Dennis McCann was due to face Liverpool's Peter McGrail in Saudi Arabia next weekend as part of the undercard for Tyson Fury's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
Dennis McCann will not defend his European super bantamweight title against Peter McGrail next weekend after he returned an 'adverse finding' in an anti-doping test. The 23-year-old Brit - who fights out of Rotunda ABC - was due to face fellow Liverpool-based fighter McGrail on the undercard of Tyson Fury's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia next Saturday.
'McCann's scheduled fight next Saturday will no longer take place while the relevant parties investigate the matter further. No further comment on this will be made at this time.' No further details have been provided on the substance that was found in McCann's sample - nor the date the a sample was provided. McCann has fought twice in 2024, beating Ionut Baluta and Brad Strand. Fury vs Usyk 2 will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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