Should Taylor demand thorough drug testing for his fight with Andre Ward?

[BattlingNelson]

for those of you who don't know, ward has been getting help in training by doping guru victor conte.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-victor-conte4-2009dec04,0,657682.story

jermain taylor is next in line for andre ward in the super six tournament.

do you think taylor should be following in mayweathers footsteps here and demand extra testing?

discuss.

He should. Ward is under heavy su****ion. In fact all super six fighters should undergo random blood testing. That would be a big step forward for a cleaner sport.

[Sir Tom Jones]

I don't see why not.

Taylor needs all the help he can get.

[rochemback]

I want a clean sport as much as everbody else does, no question about it, but then it should be mandatory and the rule not the exception for when an opponent demands it.
Boxing matches are having enough trouble with people ducking each other, getting injured, not agreeing on fees, splits, refs, judges, locations, etc... the last thing we need are such random demands for testing.

[Doorag]

maybe if enough boxers starts making noise about this something will happen.

[#1Assassin]

ward would beat taylor anyway. true story.

styles make fights, i wouldnt be shocked to see taylor beat ward. hes never fought anybody anywhere near the talent level of taylor, past his best or not.. miranda comes somewhat close but thats it.

[Calilloyd]

I think he is clean, and lets say he is clean and Taylor ask for it. And, if Ward refuses and again lets say he is clean. I will be OK with it. because, that is his right. Is not his fault that is not mandatory. He does not have to do it. Would it be great if he did and I would I like him to do it? Yes... But, I understand and won't be mad at him if he didn't.

My problem wouldn't be against him. My problem would be with the commission. Like it is now. They should have this by now. There is no excuse for not having it. Is there fault that this happening. Nobody else but there's. Why are they moving so slow in putting a mandatory for this? If this was mandatory this right now would not even be a discussion.

I agree with everything you said here.

[Doorag]

styles make fights, i wouldnt be shocked to see taylor beat ward. hes never fought anybody anywhere near the talent level of taylor, past his best or not.. miranda comes somewhat close but thats it.

he looked good enough against kessler to lead me to believe he will have no problem with taylor.. i think taylor will seriously gas if that fight goes past 8 or 9.. taylor also didn't look very good against abraham.

all my points in april on ward.

[EB23]

I don't know why he would. It would show that Taylor is scared and Taylor isn't scared of anyone.

[Doorag]

I don't know why he would. It would show that Taylor is scared and Taylor isn't scared of anyone.

i see what you did there.

[#1Assassin]

he looked good enough against kessler to lead me to believe he will have no problem with taylor.. i think taylor will seriously gas if that fight goes past 8 or 9.. taylor also didn't look very good against abraham.

all my points in april on ward.

until he got caught he looked very good imo. the taylor who fought abraham beats everyone else in the super six except ward, but he does have a chance there too. im also favoring ward but taylor is a live underdog, thats all im saying.

taylor is way better than kessler. kessler has limited skills and no heart, hes all hype son.