his_fight_with_Chris_Euba-a-1_1695309979091.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Benn has not fought in 17 months after his fight with Chris Eubank Jr was cancelled due to his failed drugs test<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/16\/75688901-12545361-Smith_refuted_the_claims_of_Benn_s_promoter_Eddie_Hearn_that_he_-a-2_1695309979094.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Smith refuted the claims of Benn&#8217;s promoter Eddie Hearn that he has cleared his name<\/p>\n<p>One strand of the argument deployed by Benn&#8217;s legal team is believed to have nosed on the right of UKAD to rule on samples collected by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association.<\/p>\n<p>The fight against Orozco will see Benn resume his career after a 17-month hiatus, with a view to resurrecting his postponed showdown against Chris Eubank Jr in December.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Benn said: &#8216;I am undefeated in the ring and in spirit. A return on Saturday is a step closer to redemption.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;After that, I&#8217;m putting the 147-160 divisions on notice. You are looking at a determined man with a deep desire to beat them all.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12545361\/Conor-Benn-British-Boxing-Board-Control.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor Benn &#8216;should NOT be boxing this weekend and is yet to clear his name&#8217; after TWO failed drugs tests, insist the British Boxing Board of Control&#8230; with welterweight fighter set to return to ring after 17-month absence Welterweight boxer Conor Benn twice tested positive for clomifene last year\u00a0 He is set to return to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Conor Benn &amp;apos;should NOT be boxing this weekend&amp;apos;, insist BBBofC - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/boxing\/conor-benn-should-not-be-boxing-this-weekend-insist-bbbofc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conor Benn &amp;apos;should NOT be boxing this weekend&amp;apos;, insist BBBofC - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Conor Benn &#8216;should NOT be boxing this weekend and is yet to clear his name&#8217; 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