This week, it was disclosed that the Lineal RING Magazine world middleweight champion, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez had failed two tests. Both tests came back showing elevated levels of Clenbuterol at 0.6 and 0.8.
This has been somewhat just swept under the rug and Golden Boy Promotions issued a statement on the matter and stated that the highly anticipated May 5th rematch between Gennady Golovkin will still go ahead.
“We have received the adverse analytical findings from VADA regarding Mr. Alvarez,” Nevada State athletic commission chief Bob Bennett told World Boxing News.
“As per our standard operating procedures, we are moving forward with our investigation.
“Accordingly, it would be premature for me to make any additional statements at this time,” Bennett added.
“We just found out and we’re going to see how the Commission and the sanctioning bodies address it,” Loeffler told Yahoo Sports.
“Any time there is a positive test, it’s a concern, but we’ll rely on them to do their jobs and go from there. There is not much else to comment on.
“Abel (Sanchez, trainer of Golovkin) has always wanted as much testing as possible because he never wanted any doubt that Gennady’s power is all natural.
“Gennady has only wanted a level playing field and respect for boxing. He just wants it to be fair for both sides. That’s why VADA [the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency] is in place.
“Hopefully, this doesn’t affect the fight itself,” Loeffler commented
Elsewhere in the middleweight division, The WBO world champion Billy Joe Saunders offered a scathing reaction to Canelo’s situation.
He accused Canelo of being a cheater multiple times and went on to say if the test does not allow for Golovkin – Canelo II to come to fruition he would be more than willing to step in.
He also comically also likened Golovkin once again to the famous movie character, Borat.
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— Frank Warren (@FrankWarren) March 5, 2018