“I’m already retired anyway,” Boxer Amir Khan laughs off 2-Year ban imposed on him

Amir Khan talks about his two year ban after retirement and not deliberately cheating in his last fight .

Amir Khan (Image Courtesy: Sky Sports)

Former boxing World champion, Amir Khan has been found guilty of consuming banned substances and has been strictly banned from all formats of boxing. The Brit’s last fight was against rival Kell Brook last year which also turned out to be his retirement fight. In that fight, Khan gave a lackluster performance and got dominated throughout the fight.

After a one-sided fight that went on for six rounds, Brook won the fight via unanimous decision. Soon after, Khan announced that he would be quitting boxing and revealed that had no plans to come back. Following this the boxer gave his urine sample to the UK Anti-Doping officials and it is revealed now that the results have tested positive for ostarine.

In a recent interview with Sky Sports, Khan mentioned that he never cheated in a fight and the amount found in his sample was very less. According to the boxer, he’s already retired from the sport and the two-year ban doesn’t make any sense to him.

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He said: “I have never cheated in my life…The amount that was in my system could have been from shaking people’s hands… I am a retired fighter, so I’ve got a two-year ban now which is quite strange and funny that they’ve banned me. I’m already retired anyway.”

Khan also mentioned that his team is still working on the matter and will again share his views with the public. The two-year ban on Khan’s professional boxing career starts on 6 April 2022 and will expire on 5 April 2024.

Twitter reacts to Amir Khan two year ban after being tested positive for performance-enhancement drugs

Amir Khan is one of the most decorated boxers in the history of British boxing with multiple championship belts under his name. This is the first time he got caught for PEDs and Twitter has a thrilling reaction to it.

Don't know about shaking hands

But in the below explanation from UKAD, it does show that whatever was found in his body was not for intentional use pic.twitter.com/OcMFXq5CgD
— Pat Healy (@Pat_Healy_PD) April 4, 2023

3 negative tests in the month before. And then 1 positive on fight night, look who shook his hand after the fight, just before UKAD walked in to conduct a test. Benn should be banned for 4 years for his own test, and Khans 2 years should also be passed onto Benn. pic.twitter.com/zoGI4NhyEV
— Chewy (@Chewy9991) April 4, 2023

He joined Tyson Fury as a drugs cheat
— Ads__pb (@Ads__pb) April 4, 2023

He’s right. 0.5 in his system. It’s literally nothing. You need a consistent 10.0 for it to have an effect. He tested negative 3 times before that and is cleared by UKAD. He’s being banned as a protocol. 4 years for positive test can be reduced to 2 if proved accidental.
— Early Stoppage MMA (@EarlyMMA) April 4, 2023

This amount bollocks, you just hoped ut was out your system by then and clearly there was a little bit still there
??
— Dave (@Gemloudavid1) April 4, 2023

Who would have thought this year's excuses for failed drugs tests would be handshakes and omelettes ??
— Shane Carder (@ShaneCarder4) April 4, 2023

Situation explained.. pic.twitter.com/zIhmh7ryHX
— Sweet Pugilism (@DreamsR4Real999) April 4, 2023

Shaking hands? Does he think they found coronavirus in the tests or what
— LionelD (@iLionelD) April 4, 2023

https://twitter.com/manifesto702/status/1643193917356273667?t=QoQpLYjSalJZIsD0EXoVvw&s=19

They used khan as example to act like they're doing their job. Giving a 2 year ban to a retired fighter who isn't going to fight to get it overturned. Whyte never got a 2 year ban when he was found innocent for example
— LJ (@LJsTwitching) April 4, 2023

After this ban, Khan has joined the likes of Tyson Fury, Roy Jones Jr, Canelo Alvarez, and Billy Joe Saunders as the fighters who tested postive for PEDs.

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“I’m already retired anyway,” Boxer Amir Khan laughs off 2-Year ban imposed on him

Twitter reacts to Amir Khan two year ban after being tested positive for performance-enhancement drugs

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