Joseph Parker denies taking ‘any prohibited substance’ after failing drugs test
New Zealander lost against Fabio Wardley in London
Failed test ‘came as a real surprise to me’
Joseph Parker has denied taking a prohibited substance after he failed a drugs test on the day of his 11th-round stoppage to British heavyweight Fabio Wardley, expressing confidence an investigation would clear his name.
Ipswich-born Wardley and New Zealander Parker produced a pulsating encounter in London on 25 October to determine who would become WBO mandatory challenger to undisputed world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk.
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© Photograph: Richard Pelham/Getty Images

© Photograph: Richard Pelham/Getty Images

© Photograph: Richard Pelham/Getty Images