British welterweight Conor Benn on Friday said he is free to resume his boxing career after being cleared by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) following an investigation into two failed voluntary drugs tests last year.Benn, 26, was scheduled to take on Chris Eubank Jr last October in London in a much-hyped fight betw
British welterweight Conor Benn on Friday said he is free to resume his boxing career after being cleared by UK Anti-Doping following an investigation into two failed voluntary drugs tests last year.
He was subsequently cleared of intentional doping by the WBC boxing body, which said a"highly elevated consumption of eggs" was a reasonable explanation for the failed tests, but was provisionally suspended by UKAD in April. "After a hearing with the National Anti-Doping Panel and UKAD, I have now been vindicated for the second time. Hopefully the public and various Members of the media can now understand why I have maintained my innocence so strongly all the way through.
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