Comments Thread For: Connor Coyle suspension includes fine, partial purse forfeiture, mandatory drug testing

[BoxingUpdates]

BoxingScene has confirmed that the unbeaten middleweight is suspended until at least November 14 ? nine months after his February 14 majority draw with Vito Mielnicki Jnr.
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[Rumblerr]

When are these fighters going to learn that it does not pay to cheat?!! Boxing is a brutal and dangerous sport as it is, without PEDs. More needs to be done to deter fighters, who are looking to cheat, from cheating. The suspension period should be in the years, not months. Their entire purse should also be taken back for such infraction. The penalties are a joke, and this is why we have so many fighters cheating or trying to cheat in the sport of boxing. I believe that the politics involved in the sport-- related to fighters who have a fan base-- are the main reason why the punishment is minimal in most cases. It all has to do with who is capable of bringing in the most money. So shameful!!!

[Smash]

they dont even name the substance busted for!!!!!!!!! wtf

how is he only getting 9 months????

very very low if he was caught for peds i would think, made a deal, hhhhmmm what does that even mean, this is not discouraging ped cheating its encouraging it with these sweetheart deals and small bans that basically mean nothing, farce as usual in this sport

[Smash]

in some ways at least he actually has to serve a ban, some caught dont even have to do that!!!!! its all about your connections in this sport

[Paddymickey]

If PEDs hopefully he gets banned. Perhaps it was recreational?

[londoner]

Change the result to No Contest? That means Coyle is still undefeated. How is that supposed to send the right message or show respect for the greatest but most demanding and brutal of all sports. Coyle should obviously have been handed a meaningful ban and in all cases where a fighter is caught cheating the result should be changed to a win by DQ in favour of the guy who has fought clean. Wouldn't solve the problem but would provide some justice and be a step in the right direction. And anybody caught cheating more than once, like Jelly Baby Miller, should be thrown out of boxing for good. That simple. But the way things are, the "human rights" of those making money from the game trump the human rights of honest pugs risking their health and even their lives in the ring.

[NotIron]

Change the result to No Contest? That means Coyle is still undefeated. How is that supposed to send the right message or show respect for the greatest but most demanding and brutal of all sports. Coyle should obviously have been handed a meaningful ban and in all cases where a fighter is caught cheating the result should be changed to a win by DQ in favour of the guy who has fought clean. Wouldn't solve the problem but would provide some justice and be a step in the right direction. And anybody caught cheating more than once, like Jelly Baby Miller, should be thrown out of boxing for good. That simple. But the way things are, the "human rights" of those making money from the game trump the human rights of honest pugs risking their health and even their lives in the ring.

Totally agree with this.

Doubt they ever change it though.

[SteveM]

Needed six months to come to a shyyte decision?