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

[NihonJim]

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...

Sorry but coke is definitely a performance enhancer if it turns out he used it on fight night, the confidence, energy rush and pain numbing would be very useful in a fight.

[SteveM]

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

there's no performance benefit using ******* - or put it this way, if you wanted to cheat any incremental benefit you'd gain from ******* could be amplified with PEDS

[Elastic Recoilz]

Can certainly see the appeal in kocaine to Parker; no charisma, chit on the microphone duties... Kocaine for him would've been like pure personality powder lol

[SteveM]

Don't kid yourself. C0caine has clear benefits for fighting which is why he took it. It could've ended up with Wardley in a very bad way. All those involved should be held to account. And no fee for the cheat

What are those benefits? Have you done a line before so you'd know? If you took a line 10 minutes before your ring walk you'd be 'coming down by the end of the 2nd round if not before.

[hitmanjosh]

Who would have thought that he would get hooked on coke,Hell I guess he not such of a good guy!

[Goatintheboat]

Lol! Neither have I but I just don’t see him doing it fight night but then again he was investigated for trafficking meth so I’m sure his coke is pretty high quality & not stepped on… who cares if he snorts coke? What were his levels? So have you done coke or not? It seems by your crusade to have him banned you have not…

Why are you trying to save him? He messed up, after turning it all around, being this close to all the gold and this is now all he'll ever been known for. What a waste......r

[SteveM]

Ban the dirty drug cheat. Waiting on my refund

what a muppet - what are you on about - you have zero chance of a refund so why even mention it. On the other hand if you think sniff has benefits and it somehow really did improve Parker's performance then you got a better fight than you would have done if Parker was clean - LMFAO

[pollywog]

So on the night of his biggest fight, with everything on the line for a title shot in a bout he didn't need to take, we're expected to believe Joseph Parker knowingly and willingly indulged in a bout of coke sniffing ?

That he risked all his hardwork, dedication, potential huge money and faith by his team just to get what exactly ?

How wwas ingesting any drug on fight night supposed to benefit him in that instance ?

Are we expected to believe he is so naive as to think he wouldn't get busted when he would have been tested at every opportunity ?

Sorry, but I'm just not buying it.

And if he'd won, they would have pinged him anyway and he would have been stripped of his mando so the Usyk fight would not have gone ahead or even a Wardley rematch if the findings stick and a ban put in place...

Something smells off about this whole affair!

[Goatintheboat]

what a muppet - what are you on about - you have zero chance of a refund so why even mention it. On the other hand if you think sniff has benefits and it somehow really did improve Parker's performance then you got a better fight than you would have done if Parker was clean - LMFAO

Already got it baby. If you don't ask you don't get. It's irrelevant if it improved his performance or not. He'll never know how the fight could've gone if he had stayed clean. And now he's just another one of those with an asterisk after his name. Well done Joey.

[Goatintheboat]

So on the night of his biggest fight, with everything on the line for a title shot in a bout he didn't need to take, we're expected to believe Joseph Parker knowingly and willingly indulged in a bout of coke sniffing ?

That he risked all his hardwork, dedication, potential huge money and faith by his team just to get what exactly ?

How wwas ingesting any drug on fight night supposed to benefit him in that instance ?

Are we expected to believe he is so naive as to think he wouldn't get busted when he would have been tested at every opportunity ?

Sorry, but I'm just not buying it.

And if he'd won, they would have pinged him anyway and he would have been stripped of his mando so the Usyk fight would not have gone ahead or even a Wardley rematch if the findings stick and a ban put in place...

Something smells off about this whole affair!

Quick give Elvis a call...