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Conor Benn says he is willing to “fight to the death to prove his innocence” after a provisional doping suspension in 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 27-year-old failed two Voluntary Anti-Doping Association tests before his cancelled bout with Chris Eubank Jr in October 2022.<\/p>\n
He tested positive for female fertility drug clomifene, but has always denied intentionally taking it.<\/p>\n
Benn does not hold a boxing licence in the UK.<\/p>\n
“I’m willing to spend every last penny I have and fight to the death to prove my innocence,” he told ITV’s Good Morning Britain.<\/p>\n
“My name matters more to me than anything else, fighting is fighting, but your name stands forever and so for me it’s been hard, it’s been challenging, but I’ve got a good team around me.”<\/p>\n
Clomifene can be used to boost testosterone levels in men and is banned inside and outside competition by the World Anti-Doping Agency.<\/p>\n
Benn’s last fight in the UK was in April 2022. In September he returned to the ring, fighting under a US licence when he defeated Rodolfo Orozco<\/a> in Florida.<\/p>\n “There’s many things in my life I’ve gone through, this is probably one of the worst things. I wouldn’t wish this upon my worst enemy,” he added.<\/p>\n Benn fights in the United States on 3 February when he faces American Peter Dobson in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n In March 2023, UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) provisionally suspended Benn but the National Anti-Doping Panel lifted the suspension in July after a hearing.<\/p>\n Ukad and the British Boxing Board of Control have appealed against that decision.<\/a><\/p>\n Benn, who has won all 22 of his professional bouts, is scheduled to fight Peter Dobson<\/a> on 3 February in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n