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Matt Christie

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MOMENTS after the British Boxing Board of Control’s Robert Smith declared they would not be sanctioning the proposed February 3 bout between Chris Eubank Jnr and Conor Benn – because they’re yet to be satisfied as to why the latter failed two VADA tests last year – Benn posted a gif on his social media channels depicting Hulk Hogan shrugging his shoulders. The inference in that doesn’t need spelling out.

But with Matchroom and Wasserman still attempting to move ahead with the fight, without the Board’s

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