{"id":569712,"date":"2025-11-14T11:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/569712\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T11:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:18:13","slug":"joseph-parker-tests-positive-for-cocaine-on-day-of-wardley-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/569712\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Parker Tests Positive For Cocaine On Day Of Wardley Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former WBO world heavyweight champion <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/joseph-parker-840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joseph Parker<\/a> failed a drugs test for cocaine on the day of his 11th-round stoppage defeat by <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/fabio-wardley-2908927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fabio Wardley<\/a>, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old was tested by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA) and the adverse analytical finding was revealed on Friday morning, per a report in The Sun. <\/p>\n<p>Two sources close to Team Parker have conveyed their dismay to <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ring<\/a> at the findings, for which he has an opportunity to have his B-sample tested.<\/p>\n<p>In most cases however, the A and B-sample results are identical and traces of cocaine, known as benzoylecgonine, can be detected in urine for several days after taking the drug &#8211; meaning it would have been taken at some stage during fight week.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Parker (36-4, 24 KOs) is said to be currently on holiday, and while eager for redemption after his latest defeat, his manager David Higgins told The Ring post-fight there was no expectation on his charge to return for a &#8216;little while&#8217; before this development.<\/p>\n<p>The VADA will now handover their findings to UKAD and the British Boxing Board of Control, who oversee doping and punish offenders.<\/p>\n<p>Although cocaine is a recreational drug and not performance-enhancing, the Kiwi could potentially face a two-year suspension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former WBO world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker failed a drugs test for cocaine on the day of his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,10188,10181,10187,10186,10179,4496,10182,10183,10184,10185,10180,10193,10192,10175,10173,10174,10190,10176,10172,10194,10189,79,10191,10171,10178,16,15,10177],"class_list":{"0":"post-569712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-community","10":"tag-boxing-fights","11":"tag-boxing-history","12":"tag-boxing-interviews","13":"tag-boxing-magazine","14":"tag-boxing-news","15":"tag-boxing-photos","16":"tag-boxing-rankings","17":"tag-boxing-results","18":"tag-boxing-schedule","19":"tag-boxing-videos","20":"tag-disqualification","21":"tag-draw","22":"tag-fight","23":"tag-fighter","24":"tag-fighter-news","25":"tag-knockout","26":"tag-latest-boxing-matches","27":"tag-ring","28":"tag-ring-magazine","29":"tag-split-decision","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-technical-knockout","32":"tag-the-ring","33":"tag-top-fighters","34":"tag-uk","35":"tag-united-kingdom","36":"tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115547780119538488","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}