News Dillian Whyte Offically Cleared by UKAD - Charge Withdrawn

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STATEMENT BY UKAD

UK Anti-Doping and the professional boxer, Dillian Whyte, can today jointly confirm that Mr Whyte was charged with an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) earlier this year, but that this charge has now been withdrawn.

The charge was brought after a sample provided by Mr Whyte on 20 June 2019 indicated the presence of two metabolites of a steroid. UKAD initiated an investigation with which Mr Whyte cooperated fully. UKAD has accepted the explanation provided by Mr Whyte and, in accordance with the UK Anti-Doping Rules, the charge against Mr Whyte has been withdrawn.

This would ordinarily mean that UKAD would not make any public statement, in accordance with the applicable confidentiality rules to which UKAD is subject. However, since certain confidential information relating to this matter (including the fact of the initial charge) has unfortunately made its way into the public domain, UKAD and Mr Whyte have agreed to take the unusual step of releasing the following limited information to put an end to speculation concerning Mr Whyte’s status.

Case Details

In respect of Mr Whyte's drug testing results, the following points are relevant:

There is nothing in Mr Whyte's longitudinal urinary profile to suggest that he has used steroids.

The levels of the metabolites found in Mr Whyte's 20 June 2019 sample were extremely low.

Mr Whyte had provided a urine sample to VADA on 17 June 2019, i.e. 3 days before his 20 June 2019 sample, which was tested by a WADA-accredited laboratory and which returned a negative result, including for the metabolites in question.

Mr Whyte provided several other doping control samples to UKAD and VADA between 20 June and 20 July 2019 (i.e. the date of his fight with Oscar Rivas) – all of which also tested negative.

In light of the above points, the trace amounts of metabolites found in the 20 June 2019 sample are consistent with an isolated contamination event, and they are not suggestive of doping.

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 20 June 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 20 July 2019. Indeed, prior to that fight, an independent tribunal considered a number of the above factors before deciding to permit Mr Whyte to participate. Following that preliminary ruling, UKAD continued its investigation and Mr Whyte provided further evidence in his defence, which has culminated in UKAD’s decision to withdraw the charge.

Mr Whyte acknowledges that, based on the test results reported to UKAD relating to his 20 June 2019 sample, UKAD acted in accordance with the UK Anti-Doping Rules by issuing the initial charge and in the conduct of its investigation.

Pursuant to the terms of the UK National Anti-Doping Policy, UKAD must always act in the interests of justice and not solely for the purpose of obtaining determinations adverse to athletes. In the present case, UKAD considers that means that the appropriate course of action is for the charge against Mr Whyte to be withdrawn and does so in accordance with the relevant anti-doping rules.

The British Boxing Board of Control, having delegated responsibility for anti-doping matters to UKAD, has been informed of the resolution of these proceedings against Mr Whyte.

Note: The UK Anti-Doping Rules place restrictions on reporting information relating to ongoing anti-doing proceedings including that UKAD will not comment publicly on the specific facts of a pending case (except in response to public comments attributed to a charged athlete or his/her representatives). For that reason, UKAD has not previously been able to comment publicly in respect of the charge brought against Mr Whyte. Since the charge against Mr Whyte has been withdrawn, neither UKAD nor Mr Whyte intend to make any further public comment in respect of this matter, in accordance with the confidentiality provisions of the UK Anti-Doping Rules. Any public comments made by anyone other than UKAD or Mr Whyte will not be made on the basis of an understanding of the full facts.
 
huh, saying "I didn't do it" actually worked?
 
welp

i wonder if the wbc gives him a shot next year
"The WBC is expected to restore Whyte's standing as WBC interim-champion, and the sanctioning body already ruled that he will be eligibly for a mandatory shot at Deontay Wilder by February 2021" - ie after the two wilder / fury fights
 
Dunno if I believe it, but I ain't an expert so I guess that's how it goes for now.
 
"The WBC is expected to restore Whyte's standing as WBC interim-champion, and the sanctioning body already ruled that he will be eligibly for a mandatory shot at Deontay Wilder by February 2021" - ie after the two wilder / fury fights

While i dont give a shit about Whyte, that is fucking disgraceful....LOL
 
While i dont give a shit about Whyte, that is fucking disgraceful....LOL
Dude would be mandatory for like 1000 days or some shit by that point
 
Him and Knowagi? Should fight next while Wilder and Fury fight and then the winner of that gets a chance at Wilder next summer. I think Know ends this BS Whyte hype.
 
Him and Knowagi? Should fight next while Wilder and Fury fight and then the winner of that gets a chance at Wilder next summer. I think Know ends this BS Whyte hype.
Whyte shouldn't need to fight someone else to be mandatory he has had about 5 fights like that already and still not got his shot
 
So they revoked his mandatory for something he was cleared of, and gave it to a guy who's only win over a WBC ranked opponent was Chisora in 2014. Makes sense.

yeah

They didn't know he would be cleared, UKAD had a track record of taking 1-2 yrs to come to resolutions about such matters.

Fury got the better of a draw, with the WBC's champ, a heavily disputed draw, that has earned him his mandatory
 
yeah

They didn't know he would be cleared, UKAD had a track record of taking 1-2 yrs to come to resolutions about such matters.

Fury got the better of a draw, with the WBC's champ, a heavily disputed draw, that has earned him his mandatory
Just seems like WBC are hell bent on screwing Whyte out of a title shot. The Fury and Wilder fight would happen whether Fury was mandatory or not. Making him mandatory accomplishes nothing other than taking the shot away from Whyte.
 
Just seems like WBC are hell bent on screwing Whyte out of a title shot. The Fury and Wilder fight would happen whether Fury was mandatory or not. Making him mandatory accomplishes nothing other than taking the shot away from Whyte.

That's 1 way of looking at it

There is 1 very high profile forum member who think Fury vs Wilder 2, was 1 big publicity stunt by Wilder's team to take attention away from AJ or something. I have been in discussion with a few people who say Wilder would have no interest in fighting Fury now that he has shown he is back to his best. This (fury to mandatory) forces Wilder's hand.
 
That's 1 way of looking at it

There is 1 very high profile forum member who think Fury vs Wilder 2, was 1 big publicity stunt by Wilder's team to take attention away from AJ or something. I have been in discussion with a few people who say Wilder would have no interest in fighting Fury now that he has shown he is back to his best. This (fury to mandatory) forces Wilder's hand.
That doesn't make sense when Fury was the one who rejected the rematch. They gave the mandatory to someone who turned the fight down.
 
Well it just makes the UKAD look shit. Contaminated sample with low levels of metabolites? Someone should be investigating the WADA accredited lab for incompetence. All his other samples came up negative. Meanwhile Whyte has been put on ice of another year. I suppose it's good that he's being shown to be innocent in this case. Now when can Whyte get his title shot? He should be next in line for the winner of Fury-Wilder BUT we all know the WBC won't allow that to happen! Fucking crooked motherfuckers
 
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