Alvarez blamed contaminated meat for his positive drug tests (Picture: Getty)

Tom Loeffler claims Voluntary Anti-Doping Association took the unprecedented move to cancel a scheduled drug test after Canelo Alvarez’s rematch with Gennady Golovkin.

Alvarez won a close points decision over Golovkin in their second encounter in September, a year after the middleweights had fought to a draw in their first fight.

The rematch had to be postponed when Alvarez tested positive for a banned substance and was subsequently banned for six months.

Jake, Vada scheduled a random test for GGG a week after the fight. I made sure that Canelo was also going to be tested. Next day the random test was cancelled. Strange that it was scheduled then cancelled, maybe Canelo was already in MX eating steaks celebrating his “decision” https://t.co/HTrzBNiOYm — Tom Loeffler (@TomLoeffler1) November 18, 2018

Alvarez has always denied he intentionally took clenbuterol, but was repeatedly bashed by Golovkin and his team in the build-up to the rematch.


And after Golovkin was again thwarted by the judges, his promoter claims there was some strange decision making at VADA in regards to test scheduling.



‘VADA scheduled a random test for GGG a week after the fight,’ Loefller said on Twitter responding to a post.

Alvarez won the rematch on points (Picture: Getty)

‘I made sure that Canelo was also going to be tested. Next day the random test was cancelled.

‘Strange that it was scheduled then cancelled, maybe Canelo was already in Mexico eating steaks celebrating his “decision”.’

After speculation began to swirl as to why Alvarez would be allowed to cancel a random drug test, Loeffler clarified it was not the Mexican who made the decision.

Loeffler (left) believes VADA cancelling the test is suspicious (Picture: Getty)

He said: ‘I didn’t say Canelo cancelled the last test, VADA cancelled, but was the first time a random test was ever cancelled.’

Alvarez signed up to year-round testing with VADA after a huge backlash to his positive drug tests in February.

The 28-year-old seems to have little interest in completing the trilogy with Golovkin and is instead booked to fight WBA (Regular) champion Rocky Fielding in December.

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