{"id":13826,"date":"2025-07-29T15:32:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/boxing-francisco-rodriguez-jr-failed-drug-test-in-america-before-positive-test-against-galal-yafai\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:53:42","slug":"boxing-francisco-rodriguez-jr-failed-drug-test-in-america-before-positive-test-against-galal-yafai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/29\/boxing-francisco-rodriguez-jr-failed-drug-test-in-america-before-positive-test-against-galal-yafai\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing: Francisco Rodriguez Jr failed drug test in America before positive test against Galal Yafai"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Galal Yafai is hit by a punch from a bloodied Francisco Rodriguez Jr\" src=\"https:\/\/skybeaconnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7b53e360-6c89-11f0-85cd-0f57f4dbb3ff-1.jpg\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<figcaption>Image caption, <\/p>\n<p>Francisco Rodriguez Jr (right) was a big underdog going into his contest with Galal Yafai in June<!--more--><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coral BarryCombat Sports Senior Journalist<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published<time datetime=\"2025-07-29T15:32:39.822Z\">29 July 2025<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Francisco Rodriguez Jr failed a drug test in America in December, six months before his fight with Galal Yafai in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez, 31, beat Olympic gold medallist Yafai in a points decision in June, with the British boxer suffering his first defeat as a professional.<\/p>\n<p>After the fight, Rodriguez tested positive for banned substance heptaminol and the Mexican is now under investigation by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) and UK Anti-Doping (Ukad).<\/p>\n<p>The test was conducted on fight night and administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (Vada), as part of the WBC&#039;s Clean Boxing Program.<\/p>\n<p>But it has now emerged that this is the second time Rodriguez has failed a drug test in six months.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez&#039;s win over Josue Jesus Morales on December 15 in San Antonio was declared a no-contest by the Texas Commission after he failed a post-fight drug test.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Francisco Rodriguez failed his drug test on 15\/12\/24 and was put on a 90-day suspension and was assessed a $500 administrative penalty,&quot; the Texas Combative Sports Program said.<\/p>\n<p>There is no world governing body in boxing and the Texas Commission are not required to inform other commissions of the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The commission did say Rodriguez&#039;s suspension was recorded on the national data base Boxrec.com as &quot;rules violation&quot; which the British Boxing Board of Control have access to.<\/p>\n<p>Before Rodriguez&#039;s fight with Yafai, BBC Sport reached out to the Texas Commission to ask why his fight with Morales was registered as a &#039;no-contest&#039; but received no reply.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Sport has asked the British Boxing Board of Control for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Any fighter in the top 15 of the WBC&#039;s rankings must register for drug testing and Yafai v Rodriguez was for the sanctioning body&#039;s interim flyweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever holds the interim title, is the number one contender to Kenshiro Teraji&#039;s world title.<\/p>\n<p>The WBC announced on Saturday, external they had cleared Rodriguez of intentionally doping, saying an over-the-counter energy booster caused the positive test.<\/p>\n<p>The WBC now consider the Yafai fight a no-contest and has ordered an immediate rematch between him and Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>The BBBofC can officially overrule a fight result once Ukad has decided on whether Rodriguez should be banned, although any potential suspension will only apply to fights in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boxing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Boxing schedule and results 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ImagesImage caption, Francisco Rodriguez Jr (right) was a big underdog going into his contest with Galal Yafai in June<br \/>\nCoral BarryCombat Sports Senior JournalistPublished29 July 2025Francisco Rodriguez Jr failed a drug test in America in December, six months before his fight with Galal Yafai in Birmingham.<br \/>\nRodriguez, 31, beat Olympic gold medallist Yafai in a points decision in June, with the British boxer suffering his first defeat as a professional.<br \/>\nAfter the fight, Rodriguez tested positive for banned substance heptaminol and the Mexican is now under investigation by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) and UK Anti-Doping (Ukad).<br \/>\nThe test was conducted on fight night and administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (Vada), as part of the WBC&#039;s Clean Boxing Program.<br \/>\nBut it has now emerged that this is the second time Rodriguez has failed a drug test in six months.<br \/>\nRodriguez&#039;s win over Josue Jesus Morales on December 15 in San Antonio 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