BOXING superstar Claressa Shields has been suspended after testing positive for marijuana following her last win.
The three-weight undisputed champion, 29, beat fellow American Danielle Perkins to lift the heavyweight crown on February 3.
Claressa Shields said earlier this month she was a ‘clean athlete’Getty
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The ex-Olympic golden girl faces an investigation after the Michigan Unarmed Combat Commission suspended her from fighting in the state.
Shields is said to have tested positive after providing an “oral fluid sample” following a dominant victory over Perkins on points.
Marijuana is on the banned list of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).
The World Boxing Organisation is also looking into the case.
It’s a sanctioning body without the power to suspend fighters.
But the BBC say the WBO has asked Shields for a “show notice”.
That means they want her to explain the situation.
Meanwhile, the Michigan Commission has launched its own probe to see if she should be the subject of disciplinary action.
The Commission said: “Ms Shields’ conduct as a licensed professional boxer constitutes an imminent threat to the integrity of professional boxing, the public interest, and the welfare and safety of professional athletes.”
It comes just a week after Shields spoke out over rumours of a failed drugs test.
She went on social media to insist she was a “clean athlete”.
Shields and Perkins were both scheduled to have been tested by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (Vada) following their fight, due to the WBC’s clean boxing programme.
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