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British heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte has had a doping charge dropped.

The 31-year-old tested hot in the build up to his fight with Oscar Rivas earlier this year. Despite the failed test he was allowed to fight and beat the Colombian after meeting with the United Kingdom Anti-Doping commission (UKAD).

He passed all tests with the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) in the build-up and aftermath of that fight, but gave an adverse test to UKAD.

However last night UKAD announced the charge against Whyte had been withdrawn. In a joint statement with the fighter they said. “Having rigorously scrutinised and investigated the detailed factual and scientific evidence provided by Mr Whyte, UKAD is satisfied that the presence of the very low amounts of metabolites in his June 20 2019 sample was not caused by any fault, negligence or wrongdoing on Mr Whyte’s part and, given the circumstances, could not have affected the fight between Mr Whyte and Mr Rivas on July 20 2019.” (H/T UKAD)

The fighter himself reacted to the new on social media. “For those who believed in me I won’t forget you. To those who didn’t, I won’t forgive you and I know who you are.”

Whyte will fight Polish heavyweight Mariusz Wach tonight. The Brixton heavyweight will be part of the under-card of Anhtony Joshuas rematch with Andy Ruiz.

This latest development now makes things unclear with his WBC situation. Whyte holds the ‘interim’ belt and was due to be Deontay Wilders mandatory. However on hearing of Whyte failed test the WBC provisionally suspended Whyte’s status, something which now need to be rectified.

Do you think UKAD are right to clear Dillian Whyte of doping charges?

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British heavyweight boxer Dillian Whyte has finally responded to the news that he tested positive for a banned substance.

Whyte made it 10 wins in a row when he defeated Oscar Rivas via unanimous decision at the O2 Arena in London this past weekend. However, it was reported Wednesday that a UK Anti-Doping test showed his system containing metabolites of the anabolic steroid dianobol.

The test notably came back positive on July 17 which meant Whyte was allowed to fight Rivas despite his promoters Matchroom and the British Boxing Board of Control being made aware of it. Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn insisted both fighters were cleared to fight soon after:

Further to reports I can confirm that both Dillian Whyte and Oscar Rivas were subject to extensive VADA and UKAD testing for their bout. Both fighters were cleared to fight by both bodies and the BBBofC

— Eddie Hearn (@EddieHearn) July 24, 2019

And Whyte finally broke his silence on the matter — as much as he legally could:

“I am so disappointed with the rubbish that has been said about me over the last few days,” Whyte tweeted Friday. “I have lawyers dealing with it and I have been told that I can’t talk about it for good legal reasons. I was cleared to fight and I won that fight fair and square. Thanks for the support.”

I am so disappointed with the rubbish that has been said about me over the last few days.
I have lawyers dealing with it and I have been told that I can't talk about it for good legal reasons.
I was cleared to fight and I won that fight fair and square.

Thanks for the support

— Dillian Whyte (@DillianWhyte) July 26, 2019

Hopefully, more information is revealed to the public soon, but it’s worth noting that this is not the first time Whyte has tested positive for banned substances. “The Body Snatcher” was suspended for two years after testing positive for Methylhexaneamine in 2012.

What do you make of the Whyte situation?

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