CONOR BENN’S doctor reportedly faces an investigation after claiming “80-90 per cent of fighters are doping.”
The comments were made before Saturday’s fight with Chris Eubank Jr was axed after Benn failed a drugs test.
And the Mail claims Dr Usman Sajjad now faces a British Boxing Board of Control probe after saying last year that a fighter has to “be an idiot to fail a drug test in England.”
Fans were left stunned last week as they prepared for an epic sold-out clash at the O2 Arena.
Benn returned an adverse finding in his pre-fight drug test on Wednesday morning.
The fight was initially prohibited as promoter Eddie Hearn attempted to keep it alive.
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But it was eventually cancelled after the BBBoC refused to sanction the bout.
Benn now faces a four-year ban after British anti-doping chiefs asked for evidence of his failed drugs test.
SunSport understands UK Anti-Doping will launch a formal probe after traces of banned fertility drug clomifene – which boosts testosterone – were found in Benn’s A sample.
But it’s now the fighter’s doctor who faces an investigation after comments made on the Quality Shot podcast last year.
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Dr Sajjad, who worked with Benn after the comments were made, claimed the majority of boxers are doping – and added only an “idiot” could fail a drug test in this country.
Sajjad said: “If you are an elite level boxer, you know, pay per view, world class, European level, 80 to 90 per cent are doing it (drugs) from what I’m seeing.
“When I say doping, it’s not just steroids. You’ve got IV fluid infusion after weigh-ins, you’ve got diuretics, you’ve got growth hormones, you’ve got testosterone replacements.
“You have to be an idiot to fail a drug test in England, because urine testing is just 72 hours (meaning that most drugs are only detectable in urine for up to three days).
“Whereas the one that trips up a lot of athletes is if you sign up to the random drug testing, which WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency) do.
“They will track you where you are and can turn up to your house whenever and do a blood test. With a blood test, they can catch things that have been there a month.
“A lot of athletes can take fast-acting testosterone or growth hormones which can only be in your body for seven to eight hours. There’s ways to get around it. A lot of tricks.
“You have to think about when they are out of camp. Unless they are enrolled in the WBC clean boxing all-year round random blood testing, what is stopping them doping when they are out of season?
“A lot of these things are easy to dodge.”
Responding to Dr Sajjad’s words, British Boxing Board of Control general secretary Robert Smith said: “We obviously will be investigating his comments which we take very seriously.”
Meanwhile, Dr Sajjad’s solicitor told the Mail: “As a responsible journalist you are acutely aware of the sacrosanct rules governing the confidentiality of a doctor patient relationship so there can be no comment whatsoever concerning Conor Benn
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“However Dr Usman categorically denies any wrongdoing that has being laid against him over the internet. This is why he has taken down his social media sites after receiving vile and untruthful abuse .
“Dr Usman has never had any present or historical involvement in the supply of PEDS to any third party.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
