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Claressa Shields might have found a storm blowing around British boxing when she flew into London this week but she does not believe that the bad publicity around Conor Ben's positive drugs test will have any impact on her world middleweight title fight with Savannah Marshall.
The British Boxing Board of Control have formally launched an inquiry in association with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) into Conor Benn’s positive drugs test.
Eddie Hearn and Kalle Sauerland were in no mood to give up on a Chris Eubank Jr v Conor Benn fight taking place at some point as they reluctantly pulled the plug on the fight happening this weekend.
Stepping up two weight divisions this weekend does not mean that Conor Benn’s welterweight ambitions are behind him, according to promoter Eddie Hearn.
The fate of Saturday’s fight between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn now seems to be in the hands of lawyers after the British Boxing Board of Control had seemingly pulled the plug on the fight in the wake of a positive drugs test by Benn.
Conor Benn has failed a drug test throwing Saturday’s big fight with Chris Eubank Jr into doubt, according to a report in the Daily Mail. The world-ranked welterweight apparently produced an adverse finding for clomifene, a substance on the World Anti=Doping Agency banned list, which is normally used to treat infertility in women.
By Ron Lewis - Joe Joyce will always have his doubters, but he showed that he is a world-class heavyweight of some standing as he battered Joseph Parker to defeat in 11 rounds in a superb battle in Manchester to become interim WBO champion.
Amanda Serrano added to her enormous collection of world title belts as she unified the WBC, WBO and IBF (plus the IBO) featherweight titles with a wide unanimous decision over Sarah Mahfoud on the Joyce-Parker card in Manchester.
Anthony Cacace has had so much bad luck over the last couple of years, but things might just be turning his way after he lifted the IBO super-featherweight title with a split decision over Michael Magnesi on the Joyce-Parker bill in Manchester.
Ekow Essuman won the Lonsdale Belt outright as he made a third successful defence of the British and Commonwealth welterweight titles with a unanimous decision over Samuel Antwi on the Joyce-Parker undercard in Manchester.