Benn fails drug test

No doubt his expensive legal team could probably find some way to challenge it. Could be a pyrrhic victory though, trying to build a following as a fearless fighter and the only way you can get in a ring is if you get the lawyers to set aside a suspension for cheating, it's not a good look...

'I'm a clean athlete, the authorities made a procedural error in processing my case according to subsection 2 clause b (811a) which states that the notice they gave should've been written in blue ink and not black which means that the PED in my bloodstream can't be used to ban me.

 

Whenever something like this happens the various camps that form around the competing promotional teams inevitably seek to profit from it. Given how happy Eddie Hearn has been to stick the boot in and how shoddily this has been handled, there's no doubt he deserves what's coming, but that shouldn't make observers of the sport kid themselves that any of the others are any different. If you've followed boxing as longly and closely as I think you have, you'll know full well what the rap sheet of some of the others, naming no names, looks like. They really are all as bad as each other.

We saw it in this case with the likes of Nathan Heaney getting praise for sticking the boot in. A moment's thought however should tell you that it's absolutely and utterly meaningless unless Nathan is equally as vocal and condemnatory if the shitstorm is happening to a fighter from the camp that signs his paychecks.

If there was only some way to generate electricity from hypocrisy, UK boxing would put Saudi Arabia out of business, and no-one would care about exploding pipelines in the Baltic sea, because they could fuel Europe's energy deficit with a couple of IFL interviews and whatever appeaars in the Daily Star today.

 

Josh Taylor has stuck the boot in and the 2 share the same S&C coach, have sparred and were friendly with each other.

 

Liam Cameron got 4 years for a small trace of cocaine a few years back.

Took it to the Court of Arbitration and lost his appeal and the 4 years stood.

 

There is no excuse for any PROFESSIONAL athlete in any sport taking PEDs and there needs to be a compulsory life ban from boxing for any failing tests.

That is the only way to deter the cheats.

 

I agree but it looks like that will never happen.

 

Yep. The only way to TRY and get around this, is to find holes in the processes used by VADA/UKAD and the board and I'm sure if they dig hard enough, they can find holes.

 

The topic was the specific situation that Eddie found himself in on Wednesday, not Frank’s alleged bounced cheques.

As I said, Warren would never have found himself in this ridiculous situation. If you can show me an example on a similar scale of Warren basically bringing British boxing in disrepute, I would be happy to discuss.

 

I think Benn defence will be around the fact that UKAD have no legislation to enforce ban on the findings from vada. Especially as he passed all UKAD tests.

Not even sure UKAD will be prepared to fight in court as it will be long case and expensive

 

He only went to take an paracetamol for a headache, ended up having 3 months worth of test in his body by mistake so had to take a couple of chlomid to get his balls working again.... happens all the time lads come on surely he's a clean athlete.

 

Hahahaha

 

All anabolic steroids will hinder or cease your own test production. Not just tren. Having used various testosterone compounds since 2012 for strongman, all compounds whether oral or intramuscular injectables will cease your own production. Everyone is different though so some will rebound when they cease usage, others will require PCT such as clomid or HCG, others will be buggered and need TRT or live with low or no levels. Tren is certainly a more impactful compound but all steroids are a derivative of testosterone. There is no one that won't impact you own natural levels. It's gradients of harm you are dealing with. From var and cypionate through to your tren, equipoise and the like. Tren was designed for bulking pigs, equipoise for horses. None are meant to to be taken by humans. And there is nil way you can have clomiphene in your system by mistake.

 

I'm certainly not advocating use btw. I'd advise anyone it's not worth it. I suspect the decision made by elite boxers however is that it is as there is millions of pounds at stake. As selfish as it is. I suspect the rationale they tell themselves is that everyone is doing it. I have no idea how many boxers are though. Lots I'd say but I know very few boxers so this is purely my speculation.

 

Thing is, Matchroom has made him high profile, so if he does this it'll be in the news. There will need to be a monumental PR effort to make Benn look good whatever happens now; "clearing his name" on technicalities isn't going to help.

 

You can't beat the loyalty of boxing can you