Australian boxer Sam Soliman is "absolutely gobsmacked" by a report that he failed a drug test taken before his win over former WBA champion Felix Sturm in their IBF middleweight title eliminator in Germany last month.
Federation of German Professional Boxers president Thomas Puetz has told German daily Bild that Soliman's urine sample tested positive for an undisclosed banned substance.
Putz said a "difficult to detect designer drug with stimulating effects was found" following 39-year-old Soliman's unanimous decision win over Sturm in Dusseldorf on February 1.
No.1 IBF contender Soliman was informed of the Bild report by his manager David Stanley on Sunday morning.
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"He's absolutely gobsmacked because this (anti-doping) is a very important principle that he lives by," Stanley told AAP.
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Federation of German Professional Boxers president Thomas Puetz has told German daily Bild that Soliman's urine sample tested positive for an undisclosed banned substance.
Putz said a "difficult to detect designer drug with stimulating effects was found" following 39-year-old Soliman's unanimous decision win over Sturm in Dusseldorf on February 1.
No.1 IBF contender Soliman was informed of the Bild report by his manager David Stanley on Sunday morning.
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"He's absolutely gobsmacked because this (anti-doping) is a very important principle that he lives by," Stanley told AAP.
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