British boxer Conor Benn has said he was feeling suicidal after his failed drug tests last year led to the cancellation of his highly publicized fight with Chris Eubank Jr. in October.
Benn, who tested positive for the banned substance clomiphene, was cleared of an intentional doping offense by the World Boxing Council (WBC) after the body ruled that “very high consumption of eggs” resulted in the adverse finding.
“That hurts me. I didn’t think I was going to get through this period,” Benn, 26, said in an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Monday. “I was taking it day by day. I didn’t think I would see another day.
Asked if he was feeling suicidal, Benn said: “Yes, I would say yes. And now it bothers me because I don’t know how she got so bad. I got really bad about it.
“It’s hard because I felt like I was on death row for something I hadn’t even done… I felt like seven years of hard work and sacrifice, and leaving my family and the image I uphold, was ruined by someone else’s incompetence. ”.
Benn, who has reiterated his innocence, remains under investigation by Britain’s anti-doping body UKAD. He relinquished his boxing license after the Eubank Jr. fight was cancelled.
Benn, the son of former world champion Nigel, said he and his family were abused on social media.
There have been too many. ‘Suicide yourself,’ racist comments to my son, to my family,” Benn said. “I had night terrors, panic attacks.
“I was really struggling. He was in very bad shape and he was bearing it terribly.”
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