Kenichi Ogawa Preparing To Return After Serving Doping Ban
Posted: 29 Dec 2018, 07:16
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.
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.