Is Usyk tested and if so how often?

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  1. mthez

    mthez Active Member banned Full Member

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    Anyone noticed those spots on his body? Hmmm...Just wondering if he was tested and how often?
     
  2. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    I was waiting for these accusations to arrive. He's moving up to heavyweight now so needs to register with a Ukranian doping lab under the name Alexander Buysk. His address and phone number can stay the same.
     
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  3. RealDeal

    RealDeal Pugilist Specialist Full Member

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    Usyk is enrolled in VADA, the most stringent PED testing org on the planet.
     
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  4. GeorgeDeservesAMedal

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    I heard that garcia and spence aren’t even enrolled for their next fight. Victor Conte just made a post about it.
     
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  6. Aleks!

    Aleks! Member Full Member

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    So is Joshua...................OH WAIT! No he's not!!!!

    UKAD test Joshua............OH WAIT! No they don't!!!!
     
  7. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    Are VADA really the most stringent when they only test 8 weeks prior to a fight. For a fighter that fights twice per year that means they are free to dope 36 weeks out of 52 weeks of the year.

    Unless a boxer is randomly tested 365 days per year then it's hard to say if a fighter is truly clean or at least the suspicion of them being dirty is less.

    The cleanest boxers will not be the ones just enrolled in VADA, it will be those enrolled in VADA who also reside in a country that has a 365 days per year random testing program for all athletes including boxing like the UK, France, Germany etc.
     
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  8. Ian_k

    Ian_k Active Member Full Member

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    Surely if Joshua boxes in the UK all the time under the bbcoc he is tested by ukad?
     
  9. It's Ovah

    It's Ovah I am very feel me good. Full Member

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    He's going to change his name to Evan Feels.
     
  10. VicMcCoy

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    I don’t think he seems the type to do that sort of thing, but I did find it quite interesting that he was very specific and definite about wanting a decent amount of time off..
     
  11. Jake LaMotta

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    Joshua is 99% Test and HGH, if they breathalysed Joshua he's break the dope testing machine the sample would be so potent. Can't imagine what his **** is like, probably glowing in the dark and is probably what Juan Manuel Marquez jacks off too. Guy arguably is the biggest roid abuser in the history of the sport. Looking absolutely Phil Heath'd with that gut. Money talks though, no way Eddie lets his cash cow pop.
     
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  12. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yes he's tested by UKAD but is also enrolled in VADA. What's the difference is might wonder.

    VADA is basically a middle man organisation that through affiliation with boxing and MMA has somehow garnered respect in the boxing and MMA community. They do not have their own labs, they are not recognised by WADA, they only test in combat sports.

    Fact is when a VADA sample is taken then get a local DCO (doping control officer) most likely a UKAD DCO, take a sample, the sample is then tested. Tested where you might ask. Well as VADA has no labs and while they are not recognised by WADA they do follow their protocols and so the sample is tested at a WADA licensed lab which in the UK is Kings College London. Of course UKAD being affiliated with WADA and recognised by WADA unlike VADA also tests at Kings college.

    So basically VADA do the exact same testing as UKAD, there is no difference other than Joshua pays $10k I believe to be tested by VADA for the 8 weeks in the lead up to his fight.

    Same thing happens in the US and any country. If you're a US boxer your sample will get collected by a local DCO and tested at a WADA lab which in the US is UCLA. USADA of course use the exact same lab.

    So all this talk of VADA being the best is BS. Now USADA are not fully independent while they are funded partially by the government they also make money through contracts with individual sports bodies so you have to wonder if a sporting body has a vested interest in keep their big star looking clean if there is a conflict of interest. So this is why some think VADA is better than USADA.

    UKAD though is completely funded by the UK government so there is no conflict of interest unlike with USADA. Also UKAD tests boxers out of competition, USADA doesn't do this for US boxers as they have no deal in place to do so.
     
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  13. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    Top work sir.
     
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  14. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He has had 5 tough fights - all at championship level - in the last 18 months.
     
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  15. VicMcCoy

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    Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge Usyk fan and as I said, he doesn’t seem the type.

    Just putting it out there that’s all. If you’re going to go on steroids, you’d cycle it during your break.
     
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