Comments Thread For: Reports: Joseph Parker fails test for ******* on Fabio Wardley fight day

[champion4ever]

Explains his performance. Backfired badly and could've put Wardley in a life-threatening position. No sympathy. Kick him out of the sport for good

This is something that the sport doesn’t need another drug cheat.

[Deleted]

Ouch! Good friends with Tyson Fury so I'm not shocked, just very disappointed.

[Goatintheboat]

Make him pay half his fee to Wardley as compensation and the other half back to the promoters so that they can start refunding everyone that went to the fight or bought it. Stamp these dirty drug cheats out

[Boxviewer]

Just unbelievable!

[Goatintheboat]

Anyone that subscribed for the fight should be requesting a refund from DAZN. They can claim it back from the dirty drug cheat. That'll make them stop.

[Nash out]

This makes Nash's prediction of a Wardley victory even more impressive that he beat Parker when Big Joe was coked up to maximum power bar with DLC pack unlocked. Nash out - His Majesty

[PittyPat]

Source: The Sun.

Yeah, I'll wait a bit...

[Tatabanya]

What do they look like?

In general, more agitated, jumpy. But of course every body reacts differently to substances.

[Jack_sh*t]

I'm amused by all the self-righteous indignation this story has generated here.

Assuming this test was performed on a urine sample, then Parker could have ingested it anytime in the previous 5 days. Given that the effects of c0caine are short lived, it would seem highly unlikely that Parker was under the influence on the night, especially as it's not considered performance enhancing, unless you consider becoming loud, obnoxious and arrogant is an advantage.

It's regrettable that someone commanding the level of respect within the sport is setting this example, but society is peppered with people in all walks of life who have an image to maintain for the sake of their career but use recreational drugs in private.

Evander Holyfield was a blatant PED user and yet look at the reverence he's treated with now. Anthony Joshua was busted with 9 ounces of hash and pleaded guilty to intent to supply before he was selected for the olympics. So many other cases in so many other sports I could reference. So much hypocrisy in the punishments meted out by governing bodies looking the other way or doing the minimum when it's a high profile fighter generating $$$.. So much hypocrisy in the classification of recreational substances whilst encouraging the promotion of alcohol. So many emotionally charged people beating their chests when incited to do so by the media...

[Tatabanya]

Yes, that is exactly my point. He doesn’t seem like the partying type who lives in the fast lane. He’s a family man. Or perhaps, he was just a fraud all along.

Well, to be fair certain individuals are more capable of masking the effects of drug on them than others. For some reason I look at Parker differently than the Jarrell Millers and Tyson Furys of this world. But I could be wrong.