A Letter To Roy Jones.........

[Bennett]

So what does this letter prove then?

this is what it proves--

"Through his attorney, Jones admitted he had been taking an over-the-counter product called Ripped Fuel. That’s not illegal but it is an anabolic steroid according to the IBF and other other sanctioning bodies.

So he did test positive. He did take Ripped Fuel."

seriously guys. ripped fuel made by twinlab. its a cup of coffee w/o the dehydration. look into it. its over the counter. no different that taking a shot of b12 before a fight.

and nobody is going to die on ripped fuel unless your doin lines of coke with it

[Bennett]

no responses to ripped fuel?

[SplitSecond]

no responses to ripped fuel?

he is new to boxing, all he knows is that jones was sent a letter about testing positive for a banned substance

[Toney616]

no responses to ripped fuel?

Whether or not ripped fuel caused the positive result, he still should of got a 6 month ban and stripped of his belts. His promoter said it was nasal spray which caused the positive result, so someone hasn't got there story straight.

[Vadrigar.]

Whether or not ripped fuel caused the positive result, he still should of got a 6 month ban and stripped of his belts. His promoter said it was nasal spray which caused the positive result, so someone hasn't got there story straight.

why didn't they ban him then. What was their reasoning?

[SplitSecond]

Whether or not ripped fuel caused the positive result, he still should of got a 6 month ban and stripped of his belts. His promoter said it was nasal spray which caused the positive result, so someone hasn't got there story straight.

Merk was asked about the situation which he said he knew nothin about and said the reason for a positive "could" have been because of a nasal spray or somethin like it because of roy's terrible sinuses, muhammad just passed down that info

but jones said it was ripped fuel before brad jacobs(was it?) said there was no way it could have been nasal spray

you think everyone is a drug expert?

[Toney616]

why didn't they ban him then. What was their reasoning?

JHALL: I didn't have a law to back up taking any action. I've tried since May 13, 2000, to introduce a law almost like Nevada's where we can do drug testing in Indiana. So far that hasn't gotten passed in our Legislature or in our Rules. The Commissioners passed it and somehow the Professional Licensing Agency hasn't called up and made these rules. We are trying to get these rules passed but I think the big story is that the majority of the Commissions DON'T do drug testing.

BRC: Let's move on to both fighters positive tests for anabolic steroids. As you well know there have been several versions of events; the Ripped Fuel version, the sinus medicine, etc. Can you clear it up for the fans? How specific are these tests and can you rule out... let's say the sinus medication, for instance?

JHALL: Not from the information we received. The information we received indicated that Mr. Jones failed the drug test for anabolic steroids. Talking to Roy's attorney, Fred Levin, he indicated that Roy had taken a substance called Ripped Fuel, an over the counter supplement that is not illegal but is an illegal substance according to the IBF and the other sanctioning bodies. He admits that Roy took that. I have no knowledge that he took that or some other substance...


BRC: Let me see if I'm understanding you correctly... You do know that there were anabolic steroids in Roy's system? **(Editor's Note: we are not ignoring the fact that Richard Hall also tested positive, we will come to that in a minute...)

JHALL: Yes.


BRC: You do know that Ripped Fuel could possibly have been the cause of the positive test result?

JHALL: Roy's attorney, Fred Levin said that Roy was taking that. I do not know that (Ripped Fuel) is what he was taking.


BRC: We can't rule the Ripped Fuel out but we can't say that it was the only thing that could have caused Roy to test positive, is that correct?

JHALL: Correct.

JHALL: Yes, and in his interview with Aladdin Freeman he didn't mention that he also tested positive and he was probably ten times over what would be a normal amount and Roy Jones was six times over a normal amount. Richard received a letter dated August 2nd, from the IBF indicating to him that he failed the test. He forgot to mention that in the interview.

http://www.braggingrightscorner.com/sarajhall1.html

[Toney616]

Muhammad: Well, I only know that on Richard Hall we got nothing but I have a positive test from Roy Jones, Jr. that was directed to Mr. Jake Hall at the Indiana Boxing Commission, indicating that Mr. Jones tested positive for anabolic steroids.


BRC: I realize that 2-1/2 years have gone by, and perhaps you don't remember... but I have copies of the letters sent by the IBF to Richard Hall and to Roy Jones, and they both bare your signature, as then Secretary of the organization...

Muhammad: That's correct and there was also another one that Ms. Knight herself asked me to send... She asked me to send them, (the letters), I sent them. Then she herself sent one to ... it was directed to Roy Jones telling him that she hadn't heard from him about the results from Specimen B and that she was directing him to contact this office no later than the close of business on Friday, August 25, 2000.


BRC: The fight was in May? Why such of long lapse of time?

http://www.braggingrightscorner.com/saramuhammad.html
For more info go here:
http://www.braggingrightscorner.com/...nes092704.html

[Toney616]

Neither Jones or Hall expected to get tested that day either because:

FH: Boxing uses urinalysis to test fighters for illegal drugs, but when did the sport initially begin testing specifically for steroids?

Goodman: That was proposed by [Then-commissioner] Flip Homansky at the time, and I think that it started in 2001 as a pilot program. There was a time where fighters were being educated. So it was in 2001 that the individuals were notified, and then in 2002 the testing was actually begun more uniformly.

http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/01/06/former-commission-doctor-says-blood-testing-feasable-for-boxing/

[SplitSecond]

jones fought hall in 2000