OFFICIAL STATEMENT

Team Whyte have their say on his past suspension “DILLIAN received an extremely harsh ban in 2012 for inadvertently consuming a banned stimulant which he did not realise was contained within a very popular energy drink (Jack3d) that he started drinking shortly before his failed test, upon the recommendation of a world champion athlete, as Red Bull gave him heartburn. UKAD and the tribunals fully accepted that it was a genuine mistake and that Dillian did not consume the stimulant with any intention to gain an unfair advantage (i.e. he was not cheating as he had no knowledge that the drink contained the banned stimulant, described as “geranium” on the label). The stimulant is not a steroid, SARM or other hardcore PED and can be legally used for training, sparring etc. but should not be present in a boxer’s system on fight night.”