BOXER Oscar Valdez claims that HERBAL TEA may have caused his failed drug test.
Although Valdez was positive for phentermine in his urine, his fight against Robson Conceicao continues.
Oscar Valdez claims he didn't know he took a banned substance, but he suggested it might have been tea
After the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Athletic Commission approved it, this was.
In an interview with ESPN Valdez now insists that he is 100 percent a clean fighter and didn't knowingly take phentermine.
He also has theories about how the substance was discovered in his body.
He said, "We have literally never done anything else as far as taking other supplement."
"You know, very basic supplements -- vitamin C and vitamin B12, as well as all the normal vitamins that everyone should take.
"The only difference between me and you is that you've had herbal tea. This is the reason I think it could be. However, I am still not 100% sure how that got into me.
BETTING SPECIAL: 30/1 on STERLING TO SCORE or ASSIST vs POLAND"I stopped drinking coffee and started drinking more herbal teas.
"And I just tried different teas was all that I did in this training camp. That's why I believe that it's possible."
A 30-year-old Mexican suggested that his vitamins might have been 'contaminated'.
Valdez called the situation 'embarrassing' and 'humiliating', and said he was left feeling 'hurt'
He insists that he is telling the truth and has always been proud to be a clean fighter.
Conceicao will be Conceicao's opponent. Valdez will defend his 29-fight unbeaten record and his WBC super-featherweight title.
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He is also a favorite with the bookies, and they want to keep both of them.
Canelo Alvarez, a four-weight world champion from Mexico, failed a drug test in 2018 and was blamed for eating contaminated meat.
Tyson Fury, WBC heavyweight champion, said that he had eaten WILD BOAR in order to fail his 2015 test.
