SO commonplace are failed drug tests in boxing these days it is no longer surprising or even disappointing when a fresh one emerges.
That said, in the case of Dillian Whyte, reported to have failed a UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) test on July 17, it’s not so much the test failure that bothers but the fact Whyte was then “cleared” to box Oscar Rivas at London’s O2 Arena just three days later.
In terms of what we know at this stage, a vital Thomas Hauser piece on BoxingScene.com last Thursday ( July 25) alleged Whyte returned a positive test for traces of epimethandienone and hydroxymethandienone, two metabolites of the banned drug dianabol, under UKAD rules.