For sure, boxing needs this badly. A FIFA of boxing would be good for the sport, allowing for local characteristics but governing the sport overall at both the pro and amateur level.
And blood test is even worst for EPO. In fact, the blood test for EPO is basically copying the urine method and that is fairly new and unproven. The Clear is tested via urine. Blood testing means **** with blood doping. Blood test means ****. You have to test fighter throughout the year, especially between scheduled fights and training. Who is going to pay for that? Who are you going to test? Champ and #1 contender? What happens if you weight jump or drop weight and never ranked in a particular weight class? You guys are answering without fully understanding.
Why in the hell do you need blood. **** detects everything blood does and more. Why would you want someone poking you in your veins, when its not needed..
Because there WAS NO TEST for The Clear at the time. Blood testing Mosley at the time would have gotten you the same result - ZERO. EPO testing meant **** also as if you cycle correctly you can pass the urine or blood test. You don't know what you are talking about.
the only accepted procedure by WADA/USADA to detect the presence or use of synthetic EPO is through urine analysis. Find me a link where it says otherwise. Out of 4,000 samples, USADA has never officially caught anybody on HGH. Is their blood testing program effective or does it even work?? Though not yet approved, the procedure to detect HGH from urine is available. It has caught the same amount as the blood testing program.
HILARIOUS how only guys with Pacquiao avatars are the only ones talking about taking blood being invasive or are curious as to why its needed. Stop the BULL****. If Pacquiao didn't make this big deal about it, I don't think ANYONE would be referring to blood testing as invasive.
Yes. Amir Khan says boxers in the Olympics were urine tested and then given a blood test after their last fight. So, according to Amir Khan, Pac has agreed to OSDT.
olympic style drug testing means year round testing, randomly, from what I understand. boxing has a lot of other issues to deal with before it even tries to implement something like that. And if we're talking year round blood testing , i.e. sticking fighters arms with needles at regular intervals then no I don't approve. A few blood tests here and there before the fight is fine though. What pac agreed to the first time: a cutoff date, a couple blood tests before the fight and one right after the fight, with any amount of urine testing, was perfectly sufficient.