Belfast boxer Brian Magee is serving a six-month ban for use of the banned stimulant Oxilofrine, the UK Anti-Doping Agency has revealed.
The 38-year-old Magee tested positive in the wake of his third round defeat to Mikkel Kessler in a WBA super-middleweight title challenge in Denmark in December.
Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson both tested positive for the same stimulant following the Jamaican national trials last month.
Magee said he feared his career was over when he was informed of the positive test in February. Having identified a supplement as a possible cause, he was handed a retrospective ban which is due to expire next week.
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The 38-year-old Magee tested positive in the wake of his third round defeat to Mikkel Kessler in a WBA super-middleweight title challenge in Denmark in December.
Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson both tested positive for the same stimulant following the Jamaican national trials last month.
Magee said he feared his career was over when he was informed of the positive test in February. Having identified a supplement as a possible cause, he was handed a retrospective ban which is due to expire next week.
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