I don't know if AB is juicing or not but let me say, If you can't get away with juicing as a boxer, you're just an imbecile. You know exactly when you're fighting, sometimes 4-5 months out and at least usually 3 months out. Most these big names fight around the same time every year like Canelo in May and September. So easy to stack on and off and come up clean
So Beterbiev tested for high levels of HGH and testosterone
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Did you feel the same way when UKAD "cleared" Dillian Whyte ahead of the Rivas fight and then subsequently cleared him of all wrongdoing on the basis of the evidence pointing to an isolated contamination event?
Personally I'm comfortable that they're all doping to some extent, but that the scientists can dictate whether someone is within the current rules or not.
The issue really shouldn't be whether a finding is adverse, or atypical. Who really cares? They both suggest doping... but is there actually a danger posed? Based on what we're seeing you could have an adverse finding that is a non-event, and you could have an atypical finding that is genuinely dangerous.
Those situations are not even remotely close to being the sameComment
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Beterbiev didn’t fail a test but these abnormal findings do make him suspect (it’s not just his muscles at his age.) Coincidentally there has been a long time between fights and between tests for him.
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At the same time says Francis Ngannou is "assuredly on PEDs" because of his physique. Despite the fact Ngannou has been in a 24/7 365 USADA program for a decade and has never failed a test and has also passed a VADA test.
The levels of ******ity are so high you'd think it's satire.Comment
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Lol Whyte had actual PEDs in his system, Beterbiev had high levels of stuff our bodies make naturally. You're giving these guys too much time.Comment
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This is actually a very good question and I don't know the answer. But I do know this is the problem with contracting in a third party like VADA to do testing on an adhoc basis rather than have overall governance which includes testing protocols.
All contracting parties get to see the results which leaves room for leaks, whether they're justified or not. It's also creates problems for who presides over these results. The British Boxing Board of Control were not sure if they could legally act on Benn's adverse VADA finding, which is why it took so long and was legally challenged.Comment
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