British boxer Amir Khan has been banned for two years after a drug test revealed the presence of a banned substance following his fight against Kell Brook in February 2022.
British boxer Amir Khan has been banned for two years after a drug test revealed the presence of a banned substance following his fight against Kell Brook in February 2022.
The former world light welterweight champion has tested positive for ostarine.
Khan, who retired from boxing in May, conceded that he violated anti-doping rules but said it was unintentional.
An independent court accepted that argument and ruled out the 36-year-old’s “willful or reckless conduct.”
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“I never cheated,” Khan told Sky Sports News. “But now I have a two-year ban, which is pretty weird and funny because I’m already retired anyway.
“There is no return planned at all. But I have never cheated and I never will. That’s something I wouldn’t do.”
“I have to take some kind of responsibility. At the end of the day, it has been found in my system. I can honestly say that this is something I would never do. [hacer trampa].
“It was such a small amount that there was no benefit. Maybe I should have taken more precautions.”
“I don’t want to be remembered for something like this,” he said. “That will hurt me.”
