Retired British boxer Amir Khan has been banned from all sports activities for 2 years after testing constructive for a prohibited substance following what proved to be the final battle of his profession. Khan, a former light-welterweight world champion and Olympic silver-medalist, returned a constructive end result for anabolic agent ostarine after his loss to Kell Brook in Manchester in February 2022, UK Anti-Doping stated Tuesday.
Ostarine is a selective androgen receptor modulator that may assist muscle development and, in response to UKAD, is designed to have related results to testosterone.
Khan, who introduced his retirement three months after the battle, accepted a violation of anti-doping guidelines however stated he had not deliberately ingested the substance. That was accepted by an impartial panel following a listening to in January. His ban will expire on April 5, 2024.
Reacting to the announcement, Khan — talking in London — advised Sky Information he has “by no means cheated in my life.”
“You possibly can see by my efficiency in opposition to Kell Brook — I misplaced the battle. If I went in there and knocked Kell Brook out it’s totally different,” he stated.
The 36-year-old Khan stated he discovered it unusual he has been banned now that he’s retired from boxing.
“In the event that they ban me, they ban me,” he stated. “I’m retired anyway.”
Among the finest British boxers of his period, Khan retired with a file of 34-6, although the impartial panel has disqualified his end result from the battle in opposition to Brook.
It is a unhappy closing entry to a profession that began with a gold medal on the 2003 Junior Olympics and a silver on the Athens Olympics in 2004, aged simply 17.
Khan received the WBA light-welterweight title with victory over Andreas Kotelnik in Manchester in July 2009, earlier than unifying the WBA and IBF titles with a win over Zab Judah in 2011. He misplaced his subsequent battle, to Lamont Peterson, who subsequently examined constructive for artificial testosterone.
Khan later misplaced world title fights once more Danny Garcia, Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford.
Lately, Khan has appeared on actuality TV reveals and is scheduled to be a participant on “I’m A Movie star… South Africa” this month.
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