The Dillian Whyte saga has not yet concluded, as new information comes out disputing the notion that Whyte was under license by the Texas boxing commission [known as the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation]. A recent Sky Sports article detailing the involvement of Texas’ boxing commission has been challenged by boxing reporter Jake Donovan, who has come out disputing the Texas boxing commission’s involvement in clearing Whyte.
Jake Donovan’s most recent assertions that Dillian Whyte (29-3, 19 KO’s) was never suspended or under investigation by Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) raised eyebrows given Sky Sports had apparently been in contact with a forensic expert that was hired or employed by Texas’ boxing commission.
“Did Sky Sports or any other UK outlet who ran with this version of the story actually check with Texas commission?” Donovan asked on Twitter. “The fighter in question was not suspended nor under investigation in Texas from last August through present day. Investigation took place elsewhere.“
Sky Sports was the only outlet to claim that this forensic expert―that had been presumably hired by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation―had determined Whyte to have ingested a contaminated substance through a supplement he had taken. However, Dillian Whyte, who was interviewed by Sky Sports, never actually revealed who had cleared him, and mostly expressed his frustrations at his circumstances, and his relief of being by a now-undetermined governing body.
Furthermore, while the British heavyweight had been pulled from his slated fight against Anthony Joshua last August, it was never reported whether he would be suspended with Eddie Hearn stating that he did not know what would happen with Dilian Whyte who was not licensed under the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) at the time.
Whyte was subsequently not heard or spotted publicly since releasing a message proclaiming his innocence last year, and peculiarly, not a single governing body was identified to be in the midst of suspending or investigating Whyte for his supposed failed drug test.
Further deepening the intrigue was the fact it had never actually been reported what Dillian Whyte tested positive for. The test was conducted by VADA who alerted the public of an “adverse analytical finding” being discovered during one of Whyte’s drug tests. While it is common for it to be divulged what the adverse finding of a failed drug test contains, the actual banned/illegal substance Whyte supposedly tested positive for was never revealed publicly.
Sky Sports is now heavily under question with them notably having not provided proof of Whyte’s clearance other than claiming that Whyte tested positive due to ingesting a supplement that was contaminated, “according to documentation seen exclusively by Sky Sports“.
The complete lack of sources provided by Sky Sports, and Jake Donovan’s recent arguments of the Texas boxing commission’s lack of involvement, has now placed Dillian Whyte firmly at square one. With there being no public information detailing his innocence, unlike what occurred in 2019 when Whyte had proven he was cleared to fight through documentation provided by UKAD (UK Anti-Doping), there was no such document provided by White this time.
Additionally, no governing or regulatory body has come out to claim Whyte as innocent or guilty, again raising suspicion given there had been no institution that could confirm whether Whyte was suspended or under active investigation in the first place.
It is currently unknown exactly with who Dillian Whyte is licensed under. While Sky Sports claimed he was licensed under supposedly the TDLR―or its more combat-specific branch of the Texas Combative Sports Program (TCSP), the exact details surrounding Whyte’s licensing does not appear to be publicly available and it is currently unknown under which body he is licensed as a professional boxer.
The complete lack of transparency, alleged misinformation by renowned media outlets and secretive nature surrounding this entire case sums up the issues pervading the sport of boxing where corruption and inefficiency are still clearly at large as Whyte’s status to fight remains completely unknown, despite his assertions that he was cleared.
