India, April 21 -- Lawrence Okolie Drug Test Explained: Boxing champion Lawrence Okolie failed a drug test ahead of his heavyweight fight against former Olympic champion Tony Yoka. The 33-year-old Okolie, a former cruiserweight world champion who moved up to heavyweight, had been scheduled to face the Frenchman, a local favourite, in Paris on Saturday, 25 April. Yoka won the gold medal in the super-heavyweight category at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Fight promoter Queensberry Promotions confirmed the news on Tuesday without giving more details about the case or the heavyweight championship bout in Paris. Queensberry wrote, "Last night the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) informed Queensberry that Lawrence Okolie returned an adver...