Boxing commission mulls testing for PEDs

[BlackHat]

No. He's just moving from one opinion to the other.

"Cotto is the bigger draw!"

How?

"He has a bigger fanbase"



I swear, you can't make this stuff up.

I swear you haven't backed up your take since the first time you quoted me.

Why does Mosley bring more money? because he does!lmao!

can you prove it? uhm yeah i'll prove it later! lololol!

[IMDAZED]

I swear you haven't backed up your take since the first time you quoted me.

Why does Mosley bring more money? because he does!lmao!

can you prove it? uhm yeah i'll prove it later! lololol!

Now we're trying the reverse approach.

"Cotto is a bigger draw!"

Prove it.

"Uhh...no, you prove he's not!"

This is getting boring.

[Bruce Banil]

i'm all for it. as long as it is mandated by a proper commission, it's a 100% a-ok to me.

but no to the whims of any certain person just to get under someone's skin.

[TOBYLEE1]

With all the different new PED's out there is time to update the testing. Even when testing some still go undetected, I don't think there is a fool proof method but it has to start some where and some how. They only way we have found out with some athletes is cause they were under Federal investigation and given immunity otherwise they would had gone undetected.

[AllEyesOpen]

The New York State Athletic Commission is considering changes in the way it regulates boxing in the state, changes that could include implementing blood-testing procedures to detect performance enhancing drugs.

Melvina Lathan, chairwoman of the NYSAC, said the commission's medical advisory board is in the process of researching various policies and procedures available to regulate boxing, including blood testing for PEDs.

"We're in the process of doing the research now," Lathan said. "We have been for several weeks. We're going to upgrade our testing policies. As soon as my medical advisory board gets back to me with their findings, we're going to look over their recommendations."


The NYSAC currently tests for steroids and other banned substances through a urinalysis conducted not only just before and immediately after every championship fight, but also other random bouts.

But growing concern over the use of HGH and other PED's detectable only through blood tests has caused the NYSAC to investigate whether changes are needed.

"We're tossing around a lot of policies," Lathan said. "We're trying to find out which ones work better for our state, for our boxers and for boxing. We're trying to get what works, and once we get all of those things together, then we'll come out with a statement about our policies."

An impasse over blood-testing procedures ruined a potential bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. And the use of PEDs became a topic during a press conference yesterday to announce the May 15 WBA junior welterweight title fight between the champion Amir Khan of England and challenger Paulie Malignaggi of Brooklyn. The fight will be held at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.

Malignaggi recently ruffled Khan's camp by saying it has crossed his mind that Khan might be dirty considering he trains with Pacquiao at Freddie Roach's Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles. Pacquiao and Khan both train under Roach and conditioning coach Alex Ariza.

"I know some people have made some comments about [Pacquiao and Khan] using steroids and that ticked me off," Roach said yesterday. "Why can't they just accept that these two guys work harder and they're great fighters?"

Malignaggi didn't back down.

"I stand by what I said. But this is between Paulie Malignaggi and Amir Khan," Malignaggi said. "It's not about Freddie Roach. It's not about Manny Pacquiao. It isn't about steroids. On May 15, the bell is going to ring and we're going to settle it in there."

The NYSAC probably won't have its new policies in place by then, but perhaps by the end of the summer.

"It's something that needs to be addressed," Lathan said. "It's been a number of years since it's been dealt with, and I think it's something we need to look at. It's still in the discussion phase. There are a lot more meetings and a lot more discussions left until we actually settle in on something final."

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/boxin...JkA0fF9TitFQpJ

A step in the right direction.

[deanrw]

I am all for extended testing procedures like this. They apply to everyone and nobody is singled out

[RedWhiteBlue]

that's good. boxers now have to comply with official boxing commission rules and not just made up stipulations by their opponents.

like Mayweater ....

the guy that paid 600,00 dollars for a two pound advantage over a bloated featherweight in JMM?

[rskumm21]

Unlike you, If pac passes every test. I will post an apology and wait for him to get int on with Mayweather.
If he fails expect a little bit of gloating.

The thing is Pac will pass the tests. He'll be forced to lay off the supplements to do so and it will show in his performance. That is how he will be exposed. Just like all these ball players who all of a sudden stopped hitting.

[Chuckguy]

THis is good news. But its going to take time isnt it?
Dont they have to have a list of PEDS that are banned and others that arent?
I think it could take a while.

[Akinapepemo]

lmao that wasnt racist, im a manny fan, just ****in around... All I said was he is dirtier than a 10 cent whore off of a filipino street corner... thats just as dirty as off the corner in france, the united states, mexico, china, phillipines... theyre all dirty 10 cent whores... dumbass

Bull****. No one forced you into bringing Filipinos into this, and yet you did.

Then when you get called out for posting **** like that you make a lame excuse by saying its a diss applicable to all.

Maybe in your pea-sized brain it is not an insult.

I swear, even to this day i wonder why there are still ignorant cavemen like you, considering its already the information age.