DID JAMES TONEY TEST POSITIVE FOR ANABOLIC STEROIDS FOLLOWING HIS VICTORY OVER RUIZ?
Photo Credit: J Sanders Unconfirmed reports claim that newly crowned WBA heavyweight champion James Toney has tested positive for an anabolic steroid, nandrolone, in a post-fight drug test. According to Nicholas Kahn, an attorney for Toney, the fighter’s promoter, Dan Goossen, was informed Monday night by the New York State Athletic Commission that Toney had “tested positive for a banned substance that is not a narcotic.” Ron Scott Stevens, the chairman of the NY State Commission, has declined to comment. In the event of a drug positive, New York State rules call for the fight to be declared a no contest with any judgment on the title to be made by the sanctioning body. The WBA requires the title to revert to the original titleholder if a championship bout is won by a challenger who subsequently fails a drug test. In that case, Ruiz would once again be recognized as the WBA heavyweight champion, and Toney could face a two-year suspension. BRC has been unable to get Toney’s promoter to
