Mayweather's Illegal Painkillers

[MindBat]

I'll answer your question, even as you're going off-topic. You should create a new thread or post your question in a thread related to USADA/State Athletic Commission tests.

This thread is to discuss whether Floyd Mayweather is using an illegal drug to enhance his performance inside the ring.

Answering your question, the fight is being held in Nevada and the state athletic commissions are the agencies mandated to test for doping in pro boxing and other sports.

My posts are related to the whole drug testing issue as is this thread, is it not?

My point is Why bring up drug use by Floyd and Oscar when neither one has been punished nor banned from the sport?

You claim "Floyd Mayweather is using an illegal drug to enhance his performance inside the ring" -- Your exact words.

Does that make the NSAC incompetent in their duties?

If so, why are Arum and Pacquiao insisting on utilizing their (The NSAC) services?

If you prefer I not post in your threads, I will respect your wishes.

[DrewWoodside]

Do you know the reason why GBP ditched the Texas venue for the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight even if it meant less revenues?

Mayweather can't fight in most states, with Nevada among the few exceptions, because he is using illegal painkillers.





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Point of clarity. I am not saying that Mayweather is abusing illegal and highly regulated drugs. However, it is public knowledge that he is using hand-injected painkillers that are illegal in most U.S. states. He should be required to explain if indeed they are used to treat hand injuries or if they are being used before fights to numb his hands.

Update: Upon more in-depth research, I found out that Nevada also bans lidocaine use by boxers.

"There would’ve actually been precedence for making such a request. It was revealed prior to his failed middleweight title bid against Bernard Hopkins in 2004 that de la Hoya took Lidocaine, a pain killer deemed illegal by Nevada State Athletic Commission standards, to speed up the healing process for a cut suffered on his hand. Hopkins appeared visibly upset when informed of the news prior to their fight, but didn’t seem too bothered by it after stopping him in the ninth round, or joining up with Golden Boy Promotions a few weeks later."

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=24349

What does that mean? Both Floyd and DLH using a substance banned also in Nevada?

I suppose Pacquiao shouldn't fight Mayweather then. He is actually open guilty of using what in some states is illegal. Mayweather = hypocrite.

[MindBat]

I suppose Pacquiao shouldn't fight Mayweather then. He is actually open guilty of using what in some states is illegal. Mayweather = hypocrite.

That's funny. He was fighting under Nevada State Athletic rules. The same rules Arum and Pacquiao want to have both fighters drug tested under.

Contradiction maybe?

Very strange.

[rj_ct]

I was born in 1988.

Fair enough. It means something else, something not-so-nice to a lot of people, myself included.

[aether]

That's incredibly hilarious. People should think hard before posting nonsense.

Answer this:

If Floyd is supposedly using illegal drugs to fight AND the NSAC is allowing him to do so -- Why do Arum AND Team Pacquiao INSIST on having the NSAC perform or conduct drug testing in the state of Nevada?

I'm expecting an intelligent, well thought out response.

at this trying to spin the issue...

floyd is more of a "drug user" than pacquiao based on actual events, while pacquiao is being perceived as one based on speculation and claims from a crack head....

i find that hilarious......

[DarthVoid]

I suppose Pacquiao shouldn't fight Mayweather then. He is actually open guilty of using what in some states is illegal. Mayweather = hypocrite.

We all want the fight to happen. But should Pac fight a cheater?

[DarthVoid]

Fair enough. It means something else, something not-so-nice to a lot of people, myself included.

I know what you mean so you don't have to raise it here, man.

at this trying to spin the issue...

floyd is more of a "drug user" than pacquiao based on actual events, while pacquiao is being perceived as one based on speculation and claims from a crack head....

i find that hilarious......

exactly.

[MindBat]

at this trying to spin the issue...

floyd is more of a "drug user" than pacquiao based on actual events, while pacquiao is being perceived as one based on speculation and claims from a crack head....

i find that hilarious......

If that's the case, then why is Floyd willing to undergo "random" testing
with no cutoff dates?

If he was scared he might get caught, he would not be insisting on "random" testing to begin with, right?

[Maidana vs Rios]

If that's the case, then why is Floyd willing to undergo "random" testing
with no cutoff dates?

If he was scared he might get caught, he would not be insisting on "random" testing to begin with, right?

Floyd used steroids earlier in his career. That's why he had/has brittle hands.

He may have even used steroids during his two year layoff, since he wasn't even piss-tested at all during that time. The steroids are long gone from his system by now, so of course he doesn't mind the tests now. The steroids/HGH have already done their job.

Damn it's so easy to make accusations without any evidence.

[DarthVoid]

That's funny. He was fighting under Nevada State Athletic rules. The same rules Arum and Pacquiao want to have both fighters drug tested under.

Contradiction maybe?

Very strange.

Arum was leaning towards the fight being held in Texas, remember?

Again, let me reiterate this. State athletic commissions are the sole agencies tasked to test pro fighters for doping.

State commission tests can show if a boxer uses lidocaine, as in the cases of Golota and DLH. As for Mayweather, he claims that he needs the drug because of hand injuries that he has suffered for years.

Hatton didnt buy that line.

The Hattons’ concern was that, although NSAC bans the drug, if the urine samples that the boxers are obliged to give afterwards were sent to a Wada-accredited laboratory, then lidocaine might not be tested for.

At the bout organisational meeting run by NSAC on Wednesday morning, Gareth Williams, Hatton’s lawyer, asked Keith Kizer, the NSAC executive director, if lidocaine would be tested for.

“We’d all seen the stories about Mayweather’s hands and we had heard rumours that he uses lidocaine,” Williams said. “So we just wanted to make sure that they complied with the rules and that it would be tested for.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle3019074.ece

Team Pacquiao should do a full-court press on the issue, IMHO.