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Goodman Questions Mayweather-Mosley Drug Testing Gap

By Lem Satterfield

A former Nevada State Athletic Commission Medical Advisory Board Chairman and Chief Ringside Physician who has worked more than 400 fights, Margaret Goodman generally applauds the United States Anti-Doping Agency's inagural overseeing of a random blood and urine system for detecting steroids and other illegal drugs in boxers.

But one of the questions Goodman has is why USADA did not test either Floyd Mayweather's or Shane Mosley's blood closer than within 18 days of their May 1 fight.

USADA test results from Mayweather-Mosley were released and revealed that Mayweather had both blood and urine taken on March 22, April 1, April 13 and then on the night directly after the fight.

Mayweather reportedly provided urine only on April 3, April 6, April 21 and April 24.

Meanwhile, Mosley, who claims that he unknowingly used the steroids "the cream" and 'the clear" obtained from BALCO Founder, Victor Conte, provided both blood and urine on March 23, March 31, April 12 and directly after the bout on fight night.

Mosley provided urine on April 3, April 6, April 21 and April 24.

Goodman said that the long window between the final day of blood testing and the fight impuned the system and the good intentions of Mayweather, who has vowed to champion the inclusion of random testing.

"I, too, was concerned about the lack of blood testing of Mosley and Mayweather right up until their fight. It unnecessarily promoted conspiracy theories as to why a fighter [Mosley] who had previously admitted EPO use was not thoroughly examined," said Goodman to ***********.com, adding that "the testing needs to be tailored to boxing and M M A."

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"Both fighters wanted to demonstrate that they fought free of PEDs that night," said Goodman. "That was not adequately accomplished, which is a shame for the participants, whom I do believe fought clean."

In another move, WBA super middlweight (168 pounds) champion, Andre Ward and challenger Allan Green are mutually pushing for the inclusion of random blood and urine testing for their June 19 title bout at The Oracle Arena in Ward's hometown of Oakland, Calif.

"More and more fighters are stepping forward and asking for extensive PED testing," said Goodman. "They want to fight a clean opponent. Yet, the powers that be continue to ignore their requests."

Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor for AOL FanHouse and the news editor...

 

I now understand why Floyd wants Olympics style testing, and why Texas is never an option for him.