He tested for marijuana after his last fight. The boxing tests have convinced Michigan’s commission, although it could still be fined and the fight in which undisputed champion was proclaimed in a third category
Classa Shields during the fight against Perkins.Gregory Shamus / Getty Images
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Enrique Mellado
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The last fight of the undisputed champion in three divisions, Classa Shieldsbrought a positive unexpected for whom the boxing Gwoat (older woman of all time) is proclaimed. Shields was under investigation after giving positive for marijuana After his victory against Danielle Perkins On February 3 in Michigan, a fight in which he unified the four crowns of heavyweight.
The champion tested positively through a saliva sample that she provided after the contest. Recall that marijuana is prohibited in competition by the World Anti -Doping Agency (AMA) and is one of the reasons why, for example, UFC was separated from this organism. Michigan’s commission provisionally suspended the boxer’s license To fight in his state and opened his own research on whether he should face some disciplinary sanction.
Although they are different cases, the American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson lost the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games After being suspended a month after positive in a drug test by marijuana. However, Shields has raised doping suspension. She denied having consumed this substance and states that The amounts found in their organism were “residual.”
According to the aforementioned commission, She “presented evidence” on March 6 and “his behavior no longer represents an imminent threat to the integrity of sport, public interest or welfare and security of another competitor.” Although she did not specify it, the pugilist alleged that she had close contact with whom she had consumed the substance in question, then In volunteer tests before the fight did not give positive. Of course, although they have given their explanations for good, He could still be fine or even give the fight for non -computedbecause the positive existed. This last assumption could invalidate your achievement in the heavyweight.
In any case, Shields has been outraged: “I am not suspended anymore. What a silence now! They spoke very high to say that ‘supposedly’ I smoked marijuana and suspended me! “he has written on social networks. He has also threatened with a change of airs, motivated not only by this incident: “After dealing with what I have been dealing with, I am considering moving from the country, starting a boxing program in Africa and opening a school for children with few resources. The truth is that I do not like the nonsense that are spreading in the USA there is too much racism, sexism and, although they all shout ‘equality’, there is no. I have worked hard to get where I am, and there are still people working countless hours to try to turn off my light. ”
