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Conor Benn is back in the World Boxing Council rankings after it ruled his failed drugs test was not intentional and could have been caused by a ‘highly-elevated consumption’ of eggs.<\/span><\/p>\n Benn failed two voluntary drug tests for the female fertility drug clomifene before his cancelled October bout with Chris Eubank Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n He is still under investigation by UK Anti-Doping and the British Board of Boxing Control, and is unable to fight in the United Kingdom as he does not have a boxing licence. <\/span><\/p>\n Benn and Eubank were scheduled to meet on 8 October at a catchweight of 157lb – 30 years after their fathers Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank Sr fought.<\/span><\/p>\n The 26-year-old has previously blamed “contamination” for the findings. His defence outlined there was a fault with the VADA testing laboratory, but that was rejected by the WBC.<\/span><\/p>\n In a full statement, the governing body said it found “there was no conclusive evidence that Mr. Benn engaged in intentional or knowing ingestion of clomifene”.<\/span><\/p>\n It added: “There were no failures in the procedures related to sample collection, sample analysis, or violations of Mr. Benn’s B Sample rights that would justify questioning or invalidating the Adverse Finding, and Mr. Benn’s documented and highly-elevated consumption of eggs during the times relevant to the sample collection, raised a reasonable explanation for the Adverse Finding.”<\/span><\/p>\n The statement refers to a test which took place on 25 July after Benn enrolled in the WBC’s out-of-competition testing in July. <\/span><\/p>\n He tested positive for clomifene and its hydroxymetabolites MI and M2. The WBC says it did not receive “substantive response” from Benn until December and the WBC did not make a full analysis until January 2023. <\/span><\/p>\n