said:, external<\/a> “Joseph Parker returned an adverse finding in relation to his bout with Fabio Wardley.<\/p>\n“While the matter is investigated further, no additional comment will be made.”<\/p>\n
Parker could receive a two-year ban but could also be suspended for as little as three months depending on circumstances. <\/p>\n
Any ban would be handed down by UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) and the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC).<\/p>\n
Ukad, however, did not administer this test and will need to conduct its own investigation.<\/p>\n
The BBC has contacted Vada and the BBBC for comment.<\/p>\n
Parker’s UK manager Spencer Brown told Reuters: “We are in total shock at the findings.<\/p>\n
“It is very early days and we will get to the bottom of it all.”<\/p>\n
Boxer Liam Cameron was given a four-year ban in 2019 for testing positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolic acid of cocaine, but rules have changed since then with rugby league player Adam Rusling getting a three-month ban in 2024 for testing positive for cocaine and MDMA.<\/p>\n
Parker was hoping to put himself in position for a fight against undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk, but was upset by Briton Wardley at the O2 Arena.<\/p>\n
Parker was heavyweight champion between 2016 and 2018, with his reign ended by Britain’s Anthony Joshua in Cardiff.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker is facing a possible ban from boxing after testing positive for cocaine.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-284380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}