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Evening Standard
Sport
Marc Mayo

Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte CANCELLED after ‘adverse’ anti-doping finding as Whyte pleads innocence

Anthony Joshua’s fight with Dillian Whyte has been cancelled due to an “adverse finding” in an anti-doping sample provided by Whyte.

The Voluntary Anti-Doping Association said it had informed the Association of Boxing Commissions and the British Boxing Board of Control that a “random anti-doping protocol” undertaken by Whyte had returned the adverse findings, leading to the bout being called off and an investigation being launched.

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