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Okolie is a two-time world champion

ByElizabeth BotcherbyBBC Sport journalist
  • Published53 minutes ago

British boxer Lawrence Okolie has failed a doping test before his heavyweight fight against Tony Yoka.

The 33-year-old is scheduled to fight Frenchman Yoka, a 2016 Olympic champion, in Paris on Saturday, 25 April.

Fight promoter Queensberry said it was told on Monday night by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (Vada) that Okolie "returned an adverse finding following an anti-doping test conducted ahead of the show in Paris this Saturday".