Anthony Joshua's last-gasp replacement for Dillian Whyte confirmed on four days' notice
"I have also just seen that the fight is being cancelled without having any chance to demonstrate my innocence before the decision was taken.
"I am completely innocent and ask to be given the time to go through the process of proving this without anybody jumping to conclusions or by trial by media. "This is not the first time that I have been reported as having an adverse finding for a substance which I have not taken, and as I did last time, I will again prove that I am completely innocent.
Regardless, Whyte was removed from the main event and Helenius has been brought in on just four days' notice.
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