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Cloutier's Canada Report
Bute Tests Positive For
Ostarine
By Daniel Cloutier
MONTRÉAL — The WBC championship committee confirmed in
Mexico that the Montrealer boxer Lucian Bute, a former IBF
super middleweight champion of the world, has tested
positive for a drug called Ostarine. Bute failed this drug
test after his majority draw against the WBC super
middleweight champion of the world, the Swedish Badou Jack
(20-1-2) on April 30th at the D.C. Armory in Washington.
Ostarine is a drug listed illegal by the WBC. The WBC should
confirmed soon the penalty imposed to Bute. We will know at
that time if Bute (32-3-1) will be suspended or get a fine.
"I don’t understand that I failed a drug test imposed by the
WBC, said Bute, When I fought the Brit James De Gale last
year in Québec City, I past eight tests imposed by the IBF
championship committee, and no tests were positive. I don’t
take drugs. I hope the WBC championship committee will
confirm soon that this test I failed was a mistake from
their laboratory."
Yvon Michel, the new Bute’s promoter, the big boss of the
GYM Group in Montréal, said: "We are more than surprise by
this WBC’s news. Lucian won 10 IBF world championship bouts
from 2007 to 2012, and never he tested positive for a drug
test. Never. He knows that InterBox and us could not
tolerate that a fighter associated to one of our
organization, would use drugs to help his performances."
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