Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Mayweather-Mosley exact test dates revealed

Collapse
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Originally posted by The Comedian View Post
    The United States Anti-Doping Agency confirmed Friday that the final blood sample taken from Shane Mosley was April 12 and the final one taken from Floyd Mayweather was April 13 as part of their agreement to undergo random, Olympic-style testing prior to their May 1 welterweight boxing match in Las Vegas.

    Mayweather won the fight by a wide unanimous decision. Each man was tested seven times prior to the fight and then again on the night of the fight by USADA, which will retain their samples for future testing. Each of the eight tests included required the fighters to provide urine samples; they were required to give blood four times.

    Mayweather gave blood and urine on March 22, April 1, April 13 and then May 1 after the fight. He gave urine only on April 3, April 6, April 21 and April 24.

    Mosley gave blood and urine on March 23, March 31, April 12 and then May 1 after the fight. He gave urine only on March 29, March 31, April 7, April 20 and April 26.

    The news of the date of the final pre-fight blood draw – 18 days before the fight, in Mayweather’s case – might give hope to fans who want to see a bout between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.

    An attempt to make the fight for March 13 failed when they couldn’t come to terms over Mayweather’s demand for random testing.

    In a story written Thursday by Nick Giongco in the Manila Bulletin, Pacquiao said he would agree to a test as late as 14 days prior to a Mayweather bout provided they weren’t taking large samples.

    “As long as they’re not getting a large amount of blood, I am willing to give out blood as close to two weeks before the fight,” Pacquiao told Giongco.

    But if you’re thinking that concession will lead to Mayweather vs. Pacquiao on Nov. 13, slow down. There is a big difference between what Pacquiao told Giongco he’d agree to and what Mayweather and Mosley did, said Travis Tygart, the chief executive officer of USADA.

    “That totally misses the point,” Tygart said of the reaction some may have upon hearing of Pacquiao’s concession and the timing of Mayweather’s last blood test. “If you know you aren’t going to be tested within the last 14 days, you can cheat and get away with it. It is our right to test at any time, 30 days before the fight, 20 days before, the week of, the morning of – that provides the deterrent. If you block out a period of time and say we can’t test during that period, then an athlete could cheat and get away with it.”

    Tygart praised Mayweather and Mosley and said they fully embraced the program. They were, he said, “consummate professionals throughout the entire process.”

    Top Rank’s Bob Arum, who promotes Pacquiao, still believes a 14-day cutoff is reasonable.

    “Fourteen days should give them plenty of time to do what they need to do, especially in light of what they did with Mayweather and Mosley,” Arum said.

    Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe said he doesn’t understand why a fuss would be made over the time of Mayweather’s final blood test. Ellerbe said Mayweather boxed at least 11 rounds, and as many as 14, after three of the blood draws.

    “Random is random,” he said. “It could be at any time. That’s what random means. I will say this: If and when Floyd Mayweather decides to fight again, random blood and urine testing will be part of it. Period.”

    Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said he heard no complaints from either fighter about the testing program, terming it an unqualified success. Schaefer said he hoped that boxing promoters and other stakeholders could get together and adopt a plan under which similar testing would become a regular part of the sport.

    “I’m not a drug-testing expert and I’ve never put together a testing program protocol, but where there is a will, there is a way,” Schaefer said. “Our interest as promoters should be to have a clean sport. At the end of the day, this is protecting our fighters and doing something positive for the sport.




    So I guess *******s where right, Mosley had one more test then Mayweather........ a urine test, I guessed Mosley was urine drained.
    I never seen this article till now. I find it quite interesting considering that there was a 17 / 18 day split between the last test and the fight.

    Comment


    • Originally posted by pistol whip View Post
      God damn it I just ***ing said I understand how it deters the fighters from even chancing steroid use because they don;t know when the tests are coming. Do I have to sign language it to you to understand that?


      [In slow ****** voice so you can understand] I am asking why in the holy hell would they even chance it and leave any window or cut off date when cut off dates were and issue in a previous negotiation. When they say a window makes the test ineffective why would the well make their test ineffective?[/In slow ****** voice so you can understand]
      ok i get what you are sayin. why would they leave a window? proly because proly they didnt need to take any more blood. they proly felt that they took enuff blood to build up a profile of the fighters. they could proly tell if there was any differences in the blood over time and when they used the urin alongside that, they porly can tell if there were other changes. the part whole prcess is about building profiles in order to not changes in the fighter's blood/urine. the other part of the process is being deterrent. so if a fighter even thinks about takin anything, they'll think twice. mebbe the usada felt that the 4 blood tests b4 the fight and the one after was enuff. but both deterrence and profiling go hand in hand. its a two part process, from what ive read. so ultimately it must be random and it is up to them to decide when to take the tests. u think there are holes? im not so sure u understand the double nature of the testing.

      Comment


      • the one thing i don't understand about the testing made by usada is that they conducted the 3 blood tests like 10 days apart and then they stopped doing it almost 3 weeks before the fight. i'm not a peds expert but wouldn't it make more sense if the blood testing be conducted closer to the fight? unless this procedure is really that intrusive and disruptive to a fighter's training and preparation.

        Comment


        • Originally posted by brick wall View Post
          the one thing i don't understand about the testing made by usada is that they conducted the 3 blood tests like 10 days apart and then they stopped doing it almost 3 weeks before the fight. i'm not a peds expert but wouldn't it make more sense if the blood testing be conducted closer to the fight? unless this procedure is really that intrusive and disruptive to a fighter's training and preparation.
          read what i wrote

          Comment


          • Originally posted by brick wall View Post
            the one thing i don't understand about the testing made by usada is that they conducted the 3 blood tests like 10 days apart and then they stopped doing it almost 3 weeks before the fight. i'm not a peds expert but wouldn't it make more sense if the blood testing be conducted closer to the fight? unless this procedure is really that intrusive and disruptive to a fighter's training and preparation.

            I don't know but they also took blood May 1st.

            Comment


            • There's no point in Manny having cutoff dates. The point of the entire USADA procedure is random testing. No ifs, ands, or buts. Mayweather and Mosley may have had their last blood test 18 days before their fight but the point, again, is the randomness of the testing.

              Comment


              • Originally posted by brick wall View Post
                the one thing i don't understand about the testing made by usada is that they conducted the 3 blood tests like 10 days apart and then they stopped doing it almost 3 weeks before the fight. i'm not a peds expert but wouldn't it make more sense if the blood testing be conducted closer to the fight? unless this procedure is really that intrusive and disruptive to a fighter's training and preparation.
                Forget the actual blood testing after the fact and think Random deterrent , then it all becomes very clear .

                Comment


                • Originally posted by Reloaded View Post
                  The power is in RANDOM , its more powerful than the test , the power of OST is not the testing its the deterrent value of not knowing when they will .
                  Random you say? Well what are the chances that the last blood tests happen 18 days before the fight and a 1 day difference between the two fighters??

                  Comment


                  • Originally posted by Slick_Rick View Post
                    Random you say? Well what are the chances that the last blood tests happen 18 days before the fight and a 1 day difference between the two fighters??
                    you still don't get it. unbelievable and hilarious at the same time.

                    Comment


                    • Originally posted by Slick_Rick View Post
                      Random you say? Well what are the chances that the last blood tests happen 18 days before the fight and a 1 day difference between the two fighters??
                      Its Random to the fighters. Its not like flipping a coin. There is somebody planning when to do the test, the fighters and promotion companies just are the ones who dont know when the test are gonna happen, thats when the phrase random comes in. So the point you were trying to make was irrelevant.

                      Comment

                      Working...
                      X
                      TOP