Jose Uzcategui tests positive in a VADA test, PBC looking for new foe for David Benavidez on Nov. 13
Lionell Thompson (proper) vs. Jose Uzcategui. Picture courtesy of Showtime
If bookies had created a separate line for combat cancellations, somebody might have made a small fortune previously few months.
In line with a report first posted by BoxingScene.com and later confirmed by a number of sources, the combat between David Benavidez and Jose Uzcategui, which was scheduled for Nov. 13 to happen at Phoenix’s Footprint Heart and to be broadcasted by Showtime, is now cancelled after Venezuela’s Uzcategui examined constructive for a but unconfirmed banned substance throughout a VADA routine management.
The outcome appears to be definitive sufficient for promoter Premier Boxing Champions to resolve that there shall be nearly no likelihood to contest it. They’re now actively looking for a brand new opponent for Benavidez, who was slated to headline this tripleheader in his hometown alongside together with his brother Jose, who continues to be scheduled to face Argentina’s Francisco Torres within the co-main occasion.
Benavidez (24-0, 21 KOs) and Uzcategui (31-4, 26 KOs) have been alleged to combat a WBC elimination bout within the tremendous middleweight division, which meant that each of them have been enrolled within the group’s “Clear Boxing Program” administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Affiliation. The check that found Uzcategui’s use of banned substances was a part of that program.
