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Amir Khan, the former world champion boxer, has been banned from all sports for two years. After he was found guilty of having ostarine, a banned performance-enhancing drug, in his system. On the night he lost to his bitter rival Kell Brook last year.
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Former light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan has been banned for two years from all sports. After returning a positive dope test result, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) said on Tuesday. The ban is deemed to have commenced on April 6, 2022, when his provisional suspension was imposed, and will expire on 5 April 2024.
Amir underwent a dope test following his defeat against Kell Brooks in February, last year. Which returned a positive result for the anabolic agent ostarine. Ostarine – present on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s prohibited list – is a drug designed to have similar effects to testosterone. It is prohibited in all sports at all times. Amir, who received a two-year ban over the doping violation, had already retired from professional boxing in May last year. He accepted a violation of anti-doping rules but said he had not intentionally ingested the substance.
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Boxer’s Reaction
In reacting to his ban, he continues to deny any wrongdoing. “You can see by my performance against Kell Brook [that it] wasn’t the best. I lost the fight. If I went in there and knocked Kell Brook out it is different. I have never cheated in my life, I am the one who wanted the testing done,” he said.
“The amount that was in my system could have come from shaking peoples’ hands. I don’t know what the drug was in my system. I will give my views, but, as I say, I have never cheated in my life.
“And I would never cheat. I am a retired fighter, and I have got this two-year ban now, which is quite strange. I have already retired anyway. No comeback plans at all,” he told.
Amir Khan’s Legacy
Khan became a household name in Britain after claiming a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, aged just 17.
He made his professional debut in July 2005 and four years later won the WBA light-welterweight title with victory over Andreas Kotelnik in Manchester.
Khan unified the WBA and IBF titles with a win over Zab Judah in 2011 but controversially lost his next fight to Lamont Peterson, who would subsequently test positive for synthetic testosterone.
He retired with a record of 34 wins and six defeats from 40 bouts.