Heavyweight Luis Ortiz, who overwhelmed Lateef Kayode in a blistering first-round knockout victory to win a vacant interim world title on Sept. 11 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, likely won't keep the belt for long. Ortiz, who goes by the nickname "King Kong," voluntarily provided a urine sample before the fight, which tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone in the postfight drug screen, according to the Nevada State Athletic Commission's complaint against him. "The level of [nandrolone] was above the normal level," NSAC executive director Bob Bennett told ESPN.com on Wednesday. The Nevada commission has issued Ortiz a temporary suspension, and he faces a disciplinary hearing at the panel's Oct. 27 meeting in Las Vegas. However, Ortiz is seeking a continuance to have more time to prepare for a hearing. The commission is likely to grant it, meaning the commission likely would not hear Ortiz's side of the story for another month or two. If, after the hearing, the commission is convinced that the failed test was legitimate, Ortiz faces a likely fine -- up to 100 percent of his $80,000 purse (but likely a much smaller percentage) -- and a one-year suspension, which would be honored throughout the United States. "He could be fined, and typically, in my five months on the job, first-time offenders for a positive test for a diuretic usually get a nine-month suspension and first-time offenders for anabolic steroids usually get 12 months, depending on mitigating circumstance," Bennett said. "The punishment could increase, but it is not likely to decrease." Man what a shame! I like this dude alot, hopefully hes clared or hes got to do the time!
Nandrolone is actually a mass builder. Years ago it was though to be a cutting drug. Regardless, it has positive effects on collagen synthesis and joint health but it's metabolites stay in your system for over six months. It also is highly supressive and has bad progestenic sides that will kill your libido unless stacked with TEST.
Unless he used HCG to keep the leydig cells of his testes active or has recovered completely and regained his natural TEST levels through time and a SERM.
