Overview
- Queensberry confirmed VADA notified all parties of an adverse finding from an October 25 in-competition test tied to Parker’s bout with Fabio Wardley.
- Reports state the A-sample detected benzoylecgonine, a cocaine metabolite commonly detectable for only a few days during fight week windows.
- Parker is entitled to request B-sample analysis, and no sanction has been issued as the case moves to UKAD and the British Boxing Board of Control.
- Sanctions can vary by case, with precedents ranging from three months to four years, while The Times reports Parker could face up to a two-year ban.
- The development comes after Parker’s 11th-round stoppage defeat to Wardley at London’s O2 Arena, which had already disrupted his path toward Oleksandr Usyk.