{"id":294655,"date":"2023-10-22T14:25:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T14:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=294655"},"modified":"2023-10-22T14:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T14:25:09","slug":"hearn-to-push-to-stage-eubank-jr-v-benn-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/hearn-to-push-to-stage-eubank-jr-v-benn-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearn to push to stage Eubank Jr v Benn in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Eddie Hearn confirms he will look to stage Chris Eubank Jr&#8217;s fight with Conor Benn in the UK in December or January after drawing up plans to move event to the Middle East<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eddie Hearn is keen to hold Chris Eubank&#8217;s fight with Conor Benn in the UK\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The duo were set to meet last year but Benn failed two voluntary doping tests<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>An appeal may not be heard until December or January, <span>Mail Sport <\/span>understands\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eddie Hearn has confirmed he will push ahead to stage Chris Eubank Jr&#8217;s fight with Conor Benn in the UK and is targeting a date in late December or January.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <span>Mail Sport<\/span>, Hearn had agreed a deal for the showdown to take place in the Middle East on December 23 in the event that Benn is not cleared to box in Britain, but the promoter&#8217;s priority remains holding the bout in the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hearn has previously said there is a &#8216;huge desire from both camps&#8217; to make the fight happen, exactly a year on from their first scheduled fight being cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Benn failed two voluntary doping tests but has insisted he is innocent of intentional doping. As it stands, however, he does not hold a license to fight in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>But despite this, Hearn will look to officially set a date for the bout this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/13\/76369217-12659015-There_is_hope_Conor_Benn_right_vs_Chris_Eubank_Jnr_left_will_hap-a-1_1697978278577.jpg\" height=\"394\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eddie Hearn will push ahead to stage Chris Eubank Jr&#8217;s fight against Conor Benn in the UK<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/13\/76859905-12659015-image-a-2_1697978297407.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Promoter Hearn agreed a deal to stage the bout in the Middle East as a contingency option<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re gonna move forward and make that fight in the UK,&#8217; he told iFL TV.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This week we&#8217;re gonna try and get it over the line for Dec 23rd or January\u2026 If we stage the fight in the UK or Kalle Sauerland stages the fight in the UK &#8211; hopefully the BBBofC [will be the commission who sanction it] but it&#8217;s up to them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We want to do the fight in the UK and I think we&#8217;re gonna move forward and do it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A provisional suspension imposed by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) was lifted by the independent National Anti-Doping Panel in July, but UKAD and the British Boxing Board of Control have lodged an appeal against that decision.<\/p>\n<p><span>Mail Sport<\/span> understands an appeal may not be heard, let alone resolved, until December or January &#8211; though Hearn wants Benn to be able to continue his career in the UK while the process remains ongoing and he is not suspended by UKAD.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/13\/76859927-12659015-image-a-3_1697978308604.jpg\" height=\"438\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Benn is not cleared to fight in the UK but has insisted he is innocent of intentional doping<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/13\/76859937-12659015-image-a-4_1697978312265.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eubank&#8217;s camp are equally keen to make the fight happen a year on from the bout collapsing<\/p>\n<p>Benn would need to apply for a BBBofC license to be granted permission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Our side with Conor Benn and the side of Kalle Sauerland and Chris Eubank want to move forward and make that fight,&#8217; Hearn added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We feel that because of the situation with Conor Benn&#8217;s suspension being lifted and winning that case that he should be allowed and able to fight in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re speaking to the British Boxing Board of Control. We think legally there&#8217;s no reason why he shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to fight in the UK but it&#8217;s their decision.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Benn won his first fight since his provisional doping suspension was lifted, a unanimous points victory against Rodolfo Orozco in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12659015\/Eddie-Hearn-Chris-Eubank-Jr-Conor-Benn-UK-December-January-Middle-East.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Hearn confirms he will look to stage Chris Eubank Jr&#8217;s fight with Conor Benn in the UK in December or January after drawing up plans to move event to the Middle East Eddie Hearn is keen to hold Chris Eubank&#8217;s fight with Conor Benn in the UK\u00a0 The duo were set to meet last&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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