Ward and Green want drug testing.

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  1. Golden Boy 360

    Golden Boy 360 Boxing's Biggest Cash Cow Full Member

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    By Robert Hough
    Andre Ward (20-0, 13 KOs) and Allan Green (29-1, 20 KOs) said at a press conference Wednesday that they both support Olympic-style drug testing before their June 19 fight for Ward’s WBA title. The super-middleweights meet in Oakland, Calif., to conclude the Super Six World Boxing Classic’s second round. Dan Goossen, Ward’s promoter, supports the proposal and said he would discuss it with Lou DiBella, who promotes Green. Green, who appeared at the Oakland press conference via a video stream from Miami, Fla., said it would have hurt his training in nearby Fort Lauderdale to travel across the country and back for the event. Green, who replaces Jermain Taylor in Showtime’s tournament, has been boisterous in the pre-fight build-up, but the Tulsa, Okla., native and resident was low-key and quick to compliment Ward.
     
  2. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    ...Warning that I doubt he ever cared to revolutionize the sport, he may indeed be doing so. We'll see.
     
  3. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    +1. This is what I thought the whole time despite being a $ fan. He can use the clean up the sport motive since demanding blood tests makes him look like a pioneer. He seems to believe it more and more after each time he says he wants to make things clean.
     
  4. 1lehudson

    1lehudson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ward is an example of what you do when people SAY that you are doing PED. TAKE the test. Its that simple.

    Good for Ward.
     
  5. 1lehudson

    1lehudson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Your right, he truely believes that Pac is a dirty fighter. I dont understand why that is so hard for people to understand.
     
  6. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Good point. People wont be pointing a finger at Ward if he does this. Alexander Potvetkin also held a press conference today where he made a plea to the Klitschko camp to join him in undergoing WADA sponsored OSDT in a proposed fight between the two.
     
  7. BigReg

    BigReg Broad Street Bully Full Member

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    Here's something you need to understand about people, their motives can change. I have very little doubt that Mayweather first brought this up because his dad convinced him Pacquiao is on something. Over the last few months though, he may have convinced himself that this would be a good thing for the sport as a whole.
     
  8. JonOli

    JonOli Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    maybe these guys know the way around it?
     
  9. DE100

    DE100 Active Member Full Member

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    Pretty big news.... for only 8 post.
     
  10. Money7

    Money7 The Best Full Member

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    that's good news to hear... now if other major fighters would just follow suit..., it could lead to bigger, better things...
     
  11. CarlesX7

    CarlesX7 Shit got real! Full Member

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  12. DE100

    DE100 Active Member Full Member

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    Not you.
     
  13. 2ironmt

    2ironmt Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Doesn't Ward work with Conte. He must know how to beat the test. I hope it's truly random (as Conte said that's the only way for it to work)
     
  14. BigBoiBoricua

    BigBoiBoricua Active Member Full Member

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    No manny is... seeing as it was floyds fear of him that inspired all this drug testing hahaha
     
  15. Brimstone

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    I'm all for this but it should be for every fighter in boxing. GBP and Mayweather made the whole thing look a joke simply because the under card fighters on Mayweather V Mosley never took blood tests. It should be for every ****ing fight not just fights they want. The whole thing is a joke.