Amir Khan reveals staggering cost to find out he had failed post Kell Brook fight drugs test and banned for two years
AMIR KHAN has revealed he spent six figures trying to clear his name after failing a drug test.
The British boxing legend tested positive for Ostarine – a banned performance-enhancing drug – after his domestic dust-up with Kell Brook last February.
Khan, 36, was slapped with a two-year suspension by UKAD – who ruled the amount of the Selective Androgen Rceptive Modulator in his system wasn’t enough to have a performance-enhancing effect.
Former unified light-welterweight champion Khan fought tooth and nail to clear his name, forking out £100,000 to prove his innocence.
He told The Daily Mail: “I spent over £100,000 on that advice just to try to find out how this could have got into my system.”
Despite forking out thousands to try to pinpoint the source of his positive test, Khan is still in the dark about how the drug got into his system.
He said: “Among the possibilities, they came up with was via a handshake.
“There was a whole crowd of people in my dressing room after the fight and I’m a friendly guy who always shakes hands.”
One thing Khan has refused to do is dispute the result of the test itself, unlike fellow Brit Conor Benn.
He said: “At no point have I questioned the validity of my test. It is what it is.
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“I take responsibility because perhaps I should have taken even more precautions.
“The substance was there. No denying that. Even though it was just a speck, described by one expert to me as equivalent to a single grain of salt in a swimming pool.
“I’ve taken hundreds and hundreds of test down the years without a flicker of anything.”
Bolton bruiser Khan admits boxing fans will forever wonder if he’s taken PEDS throughout his career.
He said: “I know people will be questioning me but I hope they will ask themselves why on earth I would have done this at the very end of my career.
“Why I would have risked blemishing my legacy in my last fight.
“I ask everyone to take another look at that fight with Kell. It was the worst performance of my career.
“I was in the worst condition of my life as it came two-and-a-half years after my previous fight. Did it look remotely like I was on drugs?”
Khan hopes his anti-doping violation won’t taint his legacy, telling Sky Sports: “I don’t want to be remembered for something like this.
“It will hurt me a lot. If people always remember me for this incident, it will hurt me.”