Photo: Nick Lourens/African News Agency/ANA A subscription gives you full digital access to all Sunday Times content. Find out more about cookies Errol Spence vs. Mikey Garcia looks set for Texas on March 16, and Erislandy Lara and Kevin Lerena keep the WBC and VADA on their toes Boxing news – Newsletter Current Issue

• Kevin Lerena returned to the boxing spotlight this week saying he was over his shoulder injury and the doping cloud that hampered him last year.He was one of SA boxing's three big drug casualties of 2018, and they've all taken hits in various ways, whether guilty or not:• A heavyweight champion Ruann Visser won his case after testing positive for a steroid, but his saga isn't over because the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) is appealing his acquittal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland;• Barend van Rooyen, 41, returned to the gym this week after serving a year's ban and being stripped of his SA middleweight crown for testing positive for a diuretic he says was in medication he took for high blood pressure; and• Lerena was dropped from the latest rankings by the World Boxing Council (WBC).Visser and Van Rooyen were tested by the SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS), a member of Wada, while Lerena was tested by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (Vada), a private organisation.Boxing's world sanctioning bodies are not signatories to Wada, but the WBC has instead launched its Clean Boxing Programme, compulsory for its champions and top-15 contenders.When it comes to doping, international boxing has been the Wild West, with top fighters testing positive for drugs but escaping the serious sanctions associated with Wada.In Lerena's case, the Vada test has no jurisdiction with Wada or SAIDS.A WBC source says a final decision on Lerena will be made tomorrow.The good news for Lerena is that the marginal International Boxing Organisation (IBO), whose world title he holds, found in his favour.IBO president Ed Levine told the Sunday Times in an email the championship committee had reviewed Lerena's evidence. 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In 2018 he tested positive for a banned substance by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association. The 40-year-old Seferi (23-2-1; 10) was born in Gostivar, SFR Yugoslavia (now Macedonia), but fights out of Burgdorf, Switzerland. View All . “Incredibly he’s never had an amateur fight, yet he is a natural and every fight brings him on in leaps and bounds. Registered on the BusinessLIVE, Business Day or Financial Mail websites? Kevin Lerena (* 5.Mai 1992 in Johannesburg, Südafrika) ist ein südafrikanischer Profiboxer und derzeitiger IBO-Champion im Cruisergewicht.. Karriere. The southpaw Lerena (23-1; 0), who has been fighting as a pro since November 2011, has won the WBF Africa junior-heavyweight, WBC Youth junior-heavyweight, South African junior-heavyweight, WBA Pan African cruiserweight and IBO junior-heavyweight titles. Which players featured in Wenger's final Arsenal team? Can you name Liverpool's 2001 FA Cup-winning squad? He then won his next two fights against Marcelo Ferreira do Santos (KO fifth roun) and Lazlo Hubert (KO second round) before meeting former WBA/IBF/WBO and IBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, who was returning to the ring after being out for 31 months. © 2020 Independent Online and affiliated companies.

With the win, Lerena improves to 23... JOHANNESBURG – Golden Gloves supremo Rodney Berman has announced the 'KO Kings' bill for Emperors Palace near Kempton Park on Saturday, June 8. Denise van Outen, Baga Chipz join celebrity version of The Circle? "I was on a lot of things. "While we do not contest Vada's adverse findings, we do not deem it appropriate to vacate Lerena's IBO world title at this time.

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