WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (38-0, 37 KOs) was supposed to face Cuba’s Luis Ortiz (27-0-2 NCs, 23 KOs) on November 4th, but it looks as if that will no longer be happening. ESPN’s Dan Rafael has details on Ortiz’s failed VADA drug test:
According to the letter sent by VADA president Dr. Margaret Goodman to Sulaiman and others disclosing the positive test, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN, Ortiz gave a urine sample for a random drug test conducted on Sept. 22 at his training camp in Miami. The results were returned on Thursday, and Ortiz's "A" sample tested positive for the banned diuretics chlorothiazide and hydrochlorothiazide, which are used to treat high blood pressure but also can be used as masking agents for performance-enhancing drug use.