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Eddie Hearn has spoken for the first time since Chris Eubank Jr's fight with Conor Benn was officially called off on Thursday, but declined to anwer any questions from the media.
This weekend's highly anticipated clash between the pair was plunged into doubt on Wednesday, after Sportsmail broke the bombshell news that Benn had tested positive for banned substance clomifene.
Co-promoters Hearn and Kalle Sauerland - as well as both Eubank Jr and Benn - on Wednesday insisted they still planned for the fight to go ahead, which sources reiterated to Sportsmail on Thursday morning.
However on Thursday afternoon, confirmation came through that the fight was officially off.
And Hearn addressed the media at a press conference on Thursday afternoon that lasted just 90 seconds, expressing his regret at the fight being called off.
'It’s been a very difficult day, 24 hours, 48 hours,' he told reporters. 'We were looking forward to an event that has really captured the imagination of the British public and a fight that had so much history.
'Myself and Kalle (Sauerland) and the rest of boxing were so
