Here’s WBA regular champ Butaev had to say about VADA for all the haters out there
“I was very angry,” Butaev told BoxingScene.com regarding the Bes***** PED ordeal. “You can see it even in the fight, you could see that I was angry. That fight also got rescheduled because we were demanding VADA testing for that fight, and they wouldn’t accept it. And then, at the end of the day, I had to pay for both sides for the VADA testing to keep going with the fight. Of course I was pissed because boxing took my friend, Max Dadashev, who died in the ring. We will never know the reason he died, but who knows what the other guy was taking? No one knows because there is not enough testing.
“That’s why for our fights we are always demanding VADA. For this fight [against James], we said there is no fight if there is no VADA testing. I think that every respectful fighter, every athlete, to be fair and square, has to go clean to respect the sport and to respect their opponents and everything. That’s why we always try to prevent [PED use]. Even though people are always finding ways to cheat, we always try to be with VADA because we really trust that they are the most respectful organization for monitoring the doping. For us, to work with them is an honor.”
“I was very angry,” Butaev told BoxingScene.com regarding the Bes***** PED ordeal. “You can see it even in the fight, you could see that I was angry. That fight also got rescheduled because we were demanding VADA testing for that fight, and they wouldn’t accept it. And then, at the end of the day, I had to pay for both sides for the VADA testing to keep going with the fight. Of course I was pissed because boxing took my friend, Max Dadashev, who died in the ring. We will never know the reason he died, but who knows what the other guy was taking? No one knows because there is not enough testing.
“That’s why for our fights we are always demanding VADA. For this fight [against James], we said there is no fight if there is no VADA testing. I think that every respectful fighter, every athlete, to be fair and square, has to go clean to respect the sport and to respect their opponents and everything. That’s why we always try to prevent [PED use]. Even though people are always finding ways to cheat, we always try to be with VADA because we really trust that they are the most respectful organization for monitoring the doping. For us, to work with them is an honor.”

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