Come September 21, Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois are supposed to fight the recently vacated IBF Heavyweight title of the world. Oleksandr Usyk was practically forced to vacate the belt right after beating Tyson Fury for the unified heavyweight title. Their reasoning behind it was that they want to keep the heavyweight division active and these two British boxers deserve a shot at the belt. Despite Usyk’s efforts to reverse the decision, he still had to vacate it. In a new turn of events, AJ’s 258MGT promotions just asked on Twitter why Daniel Dubois still hasn’t signed up for the PED Vada Testing pool. Every single fighter must submit themselves to this testing in order to prove they are not using PEDs at least two months before the fight.
Why hasn’t Daniel Dubois signed up for Vada Testing?
Currently, there is an ongoing conversation amongst boxing experts that Daniel Dubois has increased his punshing power considerably in a short amount of time. Given the rumors about potential PED use, Anthony Joshua’s camp has decided to take this public and start asking these questions. As far as we know, Daniel Dubois’ team has’t responded to this inquiry from Anthony Joshua’s side. Queensberry Promotions are the ones supposed to respond to these questions. Thus far, there has been no response from them either as the clock keeps ticking. If Daniel Dubois has indeed not presented himself for VADA Testing, there is a chance that this fight will be postponed by at least a month.
In recent years, there has been a clear uptick in doping amongst combat sports athletes. We know well what Ryan Garcia has done with the Devin Haney fight, he was found postive for PEDs and was subsequently suspended by the WBC for his erratic behavior. Amid the recent uptick, there are many different measures that are considered in order to get some level of control back from the people who are hell bent on breaking the rules. Catching athletes using PEDs has turned extremely difficult in recent years and there needs to be a better strategy in place that can identify aggressors. Combat sports nee to rule by example when it comes to PEDs.
