Conor Benn has been cleared by UKAD over his two failed VADA drug checks forward of his long-awaited grudge match with Chris Eubank Jr in October of final yr. The 26-year-old expressed his aid in an announcement uploaded to social media and despatched a want to the general public as he hopes to return to the ring imminently.

The fighter wrote: "Today marks the end of the of a gruelling 10-month process, during which the WBC had already decided that I was innocent of any wrongdoing. After a hearing with the National Anti-Doping Panel and UKAD, I have now been vindicated for the second time.

"Hopefully the general public and varied members of the media can now perceive why I've maintained my innocence so strongly all over. The UKAD course of has now formally ended, and I stay free to combat. Naturally I'm happy that I can now put this behind me as soon as and for all.

"As you can imagine the last 10 months have weighed heavily on me and I am anxious that if this happened to me it could potentially happen to any honest, dedicated and clean athlete like me. I would like to thank my fans that have kept the faith when many have turned against me, as well as my team, Matchroom, my friends and family, sponsors.

"And additionally my authorized group, all of whom have shared a perception in me and a dedication to making sure the right outcome being obtained and justice being achieved. Only with the power of all this help have I been capable of proceed throughout this difficult time. I now intend to place this matter behind me and look ahead. Which begins with combating as quickly as potential so I can remind everybody who I'm."

Benn is free to combat within the UK once more after being cleared by UKAD and can re-enter the WBC welterweight rankings. He is predicted to return to the ring this yr with Kell Brook, Manny Pacquiao and Eubank Jr all touted as potential opponents.

This comes after the WBC absolved Benn of an intentional doping offence after ruling that “highly-elevated consumption of eggs” was thought-about a “reasonable explanation” for returning adversarial findings for the banned substance Clomiphene. The WBC concluded there was “no conclusive evidence that Mr Benn engaged in intentional or knowing ingestion of Clomiphene”.

UKAD are but to launch an announcement on the time of writing clarifying their choice.