Botha tests positive: report

Test ... Francois Botha reportedly tests positive to a banned substance. Source: Jono Searle / News Limited

Francois Botha, the former heavyweight world champion beaten by Sonny Bill Williams on Friday night, has allegedly tested positive to a banned substance.

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Fairfax Media reports Botha failed a drugs test on the eve of the fight.

The report suggests results of a urine sample submitted by the 44-year-old South African in Brisbane last Tuesday under WBA regulations show he had Phentermine - a banned stimulant - in his system.

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The drugs test, which has now been forwarded to the WBA's global headquarters in Panama, also detected Benzodiazepine, which suggested Botha was also using a valium-type product.

Leading sports doctor Peter Larkin told Fairfax the two substances had an opposite effect.

"One puts you to sleep, one keeps you awake," Larkin told Fairfax Media.

"Phentermine is part of the go-fast group, as I call them, which is similar category to all of the adrenalin amphetamines...anything that is a stimulant that keeps you awake and improves your reflexes."

According to witnesses who saw Botha in his dressing room before the fight, he was extremely relaxed in the lead up to the fight.

However, once the fight got under way, he was alert and continually taunted Williams.

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