Amir Khan is Banned from all sport for two years over doping rule break

[BigDoofus]

Without looking into it closely, think I believe Khan.

Don’t know why - always had a blind spot where he’s concerned!!

He did admit he lied about his spar with Brook for about 18 years.

[polecateddy]

Khan can fib all he likes but really the damage is done in terms of the level of mainstream media opportunities he’s likely to get now. ITV already wish he wasn’t in their I’m A Celebrity lineup. He’s slightly tarnished now, a bit like Naz.

[handsofstone]

Khan can fib all he likes but really the damage is done in terms of the level of mainstream media opportunities he’s likely to get now. ITV already wish he wasn’t in their I’m A Celebrity lineup. He’s slightly tarnished now, a bit like Naz.

The fckn gall on itv getting pissy about Khan when they've had Matt Hancock and jiggalo kidnapping beating wankstain Boy George on

[MightyWarrior]

Why is there a vid of Khan at his training camp for the Brook fight, asking why is there is no testing? saying no one has come to test me what’s going on? He must’ve thought he was clean, even Amir’s not that dumb.

[polecateddy]

Why is there a vid of Khan at his training camp for the Brook fight, asking why is there is no testing? saying no one has come to test me what’s going on? He must’ve thought he was clean, even Amir’s not that dumb.

Isn’t the reality though that Khan has been through testing processes for fights umpteen times in preparation for big fights. He’d know the best practice is to save food samples, and definitely supplement samples in the ‘in competition’ phase of the drug testing. Yet he’s been done with a second violation for not being able to provide any samples of food/supplements. And he’s trying to sell some kind of wishy-washy narrative that it was shaking hands, it was some supplement he took or one of those 20 vitamins. He should know exactly what he took and have samples to back that up.

[MightyWarrior]

Yeh guess so, and those wildcard gym days look highly suspect now ( and then )

[The Gratest]

What a dope.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Amir Khan Considers Working With UKAD, Anti-Doping Agencies To Educate Fighters on ‘Drug Contamination’

Amir Khan wants to make sure the next generation of fighters steer clear of his latest faux pas.

The former 140-pound titlist has come under fire recently after it was announced by United Kingdom Anti-Doping this week that he had tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing drug ostarine. The test was administered right after Khan’s stoppage loss to rival Kell Brook last year in Manchester.

UKAD shared the results in a release on Tuesday, slapping Khan with a two-year ban from fighting. Khan, who retired last year, has stated that he does not intend to fight again, at least anytime soon. UKAD argued that there were only trace amounts of ostarine, an anabolic agent, in Khan’s body, and concluded that Khan did not deliberately take the drug. However, because UKAD abides by a principle of strict liability, it still penalized Khan, reducing the usual four-year ban associated with illegal doping to two.

Khan has owned up to the results of the test but he has maintained that the ingestion of ostarine was by accident. He has suggested he might have absorbed it by doing something as mundane as shaking someone's hand.

The 36 year old has not shied from the press. Earlier this week, he appeared on the British radio show talkSPORT to discuss his side of the story. Khan has repeatedly expressed his regret and has taken pains to convince the public that there was no malicious intent on his part.

In an attempt to improve his standing with the boxing world, Khan said he is now looking to become an ambassador of sorts for “clean boxing,” saying he would be interested in working in tandem with UKAD or a similar anti-doping agency to prevent younger fighters from making the same mistake as he did.

“I’ve always been a clean fighter, and I’m the one who always wants [more] testing,” Khan told talkSPORT. “It could be very damaging if I didn’t come here and talk about it. Because if I stayed quiet and moved away from everyone and didn’t say a word about it, people would say why is he saying nothing? But I wanted to come out and come clean.

“I think it would be good to work with UKAD or something, with anti-doping commissions to make sure that the sport of boxing should stay clean. Maybe somehow educate the younger fighters and the boxers out there even now fighting to say, look, be very careful. Contamination can happen. Make sure you check your vitamins, proteins, and everything. So, making sure you have a proper team around you, not taking drinks from just anyone towards a fight. Like I said it can happen to anyone.

“I take it on the head," he added. "I’m not gonna blame anyone.”

