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Browne in Clean Boxing Program after failed test
- Updated: July 27, 2016
5:45 PM ET
Australia’s Lucas Browne, who was stripped of a heavyweight world title belt following a positive drug test earlier this year, has enrolled in the WBC’s Clean Boxing Program, which is overseen by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, as he continues to insist that he did not knowingly take any banned substances.
“I’m proud to announce that I am now part of the Clean Boxing Program, which is being run by the WBC and VADA,” Browne said. “By voluntarily enrolling in this program I am able to be randomly (blood or urine) tested at any time, 365 days of the year.”
Browne rallied for a 10th-round knockout of Ruslan Chagaev on March 5 in Grozny, Russia, to win the WBA’s secondary world title, making him the first Australian to win a heavyweight title. However, Browne’s “A” and “B” samples both tested positive for clenbuterol, a banned substance, after the fight and he was eventually stripped of the …
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