DRUG PROBLEM WILL HAUNT BOXING

WELL, that didn’t last long. The world of boxing was outraged when Jarrell Miller tested positive for three performance-enhancing drugs ahead of his fight with Anthony Joshua. His sixmonth ban was branded laughable, there was talk of deaths in the ring, the potential danger of fighting an artificially boosted opponent. And then, this week, the same sport lapped up the latest knockabout, headlinegrabbing pronouncements of Tyson Fury (below), whose absence from boxing prior to his return against Deontay Wilder was no less suspicious. Boxing pays lip service to the issue of performance enhancement and will one day reap the whirlwind. Our thoughts and prayers will be with the victim and his family in that sad time, as always.