Comments Thread For: WBC Explains Their Position on 'Atypical Findings' in Artur Beterbiev's VADA Tests

[_Rexy_]

True! Perhaps I worded it differently but you know what I mean man. Roy never tested positive for any steroids either. However, it was implied that he did.

It's because like Beterbiev; His urine tests revealed high elevated levels of testosterone also. Moreover, they just didn't detect atypical findings of just natural hormones in Beterbiev's body but atypical findings of both HGH and testosterone too.

Which are just as bad as steroids. So let's be honest here. Look, I don't know if Beterbiev is juicing or not. All I know is that a reasonable person could deduce that he was probably cycling off just before he popped dirty.

Which possibly explains the atypical findings of HGH and testosterone in his system. That's just my personal opinion and not a fact. I am not saying that he did or didn't because I simply do not know.

HGH and Testosterone are natural hormones in your body though.

[brown_knight06]

Hearn is a scumbag. He knew about this a month before the fight.

[dan-b]

you said "because that's what's needed" - I read that as a suggestion

You're right. I should have added "in an ideal scenario". I know at grassroots level in Britain, there's virtually no testing.

I don't know much about cycling but it seems to me for the Tours in France, Spain, Italy and wherever else its going to be the same 100-200 riders and they are all in the same place for an event. The logistics for testing are wildly different to professional fights taking place in a dozen or more countries every weekend and thousands of pro boxers.

The riders are tested year-round though, outside events. You're probably right that there's fewer cyclists, but let's say boxing had a governing body. They could start by testing everyone in a universally agreed top 30 in each weight class. It would still be an improvement on what we had. They could also liaise with local commissions to try to improve local testing protocols.