News about Nigel Benn

Turki Alalshikh has revealed that the highly anticipated grudge match between Chris Eubank Jr and Conor Benn is tentatively set for May 2025. Alalshikh made the announcement following a dramatic evening in London, where Eubank Jr secured a dominant victory over Kamil Szeremeta. However, it was the scenes the unfolded afterwards that stole the headlines as Benn stormed the ring, setting the stage for an explosive faceoff between the two rivals.

Lauryn Goodman has revealed Kyle Walker told her he loved her during their relationship together.  The reality star, 33, found herself at the centre of a nasty paternity scandal at the beginning of the year after she contacted Kyle's wife Annie Kilner to tell her the footballer was the father of her second child, Kinara, as well as the older boy Kairo. And Lauryn has recently opened up with more details of her and Kyle's relationship after launching her new podcast Yours Sincerely with Lisa Andrews. 

Lauryn Goodman has today launched a podcast with friend Lisa Andrews - who had a love child with married boxer Nigel Benn 27 years ago. In the podcast, titled Yours Sincerely and sponsored by a Turkish restaurant in north London, Goodman warns former lover Kyle Walker that she will tell their children 'what he has done to them.' She says: 'I will be like, "Your dad didn't want to give us astroturf, your dad didn't want us to have air con." It's just like straight up answer to the questions. I asked, it was a no.'

Leigh-Anne Pinnock and her family in Birmingham attended the MBCC Awards on Saturday evening, looking stunning. The Inspirational Honorary Award was won by the Little Mix star, 32, where she was accompanied by her father John and sister Sarah. Leigh-Anne sported the chic white midi dress, which featured a button-down front and matched with sky-high heels, opting for pure elegance for the evening.

Exclusive: Joe Cordina has opened the lid on Conor Benn's sparring sessions with Nigel Benn, boasting about foul play and sulking in the gym. Cordina is battling Edward Vazquez in Monte Carlo for the first time. The Destroyer is expected to be ringside for the match as he is a close friend and stablemate of Cordina's, having trained under the same coach, Tony Sims.

DALY: INTERIBY CHARLOTTE DALY DALY: Natasha Jonas says her "power and strength" give her an edge over Kandi Wyatt, the only time she's been anxious going into a title fight is before she clashed with Chris Namus in 2022. Jonas, the current WBC, IBF, and WBO super-welterweight champion, is fighting Wyatt for the vacant IBF championship at 147 pounds at the AO Arena in Manchester.

Eddie Hearn has confirmed that talks for a grudge match between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. are ongoing in Abu Dhabi on June 3. In October of last year, Benn and Eubank were supposed to meet each other, but they were forced to cancel due to Nigel Benn's son's failed drugs examination. Hearn was therefore compelled to pull the plug on Benn's dispute with Eubank. However, Hearn has since been advised by the WBC that Benn has been found to have intentional doping.

Following his son's two positive drug tests, boxing legend Nigel Benn revealed that he and Conor were in a'dark place.' After Sportsmail revealed that he had failed two tests in the lead up to the fight, Conor's much-anticipated match with Chris Eubank Jr. was called off at the 11th hour last October. He has always denied allegations of wrongdoing, and last month, he was admitted to the World Boxing Council's rankings, although the British Boxing Board of Control and the UK Anti-Doping Agency, who have the ultimate say over whether or not he'll be allowed to fight in the United Kingdom any time soon.

After testing positive for clomifene, a drug commonly used to raise testosterone levels, boxer Conor Benn expressed suicidal. After Sportsmail announced that he had failed two tests in the lead up to the fight, the 26-year-old, son of former two-weight world champion Nigel Benn, was called off at the 11th hour last October. Benn has always denied allegations of wrongdoing, and last month he was re-admisted to the World Boxing Council's rankings, although he awaits the British Boxing Board of Control and the UK Anti-Doping Department's final decision on whether or not he'll be allowed to fight in the United Kingdom any time soon.

Exclusive: Conor Benn is planning to sue the British boxing chiefs for over £3.5 million in damages after being advised by a boxing authority of a doping offence. Since his struggle with Chris Eubank Jnr was called off, Benn told The Mail on Sunday that the effort to prove his innocence of drug use has'killed' him emotionally. Since traces of a prohibited drug were found in his urine as part of a voluntary testing program, Benn is furious with the British Boxing Board of Control for failing to give him the opportunity to clarify his name. And if they failed a UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) test, he believes other fighters had a chance.

According to the British Boxing Board of Control, Conor Benn has 'voluntarily renounced' his boxing license. On Wednesday, Sportsmail announced that Conor had tested positive for the banned drug clomifene, prompting the British Boxing Board of Control to prevent the showdown at The O2 'in the interests of boxing.' Clomifene is primarily intended to support women in fertility, but it is also known to have steroid boosts for muscle growth and rapid recovery from training, among other benefits.

In a drug test three months ago, Nigel Benn said his son Conor had an adverse result. However, Benn took to Twitter on Monday morning to correct himself by writing, "I meant three weeks," followed by thumbs up and joking emojis.

