Is boxing the only major sport without random/blood testing?

[S.G.]

Am sure Tennis started random testing 2 years ago and since then they have caught a lot of tennis players juicing up and ban them, The funny thing is people like Andre agassi recently came out and admit drug use while he was active.

Recreational drugs or performance enhancers?

[S.G.]

Boxing isn't considered one of the major sports.

Sad, but true, which is why you rarely see coverage of it in your local paper.

I dunno man. Obviously I'm biased but I look at boxing as a major sport. It's more deeply ingrained in pop culture than just about any other and it's big events are almost universally anticipated. A lot of cash to be made at the top of boxing too.

[Vasyl’s dad]

I dunno man. Obviously I'm biased but I look at boxing as a major sport. It's more deeply ingrained in pop culture than just about any other and it's big events are almost universally anticipated. A lot of cash to be made at the top of boxing too.

I don't disagree with you, but to the majority of the nation,

its a niche sport.

[Ray*]

Recreational drugs or performance enhancers?

They test for all kind of drugs now in tennis, someone like Nadal doesnt like the privacy part but they have no choice.

[S.G.]

They test for all kind of drugs now in tennis, someone like Nadal doesnt like the privacy part but they have no choice.

I mean what did Agassi admit to? He was the meth head right?

[BattlingNelson]

Recreational drugs or performance enhancers?

Performance enhancers. I think the excuse/explanation was that it was to recover faster from injury.

[Left Banned Tua]

I was just reading about some rugby player being busted for cheating by a random blood test [here] and it got me thinking. I know football (soccer) and athletics are both heavily policed by anti-doping agencies, and I think I remember reading that the USADA (the organisation Mayweather proposed handle testing for the Pacquiao fight) are involved with the NFL and NBA to some extent.

So I was just wondering if anyone knows of any major sports besides boxing where they apply neither blood nor random testing.

And I'm not trying to incite a flame war, I'm genuinely curious and can't be arsed to wade through Google results.

mma , kickboxing , muay thai , etc. to my knowledge in the u.s. would have the same kind of tests as boxing.

like boxing those sports are handled by state commissions.

people need to realize incorporating that kind of thing will be difficult.

boxing has no ONE governing body.

it's not like the nfl , nba or mlb.

[S.G.]

mma , kickboxing , muay thai , etc. to my knowledge in the u.s. would have the same kind of tests as boxing.

like boxing those sports are handled by state commissions.

people need to realize incorporating that kind of thing will be difficult.

boxing has no ONE governing body.

it's not like the nfl , nba or mlb.

It might be difficult to enforce universally but I think it'd be achievable at the top level/in the major locations.

If a 3rd party anti-doping organisation had the backing they could do a lot of damage, so to speak.

[catalinul]

Performance enhancers. I think the excuse/explanation was that it was to recover faster from injury.

I think he said recreational no?

At least that's how I remmeber reading about it.

[Left Banned Tua]

I dunno man. Obviously I'm biased but I look at boxing as a major sport. It's more deeply ingrained in pop culture than just about any other and it's big events are almost universally anticipated. A lot of cash to be made at the top of boxing too.

testing has nothing to do with being a major sport or minor sport.

it has to do with how the sport is set up.

boxing doesn't have one governing body to set it up.

how does one go about random testing for boxers?

usually it's up to the state commissions.

usually boxers don't train in the state or even country they're fighting in.

usually boxers don't live in the state or country they fight in.

it's very hard until you can bet boxing under ONE governing body.

it'll be hard even with one.