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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1486/
- Published: 2026-05-21T18:30:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-21T18:30:33.000Z
- Description: “I did four drug tests in camp and passed them all and then I fail on fight day. Who in their right mind would take drugs on fight day, especially when you’ve had the best camp of your life?” – Joseph Parker
- Author: Cam Slater
- Tags: Face of the Day, Sport

> Joseph Parker has vehemently professed his innocence, suggesting he was contaminated, and hopes a judgement for his failed drug test will soon allow him to resume his boxing career.  
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> Parker failed a voluntary fight-day [anti-doping test ](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/boxing/joseph-parker-drug-test-bombshell-manuka-doctor-removes-then-reinstates-kiwi-boxers-endorsement/WA5GJTRP6VDUVME37PWXU32BAI/?ref=goodoil.news)following his 11th-round stoppage defeat to British heavyweight Fabio Wardley last November after trace elements of cocaine were detected in his system.  
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> Other than issuing a statement expressing his surprise at the test result, and stating he did not take a prohibited or performance-enhancing substance, [Parker](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/boxing/parker-v-wardley-kiwi-heavyweight-accepts-defeat-vows-to-keep-fighting-after-stoppage/INPZ5JTXAFGRBN4F5MRYSDTPOM/?ref=goodoil.news) has since stayed silent on the issue while cooperating with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD).  
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> In Auckland on Thursday, though, while co-promoting [David Nyika’s](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/boxing/david-nyika-one-fight-from-world-title-shot-after-fiancees-cancer-battle/premium/7OPH5LF65RGCNDQXBSYRT5WPVM/?ref=goodoil.news) IBF world cruiserweight title eliminator against Floyd Masson at the North Shore’s Eventfinda Stadium on August 8, Parker opened up to share his side of the drug case story.  
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> “From what happened in the last fight I’m innocent from any wrongdoing,” Parker told the *Herald*.  
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> “Whatever people say or think I do not care. I’ve done nothing wrong and I’m waiting for a judgement from UKAD. I’ve given all the evidence that we can provide from our team so we’re just waiting for a judgement they give.  
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> “I got contaminated. I’m not sure by who. It’s either someone I know or I’m not sure. It’s one of those weird things.  
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> “I did four drug tests in camp and passed them all and then I fail on fight day. Who in their right mind would take drugs on fight day, especially when you’ve had the best camp of your life?  
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> “People don’t understand that. They think this and that. I’ve come to a place where I do not care what people think about me any more.”  
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> NZ Herald

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