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Boxer fined for positive test
August 12, 2008
RENO, Nev. (AP) -Suspended boxer Joey Gilbert agreed to pay a $10,000 fine for a positive steroid test as part of a settlement with the Nevada Athletic Commission that will allow him to return to the ring as soon as Sept. 22.
Gilbert agreed Tuesday to the fine and a one-year suspension retroactive to his last fight nearly a year ago. In exchange, the panel dropped all but one charge related to a banned substance found in his system - a metabolite from an anabolic steroid.
The dropped charges related to amphetamine, methamphetamine, oxazepam, diazepam and nordiazepam.
The 31-year-old middleweight from Reno gained international attention on the NBC reality series ``The Contender'' in 2005. He was temporarily suspended when he tested positive for the substances after his knockout victory over Charles Howe in Reno last Sept. 21.
A licensed lawyer who was a three-time national college champion at Nevada, Gilbert has a 16-1 record with 12 knockouts as a professional.
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