Comments Thread For: Butaev Demands VADA Testing To Honor Dadashev's Memory, Fight For A Cleaner Sport

[PittyPat]

The only other alternative is to have a Juiced Boxing Association where we let people take anything they want, and put those guys in the ring with each other and tell them to have at it. If they kill each other, at least they all were fully informed about the risks they'd be taking.

Imagine the inhuman freaks we'd get in such an organisation. We'd get fighters looking like 2012 Overeem or TRT Belfort, and having enough stamina to go 36 rounds of non-stop punching.

[Bronx2245]

He should not place suspicions on Subriel Matias! That's unfair! We're sorry for the man's death, but don't make accusations like that!

[tokon]

"If his opponent isn’t willing to submit to random testing by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, Butaev won’t sign a contract."

Why aren't more fighters, especially at the top level, taking this approach?

[sege64]

"If his opponent isn’t willing to submit to random testing by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, Butaev won’t sign a contract."

Why aren't more fighters, especially at the top level, taking this approach?

Agreed. That's a great approach, kudos to him for that. The only other one that is public about that that springs to mind is Nonito Donaire.

[Boxing Beast]

You didn't really explain how drug testing leads to more deaths?

Fighters dehydrate to make weight, IV are used at all hospitals to deal with dehydration. IV are illegal, unless you can afford the doctors like Floyd did. Medical experts have explained how it’s literally bad for you to compete in the Tour de France if not on peds.

[Boxing Beast]

That's a load of ill thought out piff. Are all black people thugs? No! Are all Mexicans lazy? No! Are all white people racists ? No! So how come all Russians are cheats? ... because that is what you are saying if you are saying Russia is a country of cheats.

How will drug testing lead to more deaths in the ring? Vada testing won't catch every PED or every drug cheat but it's better than no testing. Way better! How is it performance art?

Russia is not allowed to compete in the Olympics, because they cheated on drug test. Were the African ban from the Olympics for thuggery, were the Mexicans bannied for laziness, were the whites banned for being racist? Of course not. Insinuating I’m a racist for pointing to the fact that country was barred from the most prestigious international competition for drug cheating, ok call me racist. I’m come from a very diverse country, Russia is very diverse as well. Seems odd to call someone a racist in those circumstances. But if you have no argument related to the facts about the Olympics you have to go somewhere .