Kenichi Ogawa is preparing to return to the ring.
Earlier this month, the Japan Boxing Commission announced that Ogawa was eligible to fight once again after serving a one-year suspension for failing a doping test.
Ogawa lost his IBF super featherweight belt and was banned for six months last winter after a doping test conducted in the lead-up to his Dec. 9 title fight in Las Vegas against Tevin Farmer came back positive.
He was the first Japanese boxer to be stripped of a world title for failing a doping test.
The JBC’s suspension was retroactive to Dec. 10, 2017, the day after Ogawa won the then-vacant title by beating Farmer in a split decision.
In April, the Nevada State Athletic Commission invalidated the fight and handed down a six-month ban for the 30-year-old Ogawa after it was confirmed he tested positive for two forms of androstanediol, a synthetic testosterone, in a urine test conducted on Dec. 5.
A drug test after the fight came back negative, and Ogawa denied knowingly ingesting a banned substance.
Following news of the positive test in January, a source close to the matter said medicine for Ogawa’s skin condition may have triggered the positive result.
Kenichi Ogawa Preparing To Return After Serving Doping Ban
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Re: Kenichi Ogawa Preparing To Return After Serving Doping Ban
Anyone want to see a rematch with Farmer..
Some actually had Ogawa winning..
Some actually had Ogawa winning..
Re: Kenichi Ogawa Preparing To Return After Serving Doping Ban
Who wants to see Farmer fight at all? His last showing was so damn boring. It wasn't as bad as Bailey/Alexander, which I think was the most boring fight in history, but it was almost as boring.Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑29 Dec 2018, 07:16 Anyone want to see a rematch with Farmer..
Some actually had Ogawa winning..
Re: Kenichi Ogawa Preparing To Return After Serving Doping Ban
anybody want to see Ogawa in with Masayuki Ito, countryman and holder of a world title in the same weight class?
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Re: Kenichi Ogawa Preparing To Return After Serving Doping Ban
A select few actually saw Ogawa the winner. Felt Farmer didn’t really do much.Mexi-Box wrote: ↑31 Dec 2018, 23:49Who wants to see Farmer fight at all? His last showing was so damn boring. It wasn't as bad as Bailey/Alexander, which I think was the most boring fight in history, but it was almost as boring.Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑29 Dec 2018, 07:16 Anyone want to see a rematch with Farmer..
Some actually had Ogawa winning..
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