Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. was at one point considering the scenario of facing Conor Benn - with a very large offer on the table - but claims he couldn't bring himself to go forward with that fight.

Eubank was scheduled to face Benn at a catchweight in October of last year. The fight was cancelled during fight week - after the Daily Mail broke the news that Benn had tested positive for banned substance.

Benn is without a license to box in the UK, after testing positive for the banned substance clomifene in two separate tests. He's also been charged by UK Anti-Doping and suspended from boxing. 

After that fight fell apart, Eubank decided to face former junior middleweight world champion Liam Smith in January. The bout ended in disaster, with Smith knocking Eubank out in four rounds.

Eubank would then exercise an immediate rematch clause, but he was also approached to face Benn in the Middle East.

The British Boxing Board of Control would issue a warning of immediate consequences for any UK boxer who accepted an overseas fight with Benn.

For his part, Eubank felt that it simply wasn't the right set of circumstances to fight Benn - and he also felt the need to settle the score with Smith before anything else.

"I definitely considered fighting Conor Benn next," Eubank told Sky Sports. "Because when somebody puts millions and millions and millions of pounds in front of you and offers you a fight, you consider it. You don't just turn it down.

"I was offered a substantial amount to fight Conor Benn overseas and I came to the conclusion that it wasn't the right time, it wasn't the right place. The circumstances weren't right. It doesn't matter how much money you're going to throw at me, things have to be right.

"If things are not right with Conor at this moment in time, and things are not right with me. I want to get this guy [Smith] back for what he did and then I can move on."