{"id":686327,"date":"2026-05-22T12:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/686327\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:32:18","slug":"its-crap-parker-eager-to-clear-name-after-failed-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/686327\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It’s crap’ \u2013 Parker eager to clear name after failed drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joseph Parker has spoken out about a failed drug test that emerged after his shock loss to Fabio Wardley in London on October 25 of last year.<\/p>\n

It was revealed in November that the test found trace elements of cocaine, and he has been fighting to clear his name<\/a> ever since.<\/p>\n

<\/a>The 33-year-old heavyweight spoke to 1News while helping promote David Nyika\u2019s IBF cruiserweight world title eliminator bout against Floyd Masson in Auckland set for August 8.<\/p>\n

Parker said the situation was “crap” and has always maintained<\/a> he was innocent of any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

\"Fabio<\/p>\n

Fabio Wardley TKOs Joseph Parker during the Heavyweight fight between Joseph Parker and Fabio Wardley on the All or Nothing Fight Night at The O2 Arena in London, England. (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n

When asked if he had any idea how it happened, he said he most likely took something that was contaminated or was the victim of “foul play”.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho in their right mind would take some stupid substance before a fight\u2026 when you’ve had the best, most perfect camp ever?\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he began to tear up when he found out he had failed the drug test \u2013 \u201cit was such a shock\u201d.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been reported he launched an appeal on the grounds that any illegal substance entered his system without his knowledge.<\/p>\n

He expected to get an answer in the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve given all the evidence we can provide to those in UKAD [the UK Anti-Doping organisation], so hopefully we get a result soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019d be nice to get it soon so I can just put it behind me and get to work, get to training, and get back to the top.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parker said he was \u201cso close\u201d to fighting for another world title before being derailed<\/a> and having to fight this battle.<\/p>\n

He said he has been able to keep training and has always known he did nothing wrong but the situation has been “right there, just hovering over me”.<\/p>\n

He believed total exoneration or a light ban were the two most likely outcomes.<\/p>\n

He has been able to enjoy spending much more time with his family over the past few months but he was desperate to get back in the ring and has kept training hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m desperate to fight as soon as possible. I’ve given myself two years to achieve whatever I can achieve in boxing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I can be champion of the world again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joseph Parker has spoken out about a failed drug test that emerged after his shock loss to Fabio…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-686327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}