Sulaiman should remain non-partisan

https://www.badlefthook.com/2018/3/...-golovkin-is-just-confused-over-canelo-issues

The more Sulaiman talks the more he discredits his organization. He is now making it sound like GGG is somehow the guilty party because he has concerns about Canelo failing two drug tests. What the boxing organizations have been accused of are being proven true by their responses to the two drug failures by Canelo. They favor certain fighters over others due to these fighters having the ability to bring more money to boxing.

VADA is in place for one reason and one reason only, and that is to assure the public and the fighters that everything is fair and on the up and up. They should be 100% independent. It is imperative that VADA state in no uncertain terms exactly where things stand regarding the status of Canelo's drug test failures. They should not tell us next week or even tomorrow. People seem to think this is like a crime lab where it often times takes weeks to confirm the results of a test. VADA, unlike crime labs, does not have thousands of other tests for various cases they are running, thus delaying results. VADA is there for one reason! Tell us where things stand today or run the risk of appearing to be tied to the boxing organizations that promote the fights. Nothing is more important than telling the public what their ruling is and why.

Do it today!

 

I'm just floored by how this is being handled. If you go to WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency and do a search there is nothing in their records about Alvarez or boxing regarding this violation by Canelo. This is by far the biggest cause celebre on their hands at the moment and they don't even have it in a searchable database?! It makes the whole thing seem like a sham.

 

You may be right. But shouldn't they explain to the public what their findings mean? I think they should and put this whole thing to rest.

 

It's a good question because it is the right question.

 

It was mentioned elsewhere the levels of clenbuterol found in Canelo's blood test, somewhere in the area of 600-800 picograms. Can anyone tell me where they saw this and send a link? Thank you.

 

Any amount of Clenbuterol is doping, says WADA

'This is just the dopers adjusting or mis-adjusting to the testing'

Alberto Contador's lawyers will need to re-think their Tour de France doping defence. A WADA official reminded them that an athlete with any amount of the drug Clenbuterol is considered positive.

"Just because it's small doesn't mean it's not doping," WADA's Christiane Ayotte told the New York Times. "This is just the dopers adjusting or mis-adjusting to the testing."

Ayotte runs the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) lab outside of Montreal. She commented on the recent cases of athletes testing positive for small amounts of Clenbuterol. The drug helps breathing and weight loss.

Recent cases:
- China's Fuyu Li: 50-100 picograms
- Italy's Alessandro Colò: 200 picograms
- Spain's Alberto Contador: 50 picograms
- Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov: 75 picograms
- Mexico's Saul "Canelo" Alvarez: 600-800 piocgrams

Cyclists Li and Colò both received suspensions from their federations. Germany acquitted table tennis player Ovtcharov, but WADA has since appealed the decision. All of the athletes argued that the Clenbuterol came from eating contaminated beef.

The WADA lists Clenbuterol as a banned substance regardless of how it was ingested. Contador maintains his innocence and claims that the beef that his Astana team bought in Irún, Spain, caused the positive result.

Link: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/66...says-WADA.aspx