Is Andre Ward on PEDs? Why did he choose Victor Conte as his doctor?

[The Hammer]

Andre Ward's doctor, BALCO founder Victor Conte, was sentenced to four months in prison and four months’ home confinement Oct. 18, 2005.

Conte had plead guilty to steroid distribution.

Why did Ward choose this man as his "doctor"?

Is Ward on PEDs? Is that partly why he insists on having all his fights in Oakland, where perhaps for some reason he won't get caught?

[BostonGuy]

I didn't realize a convicted fellon can still practice medicine...

[The Hammer]

Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Laboratory_Co-operative

[johnm is...]

Holy assumptions, Batman!

[Kevin Malone]

Holy assumptions, Batman!

Agreed. I don't get why Ward would even get involved in this though. It just makes him look bad.

[check hook]

Andre Ward's doctor, BALCO founder Victor Conte, was sentenced to four months in prison and four months’ home confinement Oct. 18, 2005.

Conte had plead guilty to steroid distribution.

Why did Ward choose this man as his doctor?

Is Ward on PEDs? Is that partly why he insists on having all his fights in Oakland, where perhaps for some reason he won't get caught?

- not his doctor. He hired him to consult with his supp program.

Also Conte has offered to help any and all agencies with their detection programs for athletes. As he puts it he's a good guy now.

He also has his own line of legal products to aid performance. Supplements, topical creams, gels etc etc etc etc. You can buy these online.

also, pretty sure they got rid of him after all the furore in the media.

[Squizz]

I would not be surprised in the slightest. Further proof that PEDs are in fact prevalent in boxing. And you would think Ward would be smarter, seeing as Shane Mosley was linked to BALCO. He may in fact not be on anything...........but I doubt it.

[Squizz]

- not his doctor. He hired him to consult with his supp program.

Also Conte has offered to help any and all agencies with their detection programs for athletes. As he puts it he's a good guy now.

I still have my doubts.

[The Hammer]

I didn't realize a convicted fellon can still practice medicine...

I don't think Victor Conte is a real medical doctor.

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/04/sports/la-sp-victor-conte4-2009dec04

Andre Ward just became the WBA world super-middleweight boxing champion. Outfielder Marlon Byrd doubled his season-high home run total this year for the Texas Rangers. In March, British sprinter Dwain Chambers ran one of the five fastest 60-meter times in history. Each has been assisted by a man who earlier this decade orchestrated one of the darkest scams committed in sports history: Victor Conte.

Conte, founder and head of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), distributed then-undetectable steroids to some of the world's most talented athletes, including Olympic star Marion Jones, the personal trainer of baseball's all-time home run king Barry Bonds, boxer Shane Mosley, baseball sluggers Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield and some NFL players.

BALCO was raided by federal investigators in 2003 and Conte later pleaded guilty to steroid distribution and money laundering and served four months in federal prison.

Conte has now re-emerged with a new firm called SNAC (Scientific Nutrition for Advanced Conditioning) in San Carlos, and in the last year has started working with a small stable of pro athletes.

SNAC sells legal nutrition supplements, Conte says, and encourages use of a high-tech breathing machine for what he calls intermittent hypoxic training (IHT) that simulates high altitude and triggers the body's production of red blood cells.

Travis Tygart, chief executive of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, said an altitude simulator is not prohibited by authorities, but he scoffed at the value of the device and was blunt about Conte rejoining the athletic community.

"To sell a dirty supplement is easy -- convicted felons can do it -- so who knows what's in this stuff?" Tygart said. "I believe everyone deserves to be rehabilitated, but I question why any elite-level athlete would think anyone like this would have a secret recipe that can work so well. For the life of me, I can't imagine why anyone would associate with someone like this who's made so many mistakes in the past."

But Ward said he used a $4,000 IHT unit from Conte for "about 10 or 11" of Conte's prescribed 15 daily treatments while preparing for his Nov. 21 win over Mikkel Kessler. Ward downplayed the IHT training in his win, although he said that, "By the 11th [round], I caught my second wind. That's when I caught" Kessler.

Said Conte about Ward's championship run: "It's worked exactly as I hoped it would"

[steptwome]

Andre Ward's doctor, BALCO founder Victor Conte, was sentenced to four months in prison and four months’ home confinement Oct. 18, 2005.

Conte had plead guilty to steroid distribution.

Why did Ward choose this man as his doctor?

Is Ward on PEDs? Is that partly why he insists on having all his fights in Oakland, where perhaps for some reason he won't get caught?

Yep. this only raises red flags and serious questions