Mayweathers whole career in doubt...

His career is in question for taking a vitamin injection??

Are we talking about anabolic steroids? How about anti-inflammatory steroids like prednisone/methylprednisone?

It's just fodder for his haters to latch onto and run with it.

And instead of immediately crucifying this guy, why don't we wait and hear all the people involved in this story before we rush to executing someone.

 

How much does this recent news damage his legacy?

[url]http://6abc.com/sports/report-floyd-mayweather-used-wada-banned-iv-before-manny-pacquiao-fight/976762/[/url]

ESPN Dan Rafael

Thursday, September 10, 2015 02:27AM
LAS VEGAS -- On the eve of his record-breaking megafight with Manny Pacquiao on May 2, pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather took an intravenous injection of saline and vitamins that was banned under World Anti-Doping Agency guidelines, according to a report by SB Nation on Wednesday.

Three weeks after the fight, Mayweather received an exemption from the United States Anti-Doping Agency, the report said. However, Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Bob Bennett said USADA does not have authorization to grant an exemption. Bennett said only the commission, which was not notified of the exemption until after it was given, can give an athlete an exemption.

Although the substances contained in the IV were not banned by WADA, whose standards USADA says it follows, the fact that they were given intravenously was not allowed.

According to the report, USADA, which had been contracted by Mayweather and Pacquiao to conduct random drug testing for their bout, sent collection agents to Mayweather's house in Las Vegas the night before the fight to conduct an unannounced drug test.

The report was published on the day that Mayweather and Andre Berto held the final news conference for their welterweight championship fight Saturday night at the MGM Grand, which Mayweather has said will be the final bout of his 19-year career.

SB Nation's account said Mayweather's medical team told the collection agents that the IV -- which reportedly included a 250-milliliter mixture of saline and multivitamins and a 500-milliliter mixture of saline and Vitamin C -- was being given to Mayweather for rehydration purposes following the weigh-in.

WADA rules do not allow intravenous infusions or injections of more than 50 milliliters per six hours "except for those legitimately received in the course of hospital admissions, surgical procedures, or clinical investigations."

According to the report, WADA bans such injections and infusions because they can be used to "dilute or mask the presence of another substance."

SB Nation also reported that USADA did not inform the Nevada commission about the IV until May 21, when it sent correspondence to commission officials and Top Rank, Pacquiao's promoter, notifying them that Mayweather had been given a retroactive the****utic-use exemption, which was allowed in the contract the fighters signed to cover the drug-testing protocol for the bout. However, when the commission and Top Rank requested more information about it, they learned Mayweather had not applied for the exemption until May 19. It was granted May 20, the report said.

While Mayweather was given an exemption three weeks after the fight, Pacquiao was denied a request to be injected with the legal painkiller Toradol on fight night to ease pain in his injured rotator cuff, which he had surgery on after the bout. The commission declined Pacquiao's request because it was not made in a timely manner, and he had not previously disclosed the injury.

"The TUE for Mayweather's IV -- and the IV was administered at Floyd's house, not in a medical facility, and wasn't brought to our attention at the time -- was totally unacceptable," Bennett is quoted as saying in the report. "I've made it clear to [USADA CEO] Travis Tygart that this should not happen again. We have the sole authority to grant any and all TUEs in the state of Nevada. USADA is a drug-testing agency. USADA should not be granting waivers and exemptions. Not in this state. We are less than pleased that USADA acted the way it did."

When Mayweather and Pacquiao initially began negotiating a fight in late 2009, it fell apart over a disagreement on drug-testing protocol, which became a major hurdle in making the fight. After Mayweather accused Pacquiao of using performance-enhancing drugs, Pacquiao sued him and Mayweather eventually agreed to an undisclosed seven-figure settlement.

Mayweather was not available for comment Wednesday night.

 

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floyd is an embarrassment to the sport.

 

Well I'm still trying to get my head around it all. Obviously he gained an edge which seems illegal.
What fallout results from this depends on a number of factors.
None of these guys are clean though, not excusing Mayweather at all but just saying.

 

It's hard to say how it will effect him at the moment at there is a lot that is yet to be clarified regarding this situation.

NSAC could very well turn the result of the Pac fight in to a NC if pushed to as Mayweather never got a TUE from them as required. That would remove a very significant win from Mayweather's resume and that would effect his legacy.

Mayweather needs to start damage control ASAP. If he can come up with answers that can appease the critics then it won't effect his legacy much. But if he leaves these issues unanswered people will continue to speculate and it will tarnish his legacy.

Whatever the case it damages the sport and Pac must feel gutted because he's had 2 losses to possible PED users and he's the one that get's accused more than anyone of cheating.

 

Mayweather's testing is a joke. He avoided Manny for 5 years because he was scared.

 

That's about how I see it. If this were boxing 30 years ago and someone did what Mayweather did then he'd standout from the crowd. But given that most of these guys are on one kind of enhancer or another how much can one really say about it.

 

The irony of this after the years of baiting of Manny Pacquiao the Mayweather clan did is beyond belief. Why on earth would Mayweather require an IV to rehydrate from 147 when he enters the ring at about 150? Weird to say the least.

 

This article states why all this will go nowhere. In it, he states that getting a TUE after the fact is allowed per terms of the negotiated contract between him and Pac. One just has to wonder why he would have this in place in the first place. And I guess now we know why the Berto fight was announced so late, I guess Floyd wants to close that surprise visit window even further now days.

 

You guys are taking accusations and speculation and running with it. Let's wait and see how everything plays out before jumping to conclusions. What is USADA saying? What is Floyd saying? Right now it's just outside people looking in and commenting.

 

The canelo, JMM, Oscar and Castillo fights are definitely in doubt

The other ones I'm sure he was clean