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Chris Eubank Jnr believes Conor Benn must be punished severely for the chaos he inflicted on boxing by failing two drugs tests that forced the last-minute cancellation of their blockbuster fight last year.
But he admits when Benn is back he will happily get in the ring with him.
As Benn waits for the powers that be to reach their findings on the positive tests — he suggests ‘contamination’ was to blame — and their alleged cover-ups, Eubank is in no doubt what the conclusion should be.
Conor Benn's failed drug tests led to his grudge match with Chris Eubank Jr being called off
‘For the morality of sport and the good of boxing (if he’s broken the rules), he should be punished for what I see as a crime, to the maximum in terms of suspension and fines,’ Eubank tells Sportsmail ahead of his fight with Liam Smith tomorrow night in Manchester. ‘But if he is allowed to box again I hope his first fight back will be against me.’
So why resurrect a fight against a man he deems a cheat? ‘Because I personally want to punish him badly for what he did to me, to the fighters who would have been on the undercard that night, to the fans, to boxing.’
Images of Eubank looking skeletal after getting down below the middleweight limit to take the fight, sharpen the angst. ‘I would still have beaten him,’ he says, ‘but he put me through all that for no reason.
Benn twice tested positive for the banned substance clomifene in the lead up to the bout
‘This fight will always be there for whenever he is allowed to box. More so, because we now have our own history to add to a fight which was made in honour of our famous fathers. But now I’m in charge. It will be on my terms. At proper middleweight. No anti-rehydration clause. Continual dope testing. It will happen also because I’m a businessman-boxer. An
