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CARL FROCH wants Dillian Whyte’s career killed off IF he is found guilty of doping.The 35-year-old Brixton slugger has had his Anthony Joshua rematch on Saturday night cancelled after adverse findings were found in his Vada testing.
Carl Froch wants Dillian Whyte to be handed a lifetime ban if he is found guilty
Whyte’s fight with Anthony Joshua has been cancelled after he failed a drugs testCredit: PA
Promoter Eddie Hearn took swift action, cancelling the bout almost immediately and starting the hunt for a late replacement.
Whyte emotionally protested his innocence and was stunned to wake up and see his career-defining bout and payday had been axed.
And former super-middleweight world champ Froch agrees that a thorough investigation is needed before judgement – but he never wants to see the veteran fight again if he’s guilty.
“I don’t know what now for Dillian Whyte,” the Cobra hissed on his YouTube channel. “We are in a position where he is 35 years old and he has failed a drug test.
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“This is going to look terrible for him and what does the future hold for him?
“He needs to clear his name but that could take six months.
“Dillian Whyte must be devastated but if he has been cheating then I am glad he has been found out and he should be punished and banned and this should be the end of his career.
“But let’s wait, we can’t point the finger, we need to wait and see because of the Conor Benn situation.”
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Benn failed two Vada tests in the build-up to his cancelled October Chris Eubank Jr fight but has also always insisted on his innocence.
Hearn tried to bulldoze the tainted big-money bout through and has stuck by the 26-year-old through every accusation and dismissed excuse.
A hearing with the National Anti-Doping Panel last month went in Benn’s favour and his provisional Ukad ban was lifted but a bitter taste and dark stain remain around the sport.
Whyte has already served a two-year ban dating back to 2012 and got another case dismissed in 2019 and Froch wants ruthless action against repeat offenders.
Froch agreed, saying: “From a fans’ point of view, it is ridiculous because you have people failing drug tests and ruining and tainting our beautiful and wonderful sport.
“It is not good enough and I am glad they are getting found out.
“If they are cheating they need to be found out, they need to be punished, they need to get banned.
“If you get done twice then it’s a lifetime ban and a massive fine, get out because you are a disgrace to the sport.”
Whyte vs AJ was due to take place on August 12Credit: Getty More

ANTHONY JOSHUA has been offered a short-notice trilogy fight with Andy Ruiz Jr following the collapse of his domestic dust-up with Dillian Whyte.AJ’s rematch with the Brixton Body Snatcher was axed this weekend after his long-time rival failed a drugs test for the THIRD time in his career.
Anthony Joshua is without an opponent following Dillian Whyte’s failed drug testCredit: RICHARD PELHAM
Promoter Eddie Hearn is working hard to find a new opponent for AJCredit: ALAMY
Former foe Andy Ruiz Jr has offered to face Joshua on a week’s noticeCredit: INSTAGRAM@ANDY_DESTROYER13
Joshua’s team are working frantically to try and secure a short-minute replacement for Whyte and SunSport understands that American Gerald Washington is the current frontrunner to land the fight.
But former unified heavyweight champ Ruiz Jr – who spectacularly dethroned AJ in New York four years ago – has thrown his hat into the ring.
The Destroyer said on Instagram: “Eddie Hearn, Joshua, I think I’ve found a new replacement – again!
“Let’s run it back. Let’s get the trilogy. Let’s get it.”
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Ruiz Jr, 33, pulled off the biggest upset in boxing since Buster Douglas’ shock win over Mike Tyson in 1990 when he stepped up on six weeks’ notice to stop AJ at Madison Square Garden.
His reign as unified heavyweight champion, however, was a short-lived one as he was outpointed by Joshua in their Saudi rematch six months later.
Ruiz Jr’s calls for a rubber match fell on deaf ears and he’s had to make do with consecutive fights with veterans Luis Ortiz and Chris Arreola.
While Matchroom Boxing works frantically to find a new opponent for Joshua, Whyt, 35, is beginning a battle to save his career.
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His latest potential anti-doping violation is the third time he’s tested positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs.
The former WBC heavyweight title challenger was banned for two years after testing positive for a prohibited stimulant in 2012.
He tested positive for metabolites of the anabolic steroid Dianabol in 2019 but was exonerated of any wrongdoing by UKAD due to the “extremely low” levels of the drug found in his system.
And the fan favourite has once again vowed to clear his name.
He said in a statement: “I am shocked and devastated to learn of a report by VADA of adverse findings relating to me.
Gerald Washington is currently the front-runner to face Anthony JoshuaCredit: Getty
“I only learned of it this morning and am still reacting to it.
“I have also just seen the fight is being cancelled without having any chance to demonstrate my innocence before the decision was taken.
“I can confirm without a shadow of a doubt that I have not taken the reported substance, in this camp or at any point in my life.
“I am completely innocent and ask to be given the time to go through the process of proving this without anybody jumping to conclusions or a trial by media.” More