Comments Thread For: Goodman Questions Mayweather-Mosley Drug Testing Gap

[mrdeewill]

Unfortunately as long as promoters have control in boxing the money will dictate what happens.

[flint]

41 have tried and41 have failed.there is no blue print to defeat floyd "money" mayweather.

[Vito Corleone]

Dr. Goodman is very credible to me (and kinda sexy in her heyday). I respect her opinion.

Her position is that there should be more testing, and it should be truly random.

Also, please note that more fighters are requesting PED testing, and the Commissions are resisting. That is a direct shot at the small-brained people that continue to spout the "Commission rules only" line.

THE COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN CORRUPT AND INEPT THROUGHT HISTORY. BOXERS NEED TO LEAD POSITIVE CHANGE.

[jltsmae]

Fishy usada...

Both of them should choose/ agree, if not appointed by STATE BOXING COMMISSION, another qualified agency other than USADA that can make RANDOM BLOOD testing on the fight to eliminate any doubts about conspiracy. In my opinion, the main concern here is the USADA and not the RANDOM BLOOD Testing itself. Is it only the USADA that can do this job? Maybe some other agency can and I am sure this fight can be done...

[Black Dynamite]

I agree with Goodman, that 18 day window is not applaudable

I agree with Goodman as well. Though I applaud Mayweather and Mosley, the 18 day gap is not applaudable. As Goodman said, the testing needs to be "tailored to boxing and mma."

[jetgeomcx]

tygart-usada defended their action on that 18-day window for floyd-mosley.
but they are just digging their own grave deeper.
as goodman said...the conspiracy theory is brewing!!
tygart has a lot more explaining to do......

[Black Dynamite]

I completely agree. this whole thing has gotten out of control all because of lewd accusations by one party alone. Now its become even more of a joke by getting every expert/drug administration involved. Teh fight is being held up by 14 days, because of 1 boxers belief in an organization that has nothing to do with his own sport. Ironically, he's not even following through with their standard protocols by only hiring them part time.

Though this testing by USADA was started by lewd accusations, you cannot deny it is good for the sport we love. The USADA testing will clean up the sport, stop and deter athletes from using PED. This was the first round of tests done by USADA and I have no doubt that the procedure will get better in time.

I have heard reports that Pacquiao has agreed to the test, but only time will tell. I beleive Mayweather vs. Mosley set the standard and Mayweather vs. Pacquiao will raise the bar. We all as boxing fans should push for higher safety standards in boxing as well as mma, because if enough people get critically injured or worse die, they'll be calling to ban our sport.

[hitking]

I don't get why people are up in arms about the gap between the testing. I'm pretty sure if any of you work for companies that actually enforce their random drug testing policy, you're not tested every day and there can be a gap of several months or even years between tests. But, if you know your company enforces their random testing policy, you think about it before you make a choice on whether to use illegal drugs or not. Mayweather and Mosley were subjected to the USADA testing until the bell rang to begin Round 1. Therefore, each had a hellava deterrant had they considered using illegal substances. The deal with Pacquaio is that he wants a window where there is no derrant. I can't understand what's so difficult to comprehend about that.

[V.WEBB]

thats the beauty of RANDOM testing, when you have the power to test anytime the fighter cant use anything because they don't know when its coming so even if you dont test for 18 days, the fighter/athlete still has to be clean because they dont know. If you set a time limit on no testing then PEDs can be used during that timeframe.

This post got TOTATLLY ignored. Good post and the knowledgeable posters have been pointing this out.

Random!!!! The word is random!!!

Correct.

he does raise a good question.. sounds fishy. he said it was up until the fight.. but it wasnt. Mayweather has the USADA in his pocket. for all we know he did use xyclocaine and steroids. if he don't take this 14 day **** with pacquiao, he's a coward. i mean for all we know he already juiced for mosley.. what's 14 days to him with pacquiao?

If you believe this, I have some land in St. Martin that I would LOVE to sell you.

Goodman is a name a trust. But quite frankly, all this is going to do is force the USADA to make the testing for Mayweather-Pacquiao that much more stringent.

Right. Which will be good. What we have now is Manny fans calling this testing a joke and saying that we need EVEN MORE stringent testing. But yet they are happy Manny is pushing for a 14 day cut off date. I don't get it.

Firstly,Am not agreeing or disagreeing with whatever manny chooses to do regarding the fight, But i dont have to support it either..

Both Mayweather and Mosley were tested randomly within a period of time (blood and urine Included) up to 18 dates before the fight but both fighters didnt have the knowledge that the USADA arent coming back...which means there was NO cut-off date in Mayweather or Mosley's mind..

Pacquiao agreed to a 14 days cut-off date in his own mind so he knows he wouldnt be tested 14 days before the fight big difference.

That is a HUGE difference.

[badecisioncotto]

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I'm with most of u on the dissapointment with that testing gap. When arum said it i naturally didnt believe it, but i guess u just have to understand the "random" part of the testing.

I actually was in a program like this that tested randomly its by a computer so u could go weeks without testing and the next week u could get tested dam near every day of the week. The thing people need to understand about these tests is that its as much a deterrent as it is away to catch people doping, no testing system is a 100%(because i have seen people beat the program i was on but i've seen some caught 2) but the mere fact that its whenever keeps people on their toes.

As I said though even though i understand it, that 18 day thing was bull. Idk maybe they could try a different system of every 2-3 days they should be tested and the last test 5 days b4 the fight and 1 right after. Even though they would know whens the test it would or should deter any wrong doing.(from ariza lol)