JAKE PAUL offered Chris Eubank Jr some ringside seats for his boxing return and a potential fight themselves one day.
Eubank Jr has been hit with the news that the British Boxing Board of Control has cancelled his catchweight clash with Conor Benn.
It comes after the news Benn, 26, failed a pre-fight drug test over a female fertility drug in his system.
Paul, 25, responded in a now-deleted tweet by offering Eubank Jr, 33, a front row seat to his return fight against Anderson Silva.
He tweeted: “Chris I got front row seats for you for #PaulSilva October 29th.
“Come see if you really want to do this.”
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Eubank Jr offered to fight Paul after the YouTuber-turned boxer’s fight with Hasim Rahman Jr, 31, was axed amid a weight row.
And he recently demanded £20million to take on the American, who returns against UFC legend Silva, 47.
Eubank Jr was set to face Benn in a sensational 157lb catchweight clash on Saturday, 30 years after their dads’ famous rematch.
But it was thrown into doubt following the news that Benn returned an adverse finding for the banned substance clomifene.
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The substance, which is usually used to treat infertility in women but can increase testosterone in men, is prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Both Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn and Eubank Jr’s, Kalle Sauerland, confirmed both camps were happy for the fight to go ahead.
And the boxers even spoke to each other and agreed to the show must go on.
But that was until the British Boxing Board of Control deemed the fight prohibited, causing the bout to be axed.
Hearn spoke out following the board’s statements and revealed there are ongoing talks with lawyers.
He said: “We’ve just seen the British Boxing Board of Control’s statement, which is pretty straight forward.
“It’s with the lawyers going backwards and forwards right now. Both guys signed up to a multitude of testing for this fight.
“The UKAD testing, which is obviously the testing agency that the British Boxing Board of Control use and are governed by are all clear and negative.
“There was an adverse finding on a VADA test previously. So there’s not been an official doping violation there’s a process that has to be gone through.”
Hearn said Benn passed tests undertaken by UK Anti-Doping, meaning he will not face a suspension by the BBBoC.
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He said: “Conor Benn is not suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control, ultimately he can’t be, because he passed all the tests from UKAD.
“But clearly the British Boxing Board of Control will take a position on it, we’ll deal with the lawyers.”
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