Boxing: Breaking News, Rumors & Highlights
The O2 Arena clash in London on October 8 was never thrown into doubt initially, as promoters Matchroom Boxing and Wasserman released a statement within an hour of the report. Conor Benn was flagged for the banned substance Clomifene, as revealed on Wednesday, one day before the final press conference. Earlier, promoters had stated Eubank Jr. vs Benn will go ahead as planned while a failed drug test in the build-up goes through the B sample process. Finally, we journey back to 2004 when Miguel Cotto and Kelson Pinto came together in a bout that conclusively settled a rivalry stretching back to their amateur days. ALEX STEEDMAN is in Ibiza and surviving on two hours sleep a day. But even that herculean display of strength and stamina is nothing on Joe Joyce, who turned in the best performance of his career to stop Joseph Parker last weekend.
But the fight, it appears, will go ahead with or without the backing of the British Boxing Board of Control. We do our best to explain the events of a miserable day. WHAT began as a day of genuine excitement for the impending showdown between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn took a dark turn when a positive test for a banned substance emerged. Ben Whittaker-Peter Nosic Confirmed For Usyk-Joshua Undercard Ben Whittaker is already making for lost time.
“We have been made aware that a random anti-doping test for Conor Benn conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association returned an adverse analytical finding for trace amounts of a fertility drug. The B sample has yet to be tested, meaning that no rule violation has been confirmed. Indeed, Mr Benn has not been charged with any rule violation, he is not suspended, and he remains free to fight.
“Indeed, Mr. Benn has not been charged with any rule violation. Barring a last minute court injunction, Eubank vs Benn will not happen on Saturday. CONSIDERING there was no UK action last weekend due to the passing of the Queen, there's an awful lot to talk about... The latest victories of Maxi Hughes, Amanda Serrano and Terri Harper are also reviewed while one of the most bizarre endings to a fight - the 2002 clash between Ricky Hatton and Stephen Smith - is remembered in This Week.
The British boxing showdown is considered one of the biggest fights in some years. It has too much at stake to get canceled at this late stage. It is taken orally once daily, with a treatment course usually lasting five days. That’s despite knowing what the British Board had told them prior to a statement from the co-promoters.
It was Anthony Joshua’s second loss in his pro-boxing career. The win made Oleksandr Usyk only the second boxer after Evander Holyfield to win unified world titles in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. Following Tyson Fury's retirement, The Ring Magazine heavyweight title will also be on the line, in addition to Oleksandr Usyk’s four heavyweight titles. The two heavyweight boxers were initially scheduled to face off earlier in the year but the match was postponed after Oleksandr Usyk listed himself in the Ukrainian army during the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The promoters are determined to stage the Conor Benn-Chris Eubank Jr. fight on Saturday in London as planned, sources said, despite Benn's positive test for a banned substance.
The 43-year-old Australian heavyweight was tabbed to next face s... Savannah Marshall gets to relive the biggest week of her life all over again as she prepares to fight Claressa Shields on Saturday at The O2. All have been postponed, along with Dillian Whyte's scheduled fight against Alexander Povetkin in Manchester on May 23. The list of big fights affected by the coronavirus pandemic stretches back a month. Joshua is set to begin his long road back to have another chance boxing at the world title as a number of bouts have been lined up. Boxer Luis Quinones died Thursday night at the age of 25, five days after losing a bout in Colombia.
Benn has since passed a doping control test conducted by the UK Anti-Doping Agency, the anti-doping authority to which the British Board of Boxing Control has delegated its doping control testing for the bout. The Rage on the Red Sea clash will be the first time Oleksandr Usyk will be defending his unified heavyweight titles. He is undefeated in his three matches in the heavyweight division after moving up from the cruiserweight category in 2019. Former Pittsburgh Steelers star, and nine-year NFL veteran, Le’Veon Bell is set to make his professional boxing debut against a former star from the UFC on the undercard of the Oct. 29. Benn and Eubank are set to meet in a catchweight battle at the O2 arena, which would be the third bout between the families after their father crossed swords twice in the early 1990s as one of the British Boxing's rivalries.
Wilder also seems upset with boxing promoter Eddie Hearn, saying all was done to prevent a fight between him and Joshua from happening. 'The blue book and almanac of all sports, including the most complete history of boxing, from the dawn of history to the modern roped arena'. Front and rear endpapers reinforced by linen tape along hinge. Covers rubbed in some places with light shelfwear and minor creasing.