promoters officially postponed the bout on Thursday after over 24 hours of legal wrangling. Benn, 25, tested positive for a fertility drug in a sample provided to the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association last month.The BBBofC said they “prohibited” the fight proceeding on Saturday at the O2 after the test result was revealed on Wednesday.
But Hearn was pushing for the fight to go ahead because the BBBofC had not suspended Benn and he claimed they had no power to as the test was not done by UK Anti-Doping who do doping control for the boxing authority. READ MORE: Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn officially called off after last-minute talks collapse They were set to take the matter to the High Court but pulled the plug after learning a decision could have taken too long with the bout to take place on Saturday.
It was believed the matter may have rumbled on until Friday night.Now the fight is postponed but Matchroom and Wasserman - who promote Eubank Jr - have said they will continue their legal battle in a joint statement.
It said: “After discussions with various parties, we have taken the decision to formally postpone the bout between Chris Eubank Jr.
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