By Daniel Matthews For Mailonline
Published: 09:45 BST, 4 June 2019 | Updated: 10:15 BST, 4 June 2019
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Anthony Joshua's team have denied the extraordinary accusation made by Dillian Whyte that AJ was beaten by Andy Ruiz Jnr because he was unable to legally dope in the US like he can in the UK.
The claim came just days after Joshua surrendered his unified heavyweight titles following a seventh-round stoppage at the hands of the unfancied Ruiz.
AJ was knocked down four times in New York and his rival Whyte said Joshua's lacklustre display was down to his inability to legally take banned substances as he does in the UK.
Dillian Whyte claimed Anthony Joshua lost to Andy Ruiz Jnr because he was unable to dope
'Joshua could be heard on camera asking his trainer Rob McCracken, "Why do I feel like this?" after the sixth round,' Whyte said on
'It is because you're in America with the VADA (Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency) testing and you're not on the juice, that's why,'
'It's harder to get therapeutic use exemptions in America than the UK, that's why.'
Joshua is subject to strict, 365-day drug testing as part of UK Anti-Doping's Whereabouts programme. He was also subject to VADA testing ahead of his American debut.
His original opponent for
