BRITISH BOXING BOARD OF CONTROL STATEMENT
By a notice dated 17th October 2022, Mr. Conor Benn was called by the Board of the BBBofC to attend a hearing to deal with allegations of misconduct pursuant to Rule 25.1.1. The hearing took place on 21st October 2022. On the morning of the hearing, Mr. Benn voluntarily relinquished his license with the BBBofC. In accordance with its Rules and Regulations, the Board determined the allegations following the hearing at which Mr. Benn was legally represented. The allegations of misconduct against Mr. Benn were upheld.
Robert W. Smith
General Secretary
British Boxing Board of Control
STATEMENT FROM CONOR BENN CAMP
Conor’s focus at this time is solely on clearing his name.
The Board, however, has made it extremely difficult for Conor to focus on doing that by its conduct of an unfair and biased procedure. In such circumstances, Conor decided not to renew his license (which had lapsed). Conor told the Board that if it did not accept that his license had lapsed, then he renounces it.
He strongly refutes the allegation of misconduct (which for the avoidance of doubt is *not* in relation to the VADA issue) and firmly believes that an independent tribunal will reach a wholly different conclusion.
At the appropriate time, Conor will speak out on this and on the doping allegation, to the extent that he can whilst legal proceedings are ongoing. In the meantime, he reiterates, in no uncertain terms, that he is a clean athlete.
Bluster. How did that substance get into your system, Conor?
Hardly clean if you tested positive. Would respect more if he admitted it and accepted punishment. This just keeps this unsavoury episode in the public light and boxing as whole under poor scutiny. The only possible good that may come of this is that any other cheats may find it more difficult to do so in future without reprisals.
I wish an entity like the BBBofC were the one controlling boxing in USA, I can’t imagine how different could be boxing sport with that
At least with Canelo he could try to use the Mexican Meat excuse. I am not saying I buy that but it has been cited by other Mexican athletes and Francisco Vargas in the past when he tested positive on his A sample and negative on his B (from what I recall). This case with Benn looks worse. What in the heck is a female fertility drug doing in his system? How does a male athlete sell that without looking worse? The best he could say is someone in his camp encouraged him to take a supplement and he trusted it was ok and plead ignorance. Instead he is claiming total innocence and acting like somehow he is a victim.
I’ve never heard of a B sample testing negative if the A sample has tested positive.
He was caught. Simple as that.
I cannot quite remember the Vargas circumstances. It was in a fight against Salido I believe. I know he (Vargas) was permitted to fight because despite the positive test the commission felt that his excuse was reasonable. It may have been because the B sample was negative and/or the concentration of the PED was very minor hence it could be attributed to meat containing the PED in question. My guess is with Canelo both A and B samples were positive and the concentration found was high and could not have been attributed to being consumed in a meal within reason. As for Benn taking female fertility drugs….only answer is he and/or someone in his camp was being deliberate. If if by chance he did not know…which is highly unlikely….he is still responsible. There is no other reasonable explanation.
Hey man you can have a dcik now and compete in womens sport. Give him a break let him take up MMA and fight other juice heads.