Overview
- VADA collected Parker’s sample on October 25 in London, with the A-sample indicating the cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine.
- Findings are being forwarded to UK Anti-Doping and the British Boxing Board of Control for investigation and any potential disciplinary action.
- Parker’s team can request B-sample analysis before decisions are made, and his promoters at Queensberry have been notified.
- Sanctions for in-competition cocaine violations can range from a few months to up to two years, and sources told BBC Sport the substance was recreational rather than performance enhancing.
- Parker lost to Fabio Wardley by 11th-round stoppage at the O2 Arena, and no official suspension or hearing date has been announced.