Amir Khan, a British boxer, has been banned from all sports for two years after testing positive for a banned substance following his fight with Kell Brook last year.
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Khan, 36, tested positive for the anabolic agent ostarine after losing to Brook in Manchester on February 19, 2022, according to UK Anti-Doping.
Khan, who announced his retirement in May of last year, admitted to breaking anti-doping rules but claimed he had not ingested the substance on purpose, an argument accepted by an independent panel following a hearing in January.
‘Professional boxer and Olympic medallist Amir Khan has been banned from all sport for two years following Anti-Doping Rule Violations for the presence and use of a Prohibited substance,’ UKAD said in a statement.
‘Ostarine is an androgen receptor modulator that is selective. The substance is classified as an anabolic agent on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s 2022 Prohibited List and is prohibited in sports at all times.’
‘Mr. Khan accepted the violations charged but maintained that his ingestion of ostarine was not “intentional,”‘ said UKAD.
The panel also ruled that Mr Khan’s victory over Mr Brook was invalid.’
Khan was knocked out in the sixth round of his rematch with bitter rival Brook 14 months ago, in what turned out to be his final professional fight.
Khan won the WBA super-lightweight title in July 2009 by defeating Andriy Kotelnik on points, and he added the IBF title two years later by stopping Zab Judah.
The Bolton fighter made an audacious move up to middleweight to challenge Canelo for the WBC title, but was knocked out in the sixth round in May 2016 and was stopped in the sixth round of their WBO title fight in April 2019.
In February 2022, he shared the ring with Brook, embracing his rival in the ring.
