ROBERT SMITH is calling for United Kingdom Anti-Doping (UKAD) to rethink its policies in the wake of Amir Khan being banned for two years on two doping violations (the use and presence of ostarine, a prohibited substance). Like many observers, the General Secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) was perplexed that 14 months had elapsed between Khan providing a post-fight urine sample after losing to Kell Brook and its results being made public.
In the interim, Smith – in his position with the BBBofC – was forbidden to tell anyone, due to UKAD’s confidentiality ruling. It meant that Ben Shalom, who promoted the Brook bout, was unaware of Khan’s failed test. The same Shalom who, in March last year, indicated that Khan was considering his
