Dillian Whyte and TYSON FURY will be subject to additional drug testing before their eagerly-awaited domestic dust-up.
SunSport has been informed by multiple sources that the two former sparring partners agreed to be tested for doping by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency.
Dillian Whyte and Tyson Fury will be in a long-awaited grudge bout next month
VADA testing is completely funded by fighters and their promoters, which is in contrast to the UKAD anti-doping test.
Both men will be tested randomly until the April 23 showdown after they sign up for the programme.
Both Fury, and Whyte were caught violating anti-doping regulations during their respective careers.
After an in-competition testing for Christian Hammer's 2015 WBC showdown, Fury was found to be positive for Nandrolone.
In 2017, the Gypsy King, who claimed he didn't intend to take the PED but was unable to eat uncastrated boar after he was tested positive for it, received a two-year backdated ban.
In the meantime, Whyte has failed two drug screenings in his career. The first was in 2012, when he used the now-defunct pre-workout supplement Jack3d to prepare for his fight against Sandor Balogh.
After testing positive for banned stimulant Methylhexaneamine, the Brixton Body Snatcher was placed on a two year suspension.
In June 2019, Whyte was found to have tested positive for two metabolites banned anabolic steroids Dianabol before he won his decision win over Oscar Rivas at O2 Arena.
After the positive test, Whyte was stripped from the interim WBC title. However, UKAD cleared him for intentionally inhaling the banned agent after he presented evidence that he had ingested a tainted product.
Since their days as sparring partners, Fury and Whyte have been working together to create the Battle of Britain.
Fury, a fan favourite, plans to end his career following their Wembley battle. He said: "This fight is the last of my career. I'm retiring after that."
"$150million in my bank, healthy, and young, I'm buying a huge yacht abroad. This is my last fight, I'm finished.
He said, "After four years I get to return on the world's largest stage at Wembley Stadium.
"I am putting it on for those who travelled to Las Vegas and the fans that stayed up until five o'clock to watch BT Sport.
They can now watch the event on their own soil and become part of history. In years to come, people will talk about the event and ask where they were on that fateful night in 2022.
"When Tyson Fury tore this manacle in front of his home fans in the UK.
"There hasn’t been a bigger fight than Lewis-Bruno. It was an all-British matchup for the WBC heavyweight title of the world.
"It will prove to be a great event, and I know Dillian Whyte will come prepared." He will be tough, rough, aggressive, and game."
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