Benn fails drug test

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by themaster999, Oct 5, 2022.


What excuse will be used for the failed test??

Poll closed Oct 13, 2022.
  1. Kid Galahads brother spiked his protein shake

    5 vote(s)
    8.6%
  2. Conor benn 'accidentally' took his sisters fertility pill, he thought it was a paracetamol

    31 vote(s)
    53.4%
  3. No case to answer. Completely reasonable to be seeing a testosterone specialist 4 hours away

    22 vote(s)
    37.9%
  1. grantsorenson

    grantsorenson Member Full Member

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    Benn is going to be hit with a ban. I feel a little sorry for him. Literally everyone is juicing and of course they all come out now and act like juicing is the worst thing in the world. Game theory.
     
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  2. kobashi

    kobashi Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The fighter decides if he wants b sample at his cost and after listening to dan Rafael he thinks even if they requested for the b sample it would have been very tight. Says it not something done instantly and normally two weeks at a minimum before you get results.
     
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  3. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think the main questions for Hearn is why they virtue signal about a clean sport In public.

    But when one of their own pings for a known drug you take with other steroids and tren to cheat. That they cover it up. Then only cancel the fight when it gets leaked into the media.

    If VADA is the good standard then why after failing at end of August didnt they call off the fight there and then?

    Does Hearn and matchroom have one policy in public and another one behind closed doors? How many other dirty boxers have fought in the last 10 years based on failed tests not being leaked to the media? We know of Whyte but who else.

    The B sample in this is just a smokescreen to stop us asking the relevant questions above.

    Going back to Benn. How does a fit man with children of his own at age 26, have an issue with producing testosterone. Unless that man has been on tren which causes issues with testosterone production. If it was a natural issue with testosterone production then why didn’t he do the TUE for testosterone? Something another Hearn fighter enjoyed using for years and is a lot more muscular than he was as an amateur.
     
  4. Astro

    Astro Well-Known Member Full Member

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    6. It seems that both camps - both Hearn and Sauerland - knew about the Conor Benn situation and entered into a secret agreement behind the scenes. How many fights has Eddie Hearn / Matchroom arranged in the last 10 years with the same scenario ?
     
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  5. Wass85

    Wass85 Active Member banned Full Member

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    You would presume so but the truth is we don't know this.
     
  6. Cookiedough

    Cookiedough Active Member Full Member

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    I just can’t believe the board doesn’t recognise the test, just because it didn’t come from UKAD. Those involved need to hang their heads. They have all been exposed as corrupt or incompetent, take your pick. It’s probably been happening for years too, unbeknown to the general public and those outside the loop. Whoever leaked the test to the press has done boxing a big favour.
     
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  7. KermitTheFrog

    KermitTheFrog The people doing the banning are idiots Full Member

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    Why did Benn say that he phoned Eubank this week after the news leaked, something Eubank said never happened?
     
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  8. KermitTheFrog

    KermitTheFrog The people doing the banning are idiots Full Member

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    I’m just glad I wasn’t drinking when I read this, I would’ve spat it across the room!
     
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  9. Snowy1989

    Snowy1989 Active Member Full Member

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    To suggest Frank would act any different is ludicrous. They are all as bad as each other- Barry Jones even hinted at it during his podcast with Buncey that they about boxers juicing but it’s never discussed publicly.

    Boxing needs cleaning up from the inside and that requires people not sitting behind a curtain of silence.
     
  10. TBC-ASAP

    TBC-ASAP Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    One phrase a lot of the insiders kept using was "now it's in the public domain"

    I'm not naive I know this happens but is never spoke of. But I wonder just how many?
     
  11. TBC-ASAP

    TBC-ASAP Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not since the fights been cancelled.

    Shoe on the other foot Eddie would be gloating everywhere
     
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  12. Wass85

    Wass85 Active Member banned Full Member

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    That's the million dollar question isn't it.

    Sport is a joke, they should just legalize PED's and be done with it.
     
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  13. TBC-ASAP

    TBC-ASAP Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I've wonder if Matchroom are so obsessed with VADA normally just so they know what the other lads on
     
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  14. tee_birch

    tee_birch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It appears the BBBoC met the day before it hit the tabloids and prohibited the fight. Clearly they knew the story was to break.

    All cloaks and daggers and a complete lack of transparency. Every other sport would be making an example of said star who was caught taking PEDs. Boxing is the only sport where you litigate the governing body for not allowing a drug cheat to compete.
     
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  15. teddybaldock

    teddybaldock Active Member Full Member

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    The bjs one was slightly different, the substance he was using isn’t a banned substance in the uk or with UKAD.. so slight less black and white
     
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