Bute tests positive for PED after draw vs. Jack

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Former super middleweight world titleholder Lucian Bute tested positive for a banned substance after his draw against titleholder Badou Jack on April 30 at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C.

Multiple sources told ESPN.com of the failed test, results of which came to light on Thursday.

The WBC, whose title was at stake in the fight, said Thursday it was notified by the D.C. Boxing and Wrestling Commission that Bute had tested positive for a banned substance in his postfight anti-doping test.

Bute tested positive for the substance ostarine (also called enobosarm), which is not an anabolic steroid but is said to increase stamina and recovery ability and produce similar results that steroids would.

It has been on the World Anti-Doping Agency banned list since 2008.

Bute’s team did not respond to a request from ESPN.com for comment, but Jack was not happy to hear about the positive test.

“He’s still couldn’t beat me even using something,” Jack told ESPN.com. “I won the fight. Everybody thought I won the fight. It should not have been a draw in the first place. Hopefully it could be changed to a win.”

It is likely that the result of the fight — a majority draw in which two judges scored the bout 114-114 and one had Jack winning 117-111 — will be changed to a no-decision. Bute (32-3-1, 25 KOs) also could face a suspension and fine.

“It’s cheating,” said Jack, 32, a native of Sweden living in Las Vegas. “This is the hurt business. You can …

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