{"id":7511,"date":"2023-03-30T03:51:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T03:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/conor-benn-v-chris-eubank-jr-eddie-hearn-denies-fight-close-to-being-rescheduled\/"},"modified":"2023-03-30T03:51:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T03:51:54","slug":"conor-benn-v-chris-eubank-jr-eddie-hearn-denies-fight-close-to-being-rescheduled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/conor-benn-v-chris-eubank-jr-eddie-hearn-denies-fight-close-to-being-rescheduled\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor Benn v Chris Eubank Jr: Eddie Hearn denies fight close to being rescheduled"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn were due to fight last October<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Conor Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn has denied a rescheduled fight with Chris Eubank Jr is close to being finalised.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The bout between the British rivals last October had <\/span>to be cancelled<\/span><\/a> when it emerged Benn had failed two voluntary drug tests.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Reports on Monday suggested a June fight in Abu Dhabi would be announced.<\/span><\/p>\n

But speaking to BBC Sport, Hearn said “it’s definitely not” signed, and added: “Conor Benn’s had a number of offers internationally to fight.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Both sides are in talks to potentially reschedule the fight this year, but discussions are not yet at an advanced stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Manny Pacquiao, Kell Brook was in the office yesterday, he’s desperate to fight Conor Benn as well,” added Hearn on the options available.<\/span><\/p>\n

“For me, the fight I want to make is the rescheduled Chris Eubank fight.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Team Eubank, which includes Wasserman Boxing promoter Kalle Sauerland, <\/span>also remain in talks with Liam Smith<\/span><\/a> about staging a potential rematch this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eubank, 33, lost to Smith in four rounds in January when the pair clashed in Manchester.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response to the reports, the British Boxing Board of Control’s (BBBofC) general secretary Robert Smith said they would not back Eubank fighting Benn in another country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Benn gave up his boxing licence in the wake of the doping scandal, but Eubank still holds a licence with the board and fought under their remit when <\/span>he lost to Smith<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eubank would need permission from the BBBofC to fight Benn, 26, in Abu Dhabi.<\/span><\/p>\n

“If the situation remains as it is today then I would think that would be unlikely – but we have not had any applications,” Smith told <\/span>the Guardian<\/span>external-link<\/title><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Smith suggested action can be taken against Eubank, or any trainer or fighter licensed by the BBBofC, who took part in an event with Benn abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n

It cannot stop a fighter from competing abroad as there is no global authority in boxing, but can suspend a boxer from competing in the UK as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eubank, though, has no imminent plans to submit an application to the Board to fight Benn abroad. <\/span><\/p>\n

The pair 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

But the BBBofC says Benn has not co-operated with their investigation into his failed drug tests. <\/span><\/p>\n

The fighter has repeatedly insisted he is innocent of intentionally doping, and sanctioning body the WBC reinstated him into their rankings last month after finding a “<\/span>highly-elevated consumption of eggs<\/span><\/a>” could have caused the positive results. <\/span><\/p>\n