KEIGHLEY boxer Muhammad Ali has been given a two-year ban after testing positive for the anabolic steroid Trenbolone.

The Olympic flyweight, who is a former Bradford College student, failed a drugs test during the World Series of Boxing in Morocco in April last year and was provisionally suspended in October.

Now it has been reported that the 21-year-old has reached a "settlement agreement" with the International Boxing Association (AIBA).

Trenbolone, which supports muscle growth, is on the World Anti-Doping Agency's prohibited list.

Ali is reported to believe the ban is "extreme". Speaking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan, Ali said: "I was trying to make 52kg and I wouldn't want to put muscle on. I was literally trying to cut weight. It doesn't make sense."

Ali, who lost in the first round of the 2016 Rio Olympics, won silver at the 2014 World Youth Championships and 2016 European Championships.