The WBC have made Galal Yafai the necessary challenger to unified flyweight world champion Ricardo Sandoval amid an ongoing anti-doping scandal.
Birmingham’s Yafai was overwhelmed by Francisco Rodriguez Jr in June in Birmingham earlier than the Mexican failed a drug take a look at on battle night time.
The WBC initially said Rodriguez was not responsible of deliberately doping and ordered a right away rematch with Yafai.
It then emerged Rodriguez had additionally failed a drug take a look at in December in Texas, testing optimistic for THC, the first compound in hashish.
He was given a 90-day suspension and neither the WBC or Yafai’s workforce have been conscious of the incident earlier than the battle in June.
Yafai’s promoter Eddie Hearn publicly lobbied for the WBC to vary its ruling because the battle was dominated a no-contest.
WBC president Mauricio Suliaman on Thursday confirmed to the Ring Journal, exterior the sanctioning physique had modified its thoughts and put in Yafai because the necessary challenger.
The take a look at was performed on battle night time and administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Affiliation (Vada), as a part of the WBC’s Clear Boxing Program.
Any fighter within the prime 15 of the WBC’s rankings should register for drug testing and Yafai v Rodriguez was for the sanctioning physique’s interim flyweight title.
The British Boxing Board of Management is but to decide on any suspension for Rodriguez.
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