Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. believes Conor Benn could have a tough time altering the general public’s opinion about him.
Eubank vs. Benn was scheduled to happen again in October at a catch-weight.
Their struggle was referred to as off, when the Every day Mail first revealed only a few days earlier that Benn had examined optimistic for a banned substance. Weeks later, it was disclosed – and confirmed by Benn – that he additionally examined optimistic for a banned substance in a drug take a look at administered again in July.
Earlier this month, Benn took to social media and stood agency on his innocence.
“My crew have confirmed my innocence and the reality will quickly come out,” Benn mentioned.
Eubank moved ahead together with his profession and can now face former world champion Liam Smith in a Sky Sports activities pay-per-view struggle on January 21 on the Manchester Area.
In accordance with Eubank, the general public will not be satisfied of Benn’s innocence.
“Boring. Too little. Too late,” Eubank instructed Sky Sports activities. “It would not matter what you assume you possibly can say or ‘show’, public opinion’s not going to vary. You failed two drug assessments and folks assume you are a cheat and that is it.”
Benn was dropped from the WBC’s rankings and now not holds a license with the British Boxing Board of Management.
It has been reported that Benn has submitted a 270-page doc to the World Boxing Council, which the boxer hopes will clear his identify.
“No scientists or attorneys or 270-page essays are going to vary most people’s thoughts. It is simply not going to occur. Not after three months of radio silence. It’s going to be attention-grabbing to see what they give you however I actually do not assume it should assist the man,” Eubank mentioned.
Nevertheless, Eubank does anticipate that showdown with Benn will finally get rescheduled sooner or later sooner or later.
“Whether or not it is subsequent 12 months or 10 years from now, that struggle will occur and when that struggle does occur, that is a stadium struggle,” Eubank mentioned. “That [having a stadium fight] is unquestionably on my listing of issues to do.
“I do know that I’ve received at the least one and there is a few different names on the market too that might even be stadium fights. So we’ll get the stadium fights in within the subsequent 12 months or two.”