Andre Berto tests positive for Enhancers. Should Ward, Donaire and Judah be tested?

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  1. fight_night

    fight_night New Member Full Member

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    The minimum that should be done is that every title fight should include testing. this is realistically possible.
     
  2. SJS19

    SJS19 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Smaller fights can't afford the funding for testing, and I doubt any comission would pay out of its own pocket, they're businesses first and foremost.
     
  3. Hotsauce

    Hotsauce Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i agree
     
  4. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Unfortunately this is 100% correct. Without a governing body, there is nobody responsible for keeping the sport clean. The state commissions are limited because fighters live and fight all over the place. Who tests a guy who trains in Vegas for an upcoming fight in New York? A guy from Montreal fighting in England?

    The only realistic solution I see is for a fighter to be tested by the commission sanctioning the fight from the time the contract is signed until the time of the fight.
     
  5. Emeritus

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    Damn! I just read this over at the scene....say it aint so Berto!

    Your career is over!
     
  6. platnumpapi

    platnumpapi Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    mayweather said people were cheating and not taking the test.now you got people cheating and taking the text.im just glad what ever they do the test will show it. all fights will end up being 24-7 blood and urine and mayweather you guys could thank for that.
     
  7. elchivito

    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    :deal Yep. Popping up everywhere man. All the big names if their not proven cheats many still think they are. And I'm talking just about every sport.
     
  8. Outboxer

    Outboxer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I hope Donaire isn't on anything. I like watching him box, and he seems like a decent guy. Working with someone like Conte is a terrible idea, though...I don't even think he should work with Robert Garcia after the Margarito handwrap scandal.
     
  9. bald_head_slick

    bald_head_slick Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Once again... Mayweather is proven right.

    When will Pacfraud drug test? When?
     
  10. Jack

    Jack Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, I agree. I'm a huge fan of Donaire and this news worries me. I don't think Donaire is the 'type' to cheat but then again, I think it's entirely plausible that Conte is allowing his customers to be ignorant of what goes into their bodies.

    As a Donaire fan, I want to think he's not cheating. If I think about it objectively, I have to doubt all of the fighters with a connection to Conte. I think it's likely all have taken PEDs, knowingly or not.

    The most obvious for me would be Ward. I think he has taken something.
     
  11. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This would highly disappoint me. Having met him, he is a great guy.

    Working with Conte is not a good way to keep the good guy image.
     
  12. Hotsauce

    Hotsauce Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i say it all the time

    don't be surprised if your favorite fighter is on something
     
  13. bald_head_slick

    bald_head_slick Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :deal
     
  14. Jack

    Jack Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, you're probably right.
     
  15. Bajingo

    Bajingo Boxing Junkie banned

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    If someone like Lamont can be juicing then any of them can be, as cynical as that sounds. And only the VADA tests would have caught him, the crappy commission tests and even Floyd's testing would have given negative results.