Benn fails drug test

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by themaster999, Oct 5, 2022.


What excuse will be used for the failed test??

Poll closed Oct 13, 2022.
  1. Kid Galahads brother spiked his protein shake

    5 vote(s)
    8.6%
  2. Conor benn 'accidentally' took his sisters fertility pill, he thought it was a paracetamol

    31 vote(s)
    53.4%
  3. No case to answer. Completely reasonable to be seeing a testosterone specialist 4 hours away

    22 vote(s)
    37.9%
  1. LeavemealoneKoooogs

    LeavemealoneKoooogs LeTs rUn iT bAcK Full Member

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    Whys the post broken up into different sections, para something I think they're called? That type of things not wanted here
     
  2. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Holler is and always will be the wise man of the forum. Takes it all in then just cuts through the nonsense like a hot knife through butter. Legend
     
  3. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Best poster here by a mile

    Decent poet too
     
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  4. SeanB1

    SeanB1 Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    excellent point, have reported him again. We will iron out such practices.
     
  5. Sonny1

    Sonny1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They have none, they only care about money. As soon as DAZN bin them off, I reckon they will get out of the game.
     
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    sniffmybadger Relationships are not my forte Full Member

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    Yup, my favourite poster. Doesn't get involved with the relentless squabbles about which promotor is best , always posts good points and the occasional gem of a poem.
     
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  7. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sky would sign a deal with matchroom ASAP.
     
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  8. Sonny1

    Sonny1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Maybe.
     
  9. DramaShow

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    Frank Warren said that Fury, Ngannou, Sheeraz and his opponent, Joyce and Zhang have all done VADA testing and that they are doing as much testing as other promoters. That's only 3 bouts.

    Umar asked Warren about Baluta being tested for McCann. He said he was only UKAD tested. Warren then shifts the conversation to Matchroom using Drug Free Sport, completely ignoring that Matchroom use VADA testing for all their big fights as additional testing, and then Drug Free Sport for other fights that aren't as big but still providing additional testing.

    If Matchroom start using Drug Free Sport for their big world title fights and Joshua etc instead of VADA, then there's a problem in my opinion. Do UKAD and VADA even test for the same substances?
     
  10. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    You really didn't show this much passion when Hearn was handling the Benn scenario
     
  11. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He keeps saying drug free sport don't test for HGH. It takes less than 30 secs to look on there website and it clearly has HGH listed.
     
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  12. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    At times I genuinely think Frank hasn't grasped how people can check stuff on the Internet yet
     
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  13. Bob Flaps

    Bob Flaps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I was bored last night so had a read up about this. They both aim to follow WADA's banned list but I guess down to different timings of getting systems / tests in place if the list grows, they're never guaranteed to be synchronised.

    In the Saunders case they both tested for the nasal spray but had different rules on when it was permitted; VADA banned entirely and UKAD only "in competition". Safe to say they're not quite the same.
     
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  14. DramaShow

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    To be fair there will always be at least minimal differences between the anti-doping agencies. I’m surprised there wasn’t more testing though for McCann vs Baluta. It was one of Warren’s biggest fights - basically a European Title fight. But considering there was no additional testing for Parker vs Joyce I’m not surprised.

    It is expensive to be fair to pay for it.
     
  15. Bob Flaps

    Bob Flaps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    For my sins my current day job is in medical tech, so I see some of the costs of putting on basic blood tests for things like minerals, blood count, cholesterol, etc. Some can be done from the same sample, some need an additional one, suddenly you need 3 or 4. Private companies lose money doing those tests for 50-60 quid a go with a 2-3 day turnaround, and that's without anything like the variety of testing or process involved, no storage of samples, anything like that, and it's self-served. Lord knows what home-visit randomised testing costs to run.
     
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