Conor Benn's father's biggest competitor Chris Eubank is being chastised as he fights his way out of a potential doping ban. It was certainly fitting that the latest contributions from Nigel Benn and Eubank Snr's discussion during an often tumultuous night in Coventry on Friday night, six days after their sons were supposed to fight. That their bout was called off due to Benn's positive drug test for clomifene was one of the most explosive episodes in British boxing history. But nevertheless, the fathers pressed ahead with a new speaking tour, and Eubank in particular was concerned with figures around Benn's role in a mess that has damaged the 26-year-old's image.

In a recent film about legendary boxer Nigel Benn's wife starring Chris Eubank, Nathalie Emmanuel is expected to portray legendary boxer Nigel Benn's wife. Sharon Crowley, a 33-year-old Game Of Thrones actress, will play Sharon Crowley, who married the boxer in 1991.

ALISON BOSHOFF: Revenge is unquestionably a dish best enjoyed cold, as Coleen Rooney is worried: the megabuck tell-all, which she has committed to filming following the Wagatha Christie court case, will not be released until next fall. According to reports connected with the as-yet untitled exhibition, the show's projected date has slipped from next year to around September 2023. Disney, who are airing it, is hoping that allowing some time to pass makes the show appear fresher and more exciting to the viewer.

Chris Eubank Sr has revealed that the organisers behind Conor Benn's demise of his son Chris Eubank Jr's collapsed were guilty of 'attempted murder,' according to Chris Eubank Sr. Last Saturday, London's O2 Arena was supposed to host a grudge match between the sons of British boxing legends Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn before Conor tested positive for the banned drug clomifene. Following a statement from the British Boxing Board of Control denying that the fight would take place, it was postponed.

In a photograph that showed how lean his body is, Chris Eubank Jr. shed the weight for his cancelled match with Conor Benn. Eubank Jr.'s catchweight match with Conor Benn was supposed to be held on Saturday night but it was postponed after his opponent tested positive for clomifene, a banned drug. As the former middleweight and supermiddleweight promised to weigh 157 pounds to face welterweight Benn, one of the key talking points going into the fight was the 33-year-old's weight.

Nigel Benn has sprung in support for his son, Conor, whose failed drug test resulted in the confrontation against Chris Eubank Jr called off this weekend. On Wednesday, Sportsmail announced that Conor had tested positive for the banned drug clomifene, causing the British Boxing Board of Control to prevent the showdown at The O2's 'in the interests of boxing.' Both Benn and Eubank Jr. were keen for the fight to go further, with promoter Eddie Hearn attempting to push Saturday's match through a legal loophole, but those plans were delayed until the High Court.

Many boxing enthusiasts have slammed Conor Benn (right) after his failed drug screening ahead of his blockbuster clash with Chris Eubank Jr this weekend, but Aussie boxing champion Ebanie Bridges (left) insists he doesn't think he's a drug cheat and suspects that the 26-year-old has a 'contaminated' sample.

Despite failing a drug test prior, a defiant Conor Benn (left) has maintained that the fight against Chris Eubank Jr. (right) is still underway this weekend. "I wanted to say this personally," the Briton said at a public workout on Wednesday. I want you guys to hear it personally from me rather than read it in a statement from me and my staff today. 'I haven't committed any unlawful conduct, and I've not been barred,' as far as I'm concerned the war's not over.'

One called Benn a "complete melon," while another social media user said the 26-year-old Brit should be barred from playing again. Benn had been informed that he had returned an error finding for the banned drug clomifene, according to Sportsmail on Wednesday.

CONOR Benn failed a drug test, throwing Conor Benn's blockbuster contest with Chris Eubank Jr. into disarray on Saturday. Sportsmail has exclusive information that the 26-year-old was told he had returned a negative verdict for the banned drug clomifene. The World Anti-Doping Agency has banned the drug, which is usually used to treat infertility in women, but it can also raise testosterone in males. The Voluntary Anti-Doping Association is said to have carried out Benn's test. It's not yet clear if Benn's future will result in the cancellation of Eubank Jr.'s blockbuster this weekend, nearly 30 years after the second of two classic battles between their fathers, Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank.

eXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: The lad is yeling punches and his father is describing a tale. It's about old enemies who became unlikely allies, as well as what happens next. It's to do with Nigel Benn as ever. It got more difficult with Chris Eubank than ever. 'We did the speaking tour together, do you remember?' It is not the kind of thing that is quickly forgotten, according to Benn.

EXCLUSIVE: Mike Costello (inset) has seen Conor Benn (top left) in sparring, heard whispers of 'The Destroyer's pre-fight form, and claims that the difference between the 26-year-old and Chis Eubank Jr. (right) will not be so apparent in their 157lb catchweight clash, which may not be so pronounced. Benn is forgoing height, reach, body, and knowledge as he prepares to become the first Benn to win over a Eubank after his legendary father, who suffered only a loss and a draw against Snr in the early '90s double-header.