Comments Thread For: Hearn: There Is Currently No Reason ... That The Eubank-Benn Fight Should Not Take Place

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I'll restate my opinion: let Eubank decide. If he decides not to fight, given the circumstances, good for him. Give him some $ for his trouble..

ok eubank can fight but not benn because that would be rewarding cheaters, doping out of camp is still doping & needs to be punished not brushed over and ignored

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ok eubank can fight but not benn because that would be rewarding cheaters, doping out of camp is still doping & needs to be punished not brushed over and ignored

Fair point. But, the fight not going forward because of this (and it's officially NOT going forward), also punishes Eubank. And this fight is likely still going to happen in the near future.

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Fair point. But, the fight not going forward because of this (and it's officially NOT going forward), also punishes Eubank. And this fight is likely still going to happen in the near future.

and its all benns fault and if i liked eubank id feel a bit sorry for him, but i dont so thats life i guess

benn should be banned for at least 6 months imo...... should really be a lot more if they actually are serious about drugs in the sport

[allen23]

I'll restate my opinion: let Eubank decide. If he decides not to fight, given the circumstances, good for him. Give him some $ for his trouble. If he decides to fight, good for him. Give him some extra $ and loosen the weigh-in weight and re-hydration clause (unless Benn doesn't agree to those, then cancel the fight and give Eubank some $ for this trouble). Do you know what the acronym VADA stands for? The V is for Voluntary. It's not called MADA. UKAD is basically MADA. Let a MAN decide what he's comfortable with. It's his life; let him live it the best he sees fit.

And I'll add my first post on another thread about this circumstance:

Why isn't it standard protocol when the "A" sample comes back positive that the "B" sample is automatically tested and the results of BOTH are released at the same time? That would accomplish a lot: 1) No more "the B sample hasn't been tested yet" BS 2) If, in the unlikely event the B sample comes back negative, you don't have a fight called off for no reason. There's no good reason to do it any other way than this.

That is absolute nonsense. You cannot let someone caught using PED's fight based on the oppositions opinion. Lives are at stake along with the integrity of the sport so you're narrow minded views are nonsical to say the least. Benn should be suspended for at least 1 year he's a disgrace

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"Hearn’s contention is that the BBBofC cannot suspend Benn because it doesn’t recognize independent VADA testing as it relates to licensing Benn and therefore Eubank-Benn should take place as planned . . . "

What a sleazy c*nt this guy is. Fluck the risks to the health of the fighter, just get that money in!

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i love it, benn has forced eddie to go full sleaze bag mode, hes breaking new ground, if hes not carefull it may open and swallow him right up, bye eddie

[tokon]

That is absolute nonsense. You cannot let someone caught using PED's fight based on the oppositions opinion. Lives are at stake along with the integrity of the sport so you're narrow minded views are nonsical to say the least. Benn should be suspended for at least 1 year he's a disgrace

Excellent post.
Benn knew exactly what he was taking and why.
But let's wait for the hearing when he says he had been struggling to get his girl pregnant and he didn't realise banned etc etc Followed by bbbc believing him without asking for medical evidence and handing down a paltry fine and a backdated 6 month ban.

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if i worked in a food gaf the next time i saw benn coming in for brekkie i would say to him, hello mr. benn, how do u like your eggs?? & suggest over eas y

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That is absolute nonsense. You cannot let someone caught using PED's fight based on the oppositions opinion. Lives are at stake along with the integrity of the sport so you're narrow minded views are nonsical to say the least. Benn should be suspended for at least 1 year he's a disgrace

First off, instead of writing "you're narrow minded views are nonsical" you should have written "your narrow minded views are nonsensical".

Secondly, my opinions do make sense. You obviously don't agree with me, but I make sense none the less.

Third, the person whose life is at stake is precisely the person I said should make the decision in this particular instance.

Next, as for the integrity of the sport, well, there's a long way to go to get there, which I am in favor of by the way. But VADA testing is, as said before, voluntary. It's something the fighters agreed to that isn't required by sanctioning bodies. They have their own protocols, which Benn actually passed.

The WBC has a half-ass effort for "clean boxing", but I think if another organization really wanted to makes some good noise in boxing to be seen as THE alphabet organization they should implement year-round VADA-style testing for all active fighters, paid for by the organization from fees they receive. If I were the IBO - which I don't recognize as a legit organization presently - I'd be THAT organization. That would establish them as credible and set them apart from everybody else.

Lastly, as for a suspension, I'm not opposed to that. But, 6 months seems fair in this instance as a first offense on a voluntary test, assuming the B sample comes back positive as well.

[allen23]

First off, instead of writing "you're narrow minded views are nonsical" you should have written "your narrow minded views are nonsensical".

Secondly, my opinions do make sense. You obviously don't agree with me, but I make sense none the less.

Third, the person whose life is at stake is precisely the person I said should make the decision in this particular instance.

Next, as for the integrity of the sport, well, there's a long way to go to get there, which I am in favor of by the way. But VADA testing is, as said before, voluntary. It's something the fighters agreed to that isn't required by sanctioning bodies. They have their own protocols, which Benn actually passed.

The WBC has a half-ass effort for "clean boxing", but I think if another organization really wanted to makes some good noise in boxing to be seen as THE alphabet organization they should implement year-round VADA-style testing for all active fighters, paid for by the organization from fees they receive. If I were the IBO - which I don't recognize as a legit organization presently - I'd be THAT organization. That would establish them as credible and set them apart from everybody else.

Lastly, as for a suspension, I'm not opposed to that. But, 6 months seems fair in this instance as a first offense on a voluntary test, assuming the B sample comes back positive as well.

Well while you have brought the grammar police as part of your petty argument ill point out instead of saying "my opinions do make sense'', you should have said " my opinion does make sense". And don't bother trying to counter thst we are discussing one post and one topic.

You are clearly somebody that has never competed in sport as the true values within sport are based on competition and fairness within that competition.

You keep pointing out VADA is voluntary like that discredits the testing which is bizarre. The fact is he was caught taking a dangerous PED which enhances his ability to cause damage to this opponent. If the fight went ahead and Chris Eubank Jr ended up like their fathers previous opponents Watson and Mc Clelland would you still say it was solely Eubanks decision?

What sort of a precident is thst setting for young, aspiring fighters? Surely there needs to be repercussions to deter others from making mistakes here?

You cannot value money over human life..that means it is no longer sport and you are simply entertained by human c**k fighting with no regard for the obvious consequences.