Amir Khan has insisted he has never cheated after a failed drug test saw him banned from sport for two years.
The 36-year-old returned a positive result for the anabolic agent ostarine following his loss to Kell Brook in Manchester in February last year. Khan, who announced his retirement in May last year, accepted a violation of anti-doping rules but said he had not intentionally ingested the substance, an argument accepted by an independent panel following a hearing in January this year.
He has now denied cheating, telling Sky Sports: "I’ve never cheated, I’m a retired fighter. You can see by my performance against Kell Brook. I lost the fight. If I went in there and knocked Brook out it’s different. I’ve never cheated in my life. I’m the one who wanted the testing on the fight. The amount in my system, could have been from shaking peoples hands. I don’t know what the drug was in my system. I’ve never cheated and I never will. It’s funny that they’ve banned me, I’m already retired anyway.”
