2023-08-05 17:10:26
Heavyweight Dillian Whyte has failed a doping test and the fight once morest former world champion Anthony Joshua, which was due to take place next Saturday in London, has been called off. The announcement was made by the promoter Matchroom.
Joshua will therefore have to wait before returning to the ring, he who is trying to return to the top of the division following his two consecutive losses once morest Oleksandr Usyk.
The fight between Whyte and Joshua was expected to be the second between the two fighters. In December 2015, Joshua had triumphed by K.-O. technique to inflict the first defeat of Whyte’s career.
“Today the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) informed Matchroom, the Association of Boxing Commissions and the UK Boxing Control Board that Dillian Whyte has returned Adverse Analytical Findings in a Random Anti-Doping Protocol,” said Matchroom.
“In light of this news, the fight will be canceled and a full investigation will be made. »
Joshua won his last fight in April once morest Jermaine Franklin Jr., while Whyte also got the better of Franklin Jr. in November 2022.
whyte doesn’t get it
‘Amazed’ by the test result, Whyte (35) claimed he had done nothing wrong and deserved a chance to clear his name.
“I am shocked and amazed to hear that a report has found adverse findings regarding me,” Whyte wrote on X (ex-Twitter).
“I only learned regarding it this (Saturday) morning. I have also just read that the fight was canceled without having had the opportunity to demonstrate my innocence, continues the British boxer. I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that I did not take the offending substance, neither now nor at any time in my life. »
“It’s not the first time I’ve been implicated for something I didn’t take, and like I did last time, I’ll once once more prove that I’m completely innocent.” »
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