Australian boxer Browne ‘devastated’ by positive test (Reuters)
Australian boxer Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne protested his innocence and said he was “devastated” on Wednesday after failing doping test in wake of his victory in a world title fight two weeks ago. The 36-year-old former bouncer won the “regular” version of the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title when he knocked out Russian Ruslan Chagaev in Chechnya on March 5. A letter from the Las Vegas-based Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) confirming that Browne’s “A” sample had contained traces of Clenbuterol was leaked to ESPN on Tuesday, however.