- Title: Whyte 'devastated' after Joshua fight cancelled
- Date: 5th August 2023
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - SEPTEMBER 21, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ANTHONY JOSHUA SHADOWBOXING LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - SEPTEMBER 24, 2021) (REUTERS) JOSHUA WEIGHING IN AHEAD OF THE FIRST FIGHT WITH OLEKSANDR USYK LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - JUNE 29, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FACE-OFF BETWEEN JOSHUA AND USYK AHEAD OF THE SECOND FIGHT
- Embargoed: 19th August 2023 21:07
- Keywords: Anthony Joshua Dillian Whyte boxing doping fight heavyweight
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA / INTERNET
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM / JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA / INTERNET
- Country: UK
- Topics: Boxing,Europe,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA004258305082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Britain's Dillian Whyte said on Saturday (August 5) he was devastated after an "adverse finding" from his random dope test led to the cancellation of next week's heavyweight fight with former world champion Anthony Joshua.
The two had been due to meet at London's O2 Arena on August 12 in a rematch of their 2015 bout, won by Joshua, at the same venue.
Promoters Matchroom said in a statement on Saturday (August 5) that the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) had informed them that Whyte "returned adverse analytical findings as part of a random anti-doping protocol."
Whyte, who lost a title challenge to WBC world champion Tyson Fury in April 2022, reacted to the news on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, saying he can “confirm without a shadow of doubt that I have not taken the reported substance, in this camp or at any point in my lifeâ€.
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