{"id":696328,"date":"2026-07-17T08:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696328\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:47:15","slug":"sergio-mora-links-conor-benns-decline-to-failed-ped-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696328\/","title":{"rendered":"Sergio Mora Links Conor Benn&#8217;s Decline To Failed PED Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Chris Eubank Jr. was like 37 years old. You get old overnight. And he has to dehydrate down to a weight division that doesn\u2019t suit him,\u201d said Mora to Chris Mannix\u2019s channel. That takes away your legs, it saps your strength, and that\u2019s the reason he didn\u2019t look so strong. \u201cAnd then with Benn, it has to be the PEDs, man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis body didn\u2019t look as ripped. It didn\u2019t look as muscular. You got that with a lot of fighters, whether they\u2019re male or female, once they lose that extra boost of cheating. The proof is in the pudding. They don\u2019t look that good because they\u2019re not putting in their body what used to be the goods. They used to be powerful. They used to be explosive. They used to be able to take a punch a lot better. That\u2019s not there anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benn tested positive for the banned substance clomifene in 2022, forcing the cancellation of his scheduled bout with Eubank Jr. He has since returned to the ring and has repeatedly maintained his innocence, eventually receiving clearance to resume boxing.<\/p>\n<p>Mora said he\u2019s willing to change his opinion if Benn begins producing the kind of knockout performances that defined the early part of his career while continuing to pass drug tests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he can go back to knocking people out like he did Algieri, like he was knocking out everybody, now when he\u2019s passing all the tests, then one, I will apologize,\u201d said Mora. Then he can maybe get all the haters on board and start to say, \u2018Okay, that\u2019s what I can get behind.\u2019 But for now, if we\u2019re questioning it, it\u2019s because of the obvious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mora\u2019s comments leave little doubt about how he views the matchup. He believes Benn has lost the explosiveness that once made him one of the division\u2019s most dangerous punchers, while Ryan is entering the fight at the peak of his career. If Benn proves capable of rediscovering that knockout power while continuing to pass drug tests, Mora says he\u2019ll gladly admit he was wrong.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784278035_9_hqdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBecause Chris Eubank Jr. was like 37 years old. You get old overnight. 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