Luke failed to defend his title on June 4th 2016. Yoel Romero was suspended by USADA from January 12th to June 12th 2016. How do you refuse to fight someone who is not even eligible to compete?
How many times have we heard that and then they end up fighting anyway? Romero's positive broke long before Luke's first title defense opponent was settled and he remained banned when Chris pulled out. Yoel was never an option and never turned down.
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