HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) The WBA heavyweight title fight between Shannon Briggs and Fres Oquendo is off after former champion Briggs tested positive for high levels of testosterone.
The fight was set for June 3 in Hollywood.
A WBA statement said that Briggs ”tested positive for testosterone following a … test as part of the WBA Fair Boxing program.”
Briggs, 45, can request the testing of his `B’ sample, but the bout has been canceled.
Briggs previously held the WBO heavyweight belt and had won his last nine bouts since losing a unanimous decision to Vitali Klitschko in 2010 for the WBC title.