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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)\u2014Tom Zbikowski\u2019s manager said Tuesday the Baltimore Ravens<\/a> safety is appealing a positive drug test administered after a weekend boxing match in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Zbikowski took another test Tuesday at a Chicago lab that came back negative, said his manager, Mike Joyce, who hopes the Chickasaw Nation Gaming Commission overturns a 45-day suspension leveled against his client.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe pray that they act in an expedited manner,\u201d Joyce told The Associated Press. \u201cWe are going to try to keep fighting, to see if we can get the deal overturned.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zbikowski fought Saturday at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville in far southern Oklahoma, knocking out Blake Warner of Oklahoma City in the first round and improving his pro record to 4-0. The casino is owned by an American Indian tribe, the Chickasaw Nation.<\/p>\n

After the second boxing card ever held at the casino, 16 fighters underwent drug tests and five of them came back positive. Haskell Alexander, the deputy commissioner of the Chickasaw Nation Gaming Commission, suspended those fighters for 45 days.<\/p>\n

Joyce said he\u2019s been told Zbikowski tested positive for traces of THC, a substance found in marijuana. That test result caught those connected with Zbikowski off guard, including Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, the CEO of Top Rank Boxing, which promotes Zbikowski.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnybody could have a trace (of THC),\u201d Arum said. \u201cIf you\u2019re in a railroad station or an airport and somebody is smoking a joint and you walk by, you can have a trace. Boxing commissions, knowing that, have elevated the level (of testing) for marijuana so that it doesn\u2019t pick up the traces.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut this one did. I know Tommy doesn\u2019t smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zbikowski has undergone numerous tests for banned substances through the years and has never before tested positive, Joyce said.<\/p>\n

Jeff Keel, the general counsel for the tribe\u2019s Office of the Gaming Commissioner, told Top Rank officials in an email sent Tuesday morning that if the five fighters who tested positive Saturday \u201cwill submit to us a clean drug test in the next couple of days we will lift their suspensions.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Zbikowski did Tuesday, Joyce said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sent it back to the tribal commission, so they can restore the license,\u201d Joyce said.<\/p>\n

Chickasaw Nation Gaming Commissioner Matthew Morgan said all boxers who fight in tribal facilities are told \u201cthey are subject to random drug testing during events in our jurisdiction.\u201d He said the tribe\u2019s policies and procedures \u201cmirror those of the Oklahoma Professional Boxing Commission and our third-party inspectors perform the same testing functions\u201d as they do for the state commission.<\/p>\n

Morgan said fighters \u201cmay submit subsequent drug test results\u201d to the tribal commission and that he will make the final determination.<\/p>\n

Lee Samuels, a publicist for Top Rank, said Zbikowski\u2019s next fight is scheduled for June 4 in Los Angeles at the Staples Center.<\/p>\n

Zbikowski, a former Notre Dame star, went 75-15 as an amateur boxer. He turned pro before his senior season at Notre Dame and won his first pro bout at Madison Square Garden in New York in June 2006. He soon decided to focus on the NFL and the Ravens picked him in the third round of the 2008 draft. He\u2019s made 10 starts in 39 NFL games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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