Comments Thread For: California commission head Andy Foster weighs in on PEDs, scoring controversies and more

[BoxingUpdates]

In part-two of his fascinating interview with the Andy Foster, head of the California State Athletic Commission, Eric Raskin asks about the use of PEDS, cutting weight, poor judging decisions and much more
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[Smash]

“If I move the day of the weigh-in — well, first off, I don’t think the business side of the industry would go along with that, because of the value in advertising the fight at the weigh-in the day before. But another reason is, sometimes you lose fights at the weigh-in, and you’ve got no way to get a replacement last-minute. There’s just no way. I know it’s difficult to get a replacement when you’re losing a fight at the day-before weigh-in, but it would be impossible, more or less, the day of the fight.”

This guy is an idiot

[Smash]

"if it’s just a SARM that you can get in the stuff sold down at the nutrition center"

great attitude to potential cheating in a combat sport, well done

[Smash]

“We know who the good ones are"

try heading next door to vegas to try to sort the judges out there lol

not possible and everyone knows it

[LarryMerchant'sBottle]

Good read!

"if it’s just a SARM that you can get in the stuff sold down at the nutrition center, you’ve got to treat that differently than synthetic testosterone, in my view."

Interesting perspective........

[Groin Grabber]

Did Tyson Fury retire, move to cali and change his name to Andy foster?

[OnePunch]

“If I move the day of the weigh-in — well, first off, I don’t think the business side of the industry would go along with that, because of the value in advertising the fight at the weigh-in the day before. But another reason is, sometimes you lose fights at the weigh-in, and you’ve got no way to get a replacement last-minute. There’s just no way. I know it’s difficult to get a replacement when you’re losing a fight at the day-before weigh-in, but it would be impossible, more or less, the day of the fight.”

This guy is an idiot

he shouldnt care what the "business side" thinks, but other than that he is correct. But regardless of the impossibility of replacing fallouts after a same-day weigh in, I still think we should change to same day........

[SteveM]

People I know who've done sarms say the response is amazing

[SteveM]

“We know who the good ones are"

try heading next door to vegas to try to sort the judges out there lol

not possible and everyone knows it

Tim Cheatham - always putting in egregious score cards