UK Anti-Doping confirm Conor Benn was 'provisionally suspended' on 15 March

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UK Anti-Doping has confirmed Conor Benn was provisionally suspended from athletics connected 15 March.

Benn, 26, failed two voluntary cause tests past year, investigating affirmative for pistillate fertility cause clomifene connected some occasions.

After Benn refused to remark connected reports of a imaginable prohibition earlier this week, Ukad said it had charged him connected 3 April with a doping violation.

Benn said helium "remains escaped to combat extracurricular the UK".

Doping investigations are confidential until a last decision is reached, but Ukad has released a connection pursuing Benn's ain comments connected the contented earlier this week.

"Ukad confirms that Mr Benn was notified and provisionally suspended by Ukad connected 15 March 2023 successful accordance with the UK anti-doping rules," a connection read.

"Whilst provisionally suspended, Mr Benn is prohibited from participating successful immoderate capableness (or assisting different jock successful immoderate capacity) successful a competition, lawsuit oregon enactment that is organised, convened, authorised oregon recognised by the British Boxing Board of Control oregon immoderate different World Anti-Doping code-compliant sport."

Benn does not presently clasp a British boxing licence, having fixed it up aft investigating positive.

That does not impact Ukad oregon the British Boxing Board of Control's remit successful suspending the welterweight.

The BBBofC tin lone inquire different governing bodies not to authorisation Benn to combat abroad.

BBBofC wide caput Robert Smith said it would entity to Benn warring extracurricular the UK and cull support requests from licence holders to combat Benn.

Chris Eubank Jr was successful talks to reschedule his fight with Benn this summer, but yet walked distant from negotiations due to the fact that of the BBBofC's position.

Benn is undefeated successful his nonrecreational vocation and has repeatedly said helium is guiltless of intentionally doping.

"I can't remark connected thing to bash with Ukad different than to accidental that I americium successful interaction with them," Benn said connected societal media connected Tuesday.

"Someone astatine the BBBoC oregon Ukad evidently wanted to make a headline, dissimilar the [Amir] Khan lawsuit wherever it was kept quiescent for 14 months but this is thing new."

Khan received a two-year doping ban earlier this period having tested affirmative for banned substance ostarine aft his combat against Kell Brook successful February 2022.

The erstwhile satellite champion was cleared of intentionally doping by Ukad but strict liability means a combatant indispensable judge a important prohibition careless of intent.

Benn faces the aforesaid strict liability contented aft doubly investigating affirmative for clomifene successful 2 abstracted tests administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association.

Clomifene is banned successful and retired of contention by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

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