Khan also refuted the notion that he announced his retirement only after he was informed by UKAD about his positive drug test. In the same interview, Khan insisted that he had not been told about the results until “six to nine” months after his fight with Brook, contradicting UKAD’s timeline.

“I think straight after that fight I kind of made that clear to everyone that I was going to call it a day from the sport because I didn’t feel like the same fighter,” Khan said. "I know exactly where you’re coming from. Yeah, people are going to start thinking of that. I didn’t think of it that way. But, no, I made my mind up straight after the fight. I remember doing that Sky interview and thinking that’s me done. I’m done for the sport. Because you know when you don’t have that fire left in your belly and you’re like, call it a day now.”

Khan pointed out that he was not in optimum shape against Brook—something he feels is self-evident from pictures taken of him from that night. The fact that he was knocked out by Brook, Khan feels, should disabuse any skeptics of the idea that he was doping to gain an advantage. Brook, on the other hand, has rejected that rationale and has called for his embattled rival to be subject to more punitive measures.

“I spent over a hundred grand just to make sure I find out how this happened, to prove that I was clean,” Khan said. “I spent a lot of money on this whole thing, because I wanted to prove to people I never cheated and I never would have. Sometimes you look at fighters and you can see their body shape and the way their body is.

“Coming back to that you can see my body in the last fight. It didn’t look nowhere near like I was on something. But you can see in some fighters you can see the muscles. They look strong, they have aggression, they’re aggressive in the fight as well, when they take shots, how they cope with taking them big shots, and come back with bigger shots. Almost recovered so quick. So you see all that and yeah you start thinking, ‘Are they on something?’”

[Ruthless-RKO]

Trust Khan to fail a test and then become an advocate for clean boxing.

[Deserter]

Trust Khan to fail a test and then become an advocate for clean boxing.

[Spud]

Trust Khan to fail a test and then become an advocate for clean
boxing.

Says everything you need to know about British boxing.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Trust Khan to fail a test and then become an advocate for clean
boxing.

Says everything you need to know about British boxing.

Said he spent over £100k

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Trust Khan to fail a test and then become an advocate for clean boxing.

You couldn't make it up.

[polecateddy]

I’d guess either his wife or his PR expert came up with that one. Is he trying to say mainstream, over the counter protein supplements are regularly contaminated with SARMS? Like Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard, or whatever elite UK boxers take currently? I don’t believe that, and I don’t think anyone has EVER managed to show that happening in the UK. SARMS you get from seedy, online only mail order services. Not credible health food shops and supermarkets, and not mainstream platforms like Amazon. Why would any gold standard supplement company ever risk tarnishing their names with that crap?

[leejonesjnr]

WELL... whilst he is a div, I like Amir Khan which probably makes me WANT to believe him more than someone like Tyson Fury or Conor Benn, but it does also seem that the evidence is in his favour too.

[coneye]

WELL... whilst he is a div, I like Amir Khan which probably makes me WANT to believe him more than someone like Tyson Fury or Conor Benn, but it does also seem that the evidence is in his favour too.

Got to say i agree i like the guy ducked no one gave us some exciting fights ,, and now he's been sussed not denied it , admits it was his responsibility and from what others who know all about these things say , would not of got any benefit out of the amounts found , so it sort of makes him believable , but taking it on the chin still makes him likable .

Now if he had just said its bollocks i never took nothing heres my lawyer and my 270 page dossier to prove it which i'm not going to let anyone read , and besides that your all a bunch of haters and i DEMAND an apology from you all because its just Vada , Ukad and the Bbbc conspiring against me cos they don't lie my dad .

Then i would dislike him too

[Ruthless-RKO]

Kell Brook Has Changed His Mind Over Amir Khan’s Failed Test On Fight Night

“Looking back now, and reading about the drug that he was on, it’s a drug that you get the benefits from, months and months out from the fight.

Me and him got tested many, many, many times for that fight and he passed all them, he failed on fight night. It makes me believe his explanation, he’s obviously picked something up at the last minute.”

“You would not get any benefit from taking that drug on fight night. You could see in his performance, it didn’t help him out in any way, did it? He got beat up in there. So, I don’t think that he was on drugs in that fight, I don’t believe it, I believe what he is saying.”

[bripez]

Kell Brook Has Changed His Mind Over Amir Khan’s Failed Test On Fight Night

“Looking back now, and reading about the drug that he was on, it’s a drug that you get the benefits from, months and months out from the fight.

