Why olympic drug testing wasn't embraced by the boxing commission

[dyu]

Well, with that in mind, how many fights other than Mayweather/Mosley have used OST?

Arthur Abraham.........

thats it? I mean, you're making it seem as if the boxing world is behind OST, yet, only Arthur Abraham has done OST? And wasn't that a requirement of his promotion company?

How many Al Haymon fighters have done OST since Mayweather's crusade?

How much does it cost an what boxers can afford that?

There you have it ...

[MindBat]

Nobody has been able to explain this yet:

Ariza: "I'm responsible for what Manny takes. He has no Idea what he takes."

Now that's sig worthy.

[Clegg]

If you mean why don't the commissions favour better testing for all top fights, then I'd say it's probably because the top people in the sport don't want it. Why risk having a big name fail a test, make the sport look bad and cost his promoter, manager, trainer, HBO/Showtime and the casinos money by getting a ban?

Another factor is cost. A lot of fighters don't make a great deal even before everyone starts taking a cut, then the sanctioning body wants a cut, then the taxman comes along...giving up even more money to pay for drug testing is something that a lot of boxers could do without. But for people at the top of the sport this is no excuse as they do make a good deal of money even considering how greedy promoters are.

In the UK they brought in an annual brain scan for all professional boxers about 10-15 years ago, so as to check if there were any changes or abnormalities. For the first year of this, Frank Warren donated the money to pay for it. Maybe if someone offered to do something like that it would help a great deal to get the ball rolling.

But I suspect you weren't looking for a serious answer...

[IMDAZED]

If you mean why don't the commissions favour better testing for all top fights, then I'd say it's probably because the top people in the sport don't want it. Why risk having a big name fail a test, make the sport look bad and cost his promoter, manager, trainer, HBO/Showtime and the casinos money by getting a ban?

Another factor is cost. A lot of fighters don't make a great deal even before everyone starts taking a cut, then the sanctioning body wants a cut, then the taxman comes along...giving up even more money to pay for drug testing is something that a lot of boxers could do without. But for people at the top of the sport this is no excuse as they do make a good deal of money even considering how greedy promoters are.

In the UK they brought in an annual brain scan for all professional boxers about 10-15 years ago, so as to check if there were any changes or abnormalities. For the first year of this, Frank Warren donated the money to pay for it. Maybe if someone offered to do something like that it would help a great deal to get the ball rolling.

But I suspect you weren't looking for a serious answer...

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