Deontay Wilder has branded Dillian Whyte a ‘cheat’ and ‘donkey of the year’ following claims he has failed a drugs test.
According to reports in the US, Whyte tested positive for a banned substance before his fight with Oscar Rivas at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday night.
The British heavyweight contender beat his Colombian foe by unanimous decision after surviving a knockdown in the ninth round, earning him mandatory status for Wilder’s WBC belt.
In response to claims of Whyte’s failed test, which has yet to be confirmed or denied by his camp, Wilder posted a lengthy statement on his Instagram page taking aim at the 31-year-old.
He wrote: “Now here you have a fighter that has been recently reported of taking PED’s (Performance Enhancements Drugs).
“In fact it was said he had over more than 1 substance in his body. This fighter has been caught before using PED’s so this is his second attempt.
“This s*** has to stop… The bleeding has to stop somewhere, we just had a fighter to f****** die in the ring because of taking too many blows to the head and you have idiots like Dillian Whyte who want to CHEAT just to come up in his career because he’s not good enough to do it alone,” Wilder added, referring to the death of boxer Maxim Dadashev on Tuesday morning from brain injuries.
He went on: “Oscar Rivas was his opponent that Dillian fought recently on drugs in which Oscar dropped this drug user and almost beat him, so Mr Whyte all that and the s*** half way worked you still got put on your ass!!! I’d get my money back!!!
“He’s been claiming to want to fight me but the question is, if you’re doping with a non champion just imagine what you will try to use if you had the chance to fight me? (Overdose).
“Him and his promoter Eddie Hearn gave the WBC Boxing & Mauricio Sulaiman hell while all along this MF has been cheating, smh then have the audacity to try and snitch on his countryman and accuse him of doing drugs when he himself is doing it as well.
“On top of that his promoter tried his best to cover this up before Whyte’s recent fight. Somebody come and look at this s***… I get criticised about saying things like ‘Ima kill you’ and mean it but without any substance whatsoever in my body but here you have so many fighters, the likes of Dillian Whyte that flood their body with PED’s just to advance to the next level, while committing an attempt to murder but want to speak against PED users smh, GTFOH.
“Lmao… boxing’s a place where you can hate it but love it all at the same damn time. Donkey Of The Year!!!”
Eddie Hearn, Whyte’s promoter, has released a statement insisting Whyte was cleared to fight by the BBBofC, UKAD and VADA, who administer the WBC’s Clean Boxing Program, though he did not deny that his fighter had failed a test.
“Further to reports, I can confirm that both Dillian Whyte and Oscar Rivas were subject to extensive VADA and UKAD testing for their bout,” said Hearn.
“Both fighters were cleared to fight by both bodies and the BBBofC.”
