WBC declares world champion Alycia Baumgarner not guilty of intentional consumption of banned substance

a few days have passed since then World of sports we echoed why the Russian nationalized Canadian boxer Artur Beterbiev put their world titles at stake despite the ‘anomalous result’ in some controls before Callum Smith -fight where he swept- and now the same regulatory organism of the noble sport of the ring, the World Boxing Council, did the same to the current WBC super featherweight world champion, the American Alycia Baumgardner, that a control revealed an abnormal result.

“A sample taken from WBC world super featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner on July 12, 2023, in connection with her title defense on July 15, 2023 against Christina Linardatou in Detroit, Michigan, returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance. Pursuant to current WBC Rules and Regulations and the WBC CBP Protocol, the WBC conducted an investigation into the specific circumstances, health concerns, and legal precedents surrounding the discovery. Summoned The WBC has established its Results Management Unit which includes experts in scientific, nutritional and legal matters to investigate, evaluate and evaluate all available facts and evidence, and recommend to the WBC how to proceed in particular this case,” explained the World Boxing Council for the first time. in a press release.

The WBC Results Management Unit given the team Alycia Baumgardner the opportunity to mount a proper defense, which they did. The WBC retained the services of an expert consultant and engaged the services of an expert nutritionist and chemist and “while there is sufficient evidence to support the validity of the anti-doping test that returned an adverse result, the defense presented by Ms. Baumgardner cast “doubt on whether the adverse outcome resulted from an intentional action or an inadvertent action of Mesterolone,” the statement said.

He final decision of the WBC Governing Board Considering that “based on the negative result in Ms. Baumgardner’s A sample, and considering all the factors presented by both parties, the WBC determined that there was no specific justification for rejecting the accuracy of the negative result in “based on the evidence and arguments in the response and additional information presented. However, both evidence and arguments do not fully support Ms.’s intentional ingestion. Baumgardner of Mesterolone for performance enhancement purposes.”

Because of this, the WBC declared in boxer from Fremont (United States) not guilty of willful ingestion or consumption of a prohibited substance for performance-enhancing purposes and confirms him as the current WBC super featherweight world champion.

It further orders that “the accuracy and validity of the adverse finding warrants placing Ms. Baumgardner on probation for one (1) year from the date the sample giving rise to the adverse finding was collected, or until December 12.” July 2024; that she undergoes a series of random anti-doping tests at her own expense, the frequency of which will be determined by VADA, that if there are adverse findings with respect to any of Ms. Baumgardner or a decision in lieu of collection during his probationary period and within 6 months thereafter, the WBC will immediately and without further investigation take immediate action against Ms. Baumgardner under the WBC Clean Boxing Program Protocol, and that Ms. Baumgardner and the WBC will collaborate in the design and implementation of their participation in an anti-doping prevention program aimed at active female boxers.

The American Alycia Baumgardner, super featherweight world champion and holder of the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC and WBO titles in this category, he has an amazing record: 15 (7 KOS)-1-0. His last fight was on July 15, 2023, where he collected all the belts in his category, and his only loss was on July 28, 2018, in Davis Arena in Louisville (United States), before the Greek Christina Linardatou.