Comments Thread For: Mayer on Baumgardner Test Failure: The Levels That Were in Her System Were Pretty Damn High

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Former world champion Mikaela Mayer (18-1, 5 KOs) is back in action this coming Saturday, when she faces Silvia Bortot at Manchester Arena. The fight will be the second return for Mayer since her split decision loss to Alycia Baumgardner in their super featherweight unification from October of 2022.
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[IronDanHamza]

What were they? I haven't seen the levels.

[El_Mero]

Maybe that's why baum was always so angry, yelling, disrespectful?

[Tatabanya]

"She's not my problem", huh?

This after yelling and bawling about Baumgardner for a small eternity or so...

[hitmanjosh]

What were they? I haven't seen the levels.

Her a_S haven’t seen them either but people need **** to talk about!

[unknowledgeablepugilist]

Bottom line is boxing needs to get serious on drug cheats - no more excuses just clean up the sport.

[rickJen]

Question is why do they let these fights happen? Why reveal the results only when the fight is over?
Is it possible Baumgardner's team didn't expect her to be tested after the fight?

[Sid-Knee]

Question is why do they let these fights happen? Why reveal the results only when the fight is over?
Is it possible Baumgardner's team didn't expect her to be tested after the fight?

It takes a while to test the samples taken. The sample was taken two days before the fight. With the results not yet in, there's no way to stop the fight from happening. However, i'm sure it will be ruled a NC.

[nghtmr111]

Bottom line is boxing needs to get serious on drug cheats - no more excuses just clean up the sport.

Sorry buddy but that's way too much to ask for in this sport. Actually asking for anything even remotely close to reasonable from this sport is asking too much.

[Monty Fisto]

Question is why do they let these fights happen? Why reveal the results only when the fight is over?
Is it possible Baumgardner's team didn't expect her to be tested after the fight?

The evidence is as follows: a clean test on 16 June; a failed test on 12 July; a clean test on 15 July (immediately after the fight).

She tested positive for mesterolone (a.k.a. Proviron) and methenolone acetate (a.k.a. Primobolan) in the 12 July test.

The latter of these two reportedly has a detection time of 4-5 weeks. The pattern of negative, positive, negative with the timeframes above, compared against the typical detection time for Primobolan does have some suggestion of contamination. Here, the concentration detected might play a part. A trace amount would be more in line with the contamination argument. I don't have the levels from the test and query whether Mayer knows either. Note, I am trying to look objectively at the evidence here, rather than trying to make a judgement call of guilty or not guilty.

Counting against Baumgardner is that Primobolan cannot be prescribed in the US (it's banned from entry to the US) and cannot be made by the human body. If it wasn't a contamination, -- and therefore was indeed in her system -- then it will be impossible to give a valid explanation of why it was there.

Putting my judgement hat on: Eddie has been more vocal about defending Benn, which is pretty damning in itself, so I think she most likely gets a ban.