Me and him got tested many, many, many times for that fight and he passed all them, he failed on fight night. It makes me believe his explanation, he’s obviously picked something up at the last minute.”

“You would not get any benefit from taking that drug on fight night. You could see in his performance, it didn’t help him out in any way, did it? He got beat up in there. So, I don’t think that he was on drugs in that fight, I don’t believe it, I believe what he is saying.”

Just talking bollocks - he wouldn't be saying that if he had lost the fight

[polecateddy]

It was funny reading Khan’s weak sauce excuse in this week’s Christmas Boxing News; ‘It could have been from drinking someone’s drink. A lot of my friends are on steroids, because they want to be big. The new thing is that everyone wants to be on steroids. I might have shared a drink with someone. But I’ve never cheated in boxing.’

Just seemed a bit odd. Who makes say a protein shake, drops some SARMS in it, and then casually shares it with your friend Amir Khan, who is under VADA/UKAD testing? Doesn’t sound like the best friend ever! Lol

[margaret thatcher]

maybe it was kid galahad's brother who spiked his drinks

[Riddick Bowie]

Got to say i agree i like the guy ducked no one gave us some exciting fights ,,

Ducked no one? He never fought for the British title because Jon Thaxton had it, never fought for the Euro title because Romanov had it, avoided John Murray, never rematched Prescott which would have been a very easy fight to make, ducked a Pacman fight in favour of Paulie Malignaggi etc

[Coco]

Got to say i agree i like the guy ducked no one gave us some exciting fights ,,

Ducked no one? He never fought for the British title because Jon Thaxton had it, never fought for the Euro title because Romanov had it, avoided John Murray, never rematched Prescott which would have been a very easy fight to make, ducked a Pacman fight in favour of Paulie Malignaggi etc

You can accuse him of taking more lucrative fights but cast an eye over his record, he is no ducker.
Anyway this ducker stuff is largely nonsense, most fighters will fight anyone, it's the managers and promoters who do the business end

[SeanBrennan]

Got to say i agree i like the guy ducked no one gave us some exciting fights ,,

Ducked no one? He never fought for the British title because Jon Thaxton had it, never fought for the Euro title because Romanov had it, avoided John Murray, never rematched Prescott which would have been a very easy fight to make, ducked a Pacman fight in favour of Paulie Malignaggi etc

You can accuse him of taking more lucrative fights but cast an eye over his record, he is no ducker.
Anyway this ducker stuff is largely nonsense, most fighters will fight anyone, it's the managers and promoters who do the business end

totally agree - he fought peak Maidana and won, dismantled Alexander, stepped up to fight Alvarez and did well until the KO, Danny Garcia. There is an excellent interview with him in this week's Boxing News, well worth a read. Seems in a good place - has healed familial rifts, has tens of millions, talks about his favourite performance being Alexander. Says he was not chinny but suffered when he did not do leg work to build up that base strength. Also says he thinks he peaked really early at 21/22.

[coneye]

Got to say i agree i like the guy ducked no one gave us some exciting fights ,,

Ducked no one? He never fought for the British title because Jon Thaxton had it, never fought for the Euro title because Romanov had it, avoided John Murray, never rematched Prescott which would have been a very easy fight to make, ducked a Pacman fight in favour of Paulie Malignaggi etc

He did'nt need the british title , he was well above Thaxton in the draw cards and money making , why go backwards , fair enough he did'nt rematch Prescott , but thats management not him instead he come off a lss and when on to some big money fights , guys a fighter he was scared of NO ONE

[SeanBrennan]

Got to say i agree i like the guy ducked no one gave us some exciting fights ,,

Ducked no one? He never fought for the British title because Jon Thaxton had it, never fought for the Euro title because Romanov had it, avoided John Murray, never rematched Prescott which would have been a very easy fight to make, ducked a Pacman fight in favour of Paulie Malignaggi etc

He did'nt need the british title , he was well above Thaxton in the draw cards and money making , why go backwards , fair enough he did'nt rematch Prescott , but thats management not him instead he come off a lss and when on to some big money fights , guys a fighter he was scared of NO ONE

good points. Howling at the prospect he ducked Thaxton.