Thread: Billy Joe Saunders has failed a VADA test

Source: ESPN Dan Rafael

Middleweight world titleholder Billy Joe Saunders has failed a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association drug test for the banned substance oxilofrine, a stimulant, multiple sources with knowledge of the test results told ESPN on Thursday.

Saunders has been preparing for an Oct. 20 defense against Demetrius Andrade in Boston, but that is likely to be cancelled and Saunders is likely to be stripped of his 160-pound world title.

BJS was fined £100,000 to his latest video antics and just when it could not get any worse this happens. Stripped and loses title, defence and money.

ah its alright, he hasn't fought since December last year, a back dated 6 month ban and he is good to go

honestly though the geeza is a fucking prick and an idiot if true, after all the shit he gave Canelo when he failed the test.

although it'll be interesting to see what happens to him as the first big name to fail since old ginger pubes

It's the same stimulant that the 100m sprinter Tyson Gay got caught using about 5 years ago.

What a fool Saunders has become, fined £100k earlier in the week and now this.

What is oxilofrine?
Oxilofrine is a stimulant of the amphetamine class that was developed to treat hypotension (low blood pressure) in people who do not respond to conventional treatment. Oxilofrine is the prescription name for methylsynephrine, hydroxyephrine and oxyephrine. It is not widely used in the UK and is not a licensed drug in the US. Some firms use oxilofrine, in the form of synephrine, in so-called sports nutritional supplements as it is thought to allow people to burn fat faster and lose weight. Synephrine is a natural component of Citrus aurantium, otherwise known as bitter orange, but it can also be synthesised or extracted from plant sources.

What are its effects?
Oxilofrine is thought to increase adrenaline production, boosting endurance, focus, alertness and heart rate and increasing oxygenation of the blood

Wouldn’t be a great loss to the Boxing world would it. Fuck me, these “Travellers” sure know how to self destruct don’t they?

Has to be mescaline? Makes sense now. Numbers on the cunty toxicology report must be through the roof.

What a fucking idiot.

Everybody relax. Nothing more than tainted meat. He’s been sucking Kid Galahad’s cock.

Karma's b-tch.

I doubt they can find a replacement for the title fight before Oct-20. That guy Kautondokwo who was always calling out Saunders might put his hand up, or a rematch for Andrade with Culcay, who is in training, for the vacant title?

Upset about this.

BJS was one of my favourite fighters post Floyd and Ward.

This guy is a brilliant boxer and has now ruined himself with this disgusting drug..both him and Fury should be banned from boxing completely.

I have no times for cheats...Floyd might have suggested Pac was juicing but he passed all the tests..No matter how much I like a fighter, PEDS are the worst thing you can do in a sport like this..

Reinstate GGG as the middleweight champion and give Wlad back all his belts..

BJS @BoreRat

Seems to be done confusion about the drug, apparently in the UK it is only illegal to use it in competition, meaning on fight day. We'll see how this plays out.

So Robert Smith has come out and said that Saunders has done no wrong ‘according to UKAD and the BBBoC rules’. This fight is nothing to do with either is it?

When it rains it pours. Is Saunders purposely trying to pull the plug on his career? Doing a pretty damn good job, I'd say.

So apparently Saunders is not in breach.