BRITISH Boxing Board of Control General Secretary Robert Smith says controversial figure Dr Usman Sajjad has not been registered with the BBBofC “for a number of years”.
Sajjad’s name cropped up in the boxing headlines recently for his association with super-bantamweight Dennis McCann. The 24-year-old from Maidstone was set to face Peter McGrail in Riyadh last month but the fight was pulled when an adverse finding was discovered in a pre-fight test from McCann.
Earlier this week, The Times reported that McCann, who won British and European titles in 2024, had tested positive for the banned substances drostanolone and trenbolone prior to his bout against McGrail.
Sajjad describes himself on Instagram as a ‘Sports Doc + Andro/Menopause’ and a ‘Doctor for the champ’ Tyson Fury and lists Conor Benn, unbeaten super-lightweight Khaleel Majid and current British light-heavyweight champion Lewis Edmondson as his clients, too.
After McCann was removed from the clash with McGrail a photograph of himself and Sajjad surfaced online leading to speculation about the Doctor’s involvement with McCann.
Robert Smith told The Times that Dr Sajjad was a subject of interest and his activities were being “carefully considered.”
Yesterday, Boxing News spoke to Smith about the matter.
“I can tell you that the doctor has not been registered with the board for a number of years. We don’t license doctors, we register them to work on shows etc. He hasn’t been working with us for a number of years.
“The trouble is I can’t stop a particular boxer taking advice from any individual. We are looking into his activities along with other people and I can’t really give you any more information than that.
“You’re dealing with human beings, you can only advise people and if they don’t want to take your advice there’s nothing you can do. But the situation is as I said, he’s not registered with the board, we don’t deal with him.”
Current Commonwealth light-heavyweight champion Lewis Edmondson, who defeated Dan Azeez for the title in October, also spoke about the role of Dr Sajjad in his own career.
“I don’t know what all this is about. He’s helped me through injuries, and he’s helped me when I’ve needed it. All that stuff that’s going about – I don’t believe it’s true.
“As far as I’m concerned, the man has nothing to do with [PEDs]. Not that I would know. Innocent until proven guilty, right?”
