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Allegations made by Joan Guzman manager Jose Nunez that Nate Campbell may have used the blood-boosting drug erythropoietin (better known as EPO) in his lightweight title victory over Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz are just that, allegations.
Nunez does not name the source of this contention, hinting only that “someone” in the Campbell camp has loose lips about the steroid being used by the triple belt world champion. And the manager’s remarks in a ****************** interview with Cesar Fermin may just be a ploy to mentally distract Campbell from his final preparations for the mandatory WBO title defense against the undefeated Dominican in Biloxi on Sept. 13.
In fairness to Campbell, it must be emphasized that what Nunez said may strictly be rumor and nothing more.
But, putting two and two together, I wonder if Nunez’s su****ions come from former Sugar Shane Mosley trainer Deryl Hudson. It was Hudson who introduced Mosley to convicted BALCO boss and steroids dealer Victor Conte some time before Mosley beat Oscar de la Hoya in Sept. 2003.
Federal prosecutors in San Francisco are sitting with sworn statements from Hudson and Conte that Mosley knowingly used the illegal EPO in that time period. In his affiidvait, Conte specified that Mosley was charged $1,850 for the endurance enhancing drug and a doping calendar.
In his sworn statement, which like Conte’s came after Mosley filed a defamation lawsuit agsinst Conte, Hudson said the fighter “knew that drugs provided to him by Mr. Conte were illegal performance enhancing drugs.”
In the Mosley-Hudson-Conte triangle, it is obvious that either the boxer is telling the truth or has committed perjury. Just as it is obvious that either Hudson and Conte have either spoken the truth or committed perjury.
So where’s the tie between Hudson and Nunez?
Hudson worked briefly as trainer for Guzman. Hudson and Mosley split up after Mosley was beaten by Winky Wright.
In the larger picture, how many boxers are using EPO to boost their chances of winning fights?
On July 22, anti-doping expert Dr. Bengt Saltin told the BBC that it is his belief that the use of EPO in the Beijing Olmypic Games is “widespread. I would think that with most of the medal winners and many in the finals in endurance events there is a big risk of them using EPO.”
The problem is snaring these drug cheaters is that there are ways to mask such usage, Saltin. Said.
“Of course they have to be clever but they don’t have to be too clever,” Saltin said.
Copycat versions of EPO, which may be undetectable under the methods now in use by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) , have come from Cuba, China and India and copycat versions are said to be on sale on the Internet for as little as $50.
Mosley is getting ready for a Sept. 27 fight against Ricardo Mayorga.
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Nunez does not name the source of this contention, hinting only that “someone” in the Campbell camp has loose lips about the steroid being used by the triple belt world champion. And the manager’s remarks in a ****************** interview with Cesar Fermin may just be a ploy to mentally distract Campbell from his final preparations for the mandatory WBO title defense against the undefeated Dominican in Biloxi on Sept. 13.
In fairness to Campbell, it must be emphasized that what Nunez said may strictly be rumor and nothing more.
But, putting two and two together, I wonder if Nunez’s su****ions come from former Sugar Shane Mosley trainer Deryl Hudson. It was Hudson who introduced Mosley to convicted BALCO boss and steroids dealer Victor Conte some time before Mosley beat Oscar de la Hoya in Sept. 2003.
Federal prosecutors in San Francisco are sitting with sworn statements from Hudson and Conte that Mosley knowingly used the illegal EPO in that time period. In his affiidvait, Conte specified that Mosley was charged $1,850 for the endurance enhancing drug and a doping calendar.
In his sworn statement, which like Conte’s came after Mosley filed a defamation lawsuit agsinst Conte, Hudson said the fighter “knew that drugs provided to him by Mr. Conte were illegal performance enhancing drugs.”
In the Mosley-Hudson-Conte triangle, it is obvious that either the boxer is telling the truth or has committed perjury. Just as it is obvious that either Hudson and Conte have either spoken the truth or committed perjury.
So where’s the tie between Hudson and Nunez?
Hudson worked briefly as trainer for Guzman. Hudson and Mosley split up after Mosley was beaten by Winky Wright.
In the larger picture, how many boxers are using EPO to boost their chances of winning fights?
On July 22, anti-doping expert Dr. Bengt Saltin told the BBC that it is his belief that the use of EPO in the Beijing Olmypic Games is “widespread. I would think that with most of the medal winners and many in the finals in endurance events there is a big risk of them using EPO.”
The problem is snaring these drug cheaters is that there are ways to mask such usage, Saltin. Said.
“Of course they have to be clever but they don’t have to be too clever,” Saltin said.
Copycat versions of EPO, which may be undetectable under the methods now in use by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) , have come from Cuba, China and India and copycat versions are said to be on sale on the Internet for as little as $50.
Mosley is getting ready for a Sept. 27 fight against Ricardo Mayorga.
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