3 words: Performance Enhancing Drugs.
Sadly these days, unsubstantiated PED accusations have become prevalent in the world of boxing. It has become this era of boxing's version of a witch-hunt. 'Wow! He's so strong, he must be on PEDs'.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not naive to think that the sport is absolutely clean either, or that fighters wouldn't dare to try cheating, but that's what the commission and drug testing is for. And for once, can we at least an actual name for a drug and/or its dealer? Actually we did once. Remember Roger Mayweather's infamous "A-Side Meth"?
The latest victim of such accusations is Victor Ortiz. Incidentally, the man who is accusing him of taking something is none other than the same guy he defeated and dropped twice in his last fight, Andre Berto.
Berto went on his Twitter account @AndreBerto and wrote Wednesday:
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PED accusation are somewhat in fashion at the moment, which is a shame. It hurts peoples credibility and we have yet to catch anyone doing it (recently anyways). I think tests should be more stringent just to make sure
But science will always be ahead of rules and committees