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<\/span><\/span>Conor Benn is back in the World Boxing Council rankings after it ruled his failed drugs test was not intentional and could have been caused by a ‘highly-elevated consumption’ of eggs.<\/span><\/p>\n Benn failed two voluntary drug tests for the female fertility drug clomifene before his cancelled October bout with Chris Eubank Jr.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n He is still under investigation by UK Anti-Doping and the British Boxing Board of Control, and is unable to fight in the United Kingdom as he does not have a boxing licence. <\/span><\/p>\n Benn and Eubank were scheduled to meet on 8 October at a catchweight of 157lb – 30 years after their fathers Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank Sr fought.<\/span><\/p>\n The 26-year-old has previously blamed “contamination” for the findings. His defence outlined there was a fault with the VADA testing laboratory, but that was rejected by the WBC.<\/span><\/p>\n In a full statement, the sanctioning body said it found “there was no conclusive evidence that Mr. Benn engaged in intentional or knowing ingestion of clomifene”.<\/span><\/p>\n It added: “There were no failures in the procedures related to sample collection, sample analysis, or violations of Mr. Benn’s B Sample rights that would justify questioning or invalidating the Adverse Finding, and Mr. Benn’s documented and highly-elevated consumption of eggs during the times relevant to the sample collection, raised a reasonable explanation for the Adverse Finding.”<\/span><\/p>\n The statement refers to a test which took place on 25 July after Benn enrolled in the WBC’s out-of-competition testing in July. <\/span><\/p>\n He tested positive for clomifene and its hydroxymetabolites MI and M2. The WBC says it did not receive “substantive response” from Benn until December and the WBC did not make a full analysis until January 2023. <\/span><\/p>\n The BBBofC said it was aware of the WBC’s findings but added: “Whilst the BBBofC wishes to make clear that it respects the WBC, the WBC is a sanctioning body and not a governing body.<\/span><\/p>\n “The decision of the WBC does not affect the ongoing implementation of the BBBofC’s rules.”<\/span><\/p>\n The WBC intends to work with Benn and his team in the future to “avoid the risk of a future adverse finding caused by nutritional factors”.<\/span><\/p>\n Promoter Eddie Hearn said Benn was “ready to resume his career”.<\/span><\/p>\n “This is now about finding places for Conor Benn to box,” Hearn told the Boxing Social podcast.<\/span><\/p>\n “Conor Benn can box anywhere in the world, but to box in the UK he has to go through a process, and we don’t know how long that process is going to take. <\/span><\/p>\n