TEAM GB Boxer Muhammad Ali has been slapped with a two-yr doping ban.

Ali, 21, tested positive throughout a World Collection of Boxing match between the British Lionhearts and Morocco Atlas Lions in Casablanca in April.

He has been provisionally suspended since Might by AIBA, the game's worldwide federation.

Ali reckons his ban is "excessive" and "couldn't have been any worse".

A silver medallist on the 2014 World Youth Championships and 2016 European Championships, Ali misplaced within the first spherical of the flyweight competitors on the Rio Olympics final yr.

Chatting with the BBC, he added: "I didn't depart my bed room for 5 months. I used to be so depressed, however it’s what it’s. I've simply obtained to do my time and transfer on.

"I assumed it might be a six-month suspension or one thing.

"It one hundred% makes me extra hungry – I would like it greater than ever now – not 1% of me thought this may ever occur to me.

"There's going to be individuals saying this and that. I don't need anybody considering I'm a nasty man."

It’s understood that Ali requested for his B pattern, which is used to verify an preliminary discovering, to be tested and that additionally got here again positive for hint quantities of the steroid.

The substance he tested positive for is an anabolic steroid often known as Trenbolone, which helps muscle progress.

Ali is claimed to have argued that he might have eaten contaminated meat in Morocco or drunk one thing meant for his dad.

He added: "All they caught me with was two nanograms. I can't clarify it.

"I used to be making an attempt to make 52kg and I wouldn't need to put muscle on. I used to be actually making an attempt to chop weight. It doesn't make sense."

The 21-yr-previous Yorkshireman is very rated by GB Boxing and was the highest-ranked fighter in his World Collection of Boxing division.

In a press release on the AIBA web site, the worldwide federation introduced the ban.

It learn: "In accordance with the AIBA Anti-Doping Guidelines, AIBA has reached a settlement settlement on the case Muhammad Ali (ENG) 2017-IC-02 with the opposite get together, the English boxer, Muhammad Ali, who has acquired a 2-yr suspension for testing positive for a substance included on the WADA Prohibited Listing.

"The boxer tested positive for sort S1. 1A Exogenous AAS substances on the in-competitors check carried out on the event of the World Collection of Boxing match between Morocco Atlas Lions vs British Lionhearts held on April twenty first, 2017. In accordance with the AIBA Anti-Doping Guidelines and the World Anti–Doping Code, the Boxer and England Boxing have been notified concerning the findings.

"The Worldwide Boxing Affiliation (AIBA) welcomes and absolutely helps the anti-doping testing process put in place for competitions.

"AIBA is working with WADA to make sure that boxing is doping free and can take the suitable motion relating to this case.