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Conor Benn could face a ban of up to four years, with Britain's anti-doping chiefs poised to formally investigate the positive drug test that crashed his fight with Chris Eubank Jr.
Sportsmail understands the UK Anti-Doping Agency will write to the testing body who collected his sample, the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, to request the analysis around the 26-year-old's adverse finding for clomifene at the start of September.
As the national doping watchdog, only UKAD have the authority to issue a doping charge. But VADA have indicated to us that there are no contractual roadblocks to them handing over documentation concerning UK fighters.
UKAD are investigating Conor Benn's positive drugs test and could hand out a four-year ban
Benn's failed test led to Saturday's fight at the O2 Arena with Chris Eubank Jr being cancelled
Matchroom confirmed that the fight had officially been 'postponed' on Thursday afternoon
There had been concerns within the anti-doping community that the finer details of any agreement between VADA and a boxer for pre-fight testing could be protected by the terms of their contract, with sources saying that can be a stipulation when a private testing agency is brought on board by a promotion.
However VADA, whose testing services typically cost a promotion around £30,000, are expected to co-operate.
That will clear the way for UKAD to step in and Sportsmail has learned the organisation do want to press ahead with an investigation.
With clomifene a banned substance on the World Anti-Doping Agency list — the fertility drug is classified under hormone and metabolic regulators and can increase testosterone in men — Benn could be hit with a ban of up to four years if he is unable to prove his innocence or give mitigating circumstances for the positive test.
The heavily-anticipated bout in in doubt with Benn potentially facing a ban of up to four years
He has maintained he is 'clean'
