The highly-anticipated rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin has just been injected with controversy, with Alvalez testing positive this week for performance enhancing drug.
Alvarez was tested in advance of the May 5 rematch, with the test revealing traces of the drug Clenbuterol in his system. He has spoken out on the positive test, blaming it on contaminated meat eaten while training in Mexico.
"I am an athlete who respects the sport and this surprises me and bothers me because it had never happened to me," Alvarez said in a statement. "I will submit to all the tests that require me to clarify this embarrassing situation and I trust that at the end the truth will prevail."