British media had reported the 33-year-old, whose whereabouts had been unclear, examined optimistic for traces of cocaine and will face a prolonged ban from the game.
“The Voluntary Anti-Doping Affiliation (VADA) final evening knowledgeable all required events that Joseph Parker returned an adversarial discovering following an anti-doping take a look at carried out on the twenty fifth October in relation to his bout with Fabio Wardley,” Queensberry stated in a press release.
“Whereas the matter is investigated additional, no extra remark will probably be made right now.”
Parker’s UK supervisor Spencer Brown issued a press release talking of “complete shock on the findings.
“We’re simply ready to talk to Joe, (promoter) David Higgins and his promoter Frank Warren. It is vitally early days and we’ll unravel all of it.”
Wardley stopped fight-favourite Parker within the eleventh spherical at London’s O2 Enviornment within the WBO ‘Interim’ conflict to earn the precise to problem Ukraine’s undisputed world champion Oleksandr Usyk.
The British Boxing Board of Management (BBBofC), which might determine the size of any ban, couldn’t be reached for touch upon the following steps.
The UK Anti-Doping Company (UKAD) wouldn’t remark, as is its commonplace apply.
British boxer Liam Cameron was banned for 4 years after he examined optimistic for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, in 2018 however guidelines have been modified since then.
Parker received the WBO heavyweight title in 2016 by defeating Mexican Andy Ruiz for the vacant belt. He misplaced the title to Britain’s Anthony Joshua in 2018.
He had held the WBO interim heavyweight title since March final yr after defeating China’s Zhang Zhilei.
