Muhammed Ali, a British boxer of Moroccan descent who qualified to compete for Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics that was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has blamed Moroccan meat after he failed to pass a drugs test. The 21-year-old boxer who has been banned for two years tested positive for «the anabolic steroid Trenbolone during the World Series of Boxing in Morocco in April last year», reports the BBC sports. Defending his position, the boxer said that he was contaminated by Moroccan meat. «All they caught me with was two nanograms. I can't explain it», he said adding : «I was trying to make 52kg and I wouldn't want to put muscle on. I was literally trying to cut weight. It doesn't make sense.» Fortunately, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) which provisionally suspended Ali in October, had acknowledged that he did not take the substance with the intention of cheating. However, the boxer thinks that the period of his suspension is «extreme». «I didn't leave my bedroom for five months. I was so depressed, but it is what it is. I've just got to do my time and move on», he told the same source adding : «I thought it would be a six-month suspension or something.» Ali will be able to compete again in May 2019. He is determined now to win the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, «it 100% makes me more hungry - I want it more than ever now - not 1% of me thought this would ever happen to me», he concluded.
