Amir Khan, UK’s ex-world champion boxer, handed two-year ban

The previous light-welterweight world champion returned a constructive end result for anabolic agent ostarine in February 2022.

Former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan has been handed a two-year ban from all sport after testing constructive for a prohibited substance.

The 36-year-old retired boxer 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 accordance with UKAD, is designed to have comparable results to testosterone.

Khan was first notified of his personal constructive lead to April 2022 and given a provisional suspension, with expenses following in July after he had introduced his retirement with a 34-6 skilled document.

Following a listening to in January this 12 months, the Nationwide Anti-Doping Panel accepted Khan’s submission he had not taken the substance deliberately however imposed the ban on the premise of strict legal responsibility.

The ban is deemed to have commenced on April 6, 2022, when his provisional suspension was imposed, and can expire on 5 April 2024.

Reacting to the announcement, Khan instructed Sky Information he has “by no means cheated in my life.”

“You possibly can see by my efficiency towards Kell Brook – I misplaced the combat. If I went in there and knocked Kell Brook out it’s completely different,” he stated. “In the event that they ban me, they ban me,” he stated. “I’m retired anyway.”

The most effective British boxers of his period, Khan retired with a document of 34-6, although the unbiased panel has disqualified his end result from the combat towards Brook.

Khan began his profession with a gold medal on the 2003 Junior Olympics and a silver on the Athens Olympics in 2004, aged simply 17.

He went on to win 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 combat, 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.

UKAD chief govt Jane Rumble the case served “as a reminder that UKAD will diligently pursue anti-doping rule violations in an effort to shield clear sport”.

“Strict legal responsibility means athletes are finally answerable for what they ingest and for the presence of any prohibited substances in a pattern,” she stated in an announcement.

“It’s important that each one athletes and their assist personnel, no matter stage they’re competing at, take their anti-doping duties critically.”