Boxing fans...lets petition the commission..

[fordhamboxing]

Why would the commissions ever do that?

The former head of the NSAC said if they tried to, people would take their fights elsewhere. She said that in 2007.

Fast forward.

Manny fights in Dallas until the NSAC forgets about it.

There you have it.

Well you don't just petition the Nevada Athletic Commission, you petition every commission in the U.S. for starters. If they bring a fight to Europe then at that point you've done something substantial enough have the means to go public and gain int'l support.

[Rip Chudd]

I'd be willing to organize this myself during the summer, I believe in it and it'd look great for law school right?

My strategy would probably go as follows. I'd first go with a petition. I'd petition on the grounds that (and I would find statistics to support our cause) the steroid scandal in baseball has hurt the sport and point out that boxing is no exception. Further, boxing is in no state to handle a steroid scandal, especially not on the level that baseball has. Some of the biggest stars in baseball tested positive, and boxing cannot afford to have the same happen. The short term costs are greater, but the long term security is worth the investment.

As for the petition itself, I would not only try to circulate it amongst baseball players but I'd circulate it to former boxers, starting with Ali. Further, I'd forward the petition to the Congressmen who handled the baseball hearings. Quantity of signees is important. Quality trumps all.
Equally important would be to have a petition where signees include their email addresses. This is because if a petition does not work then we initiate phase 2: emailing drive.
We could start a site, or perhaps even host it here, just like single-issue organizations do for email drives. The email is pre-written, with all the person has to do being insert their info and hitting send. With the list of emails provided from the petition we could send an email alerting each and every signee of the emailing drive, maximizing both efficiency and output. Blowing up their email would become bothersome and, hopefully, show the continued support for the cause.

I'm down to organize this thing, I think I could pull it off with your help too

I'm behind you man. Let's get it done.

[IMDAZED]

Well you don't just petition the Nevada Athletic Commission, you petition every commission in the U.S. for starters. If they bring a fight to Europe then at that point you've done something substantial enough have the means to go public and gain int'l support.

What I said applies to every commission. The only way this gets done is if the fighters with power do it. Period. Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson did it when there was no testing at ALL. And guess what...even after they did it, it took the commissions six years to finally implement it. And a lot of them still don't today.

[fordhamboxing]

What I said applies to every commission. The only way this gets done is if the fighters with power do it. Period. Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson did it when there was no testing at ALL. And guess what...even after they did it, it took the commissions six years to finally implement it. And a lot of them still don't today.

Then we go get them. I've had 10 minutes to think this over, but given time I'm sure I could devise a plan and implement it. Plus, I have some good connections to possibly get this thing off its feet. It may take a while but even if I didn't get this done now I have a year and a half off before law school to mobilize. We get a plan, we get the research, flip the right people and you never know what can happen.

[IMDAZED]

Then we go get them. I've had 10 minutes to think this over, but given time I'm sure I could devise a plan and implement it. Plus, I have some good connections to possibly get this thing off its feet. It may take a while but even if I didn't get this done now I have a year and a half off before law school to mobilize. We get a plan, we get the research, flip the right people and you never know what can happen.

I agree and I have talked to countless people in the sport about it. But in boxing, it's all about money. Once the commissions begin losing money over what they are (or are not) doing, you'll see change.

[BIGBOXINGFAN]

Dear Commission,
Will you please change your rules . The testing that you use really sucks.


Dear Mr Petitioner,
No we can't. Thank you for writing.

[pistol whip]

Just a question but shouldn't the ******ed full of shhiitt boxer who torpedoed the biggest fight in boxing be the one petitioning the commissions?

It makes sense since I don't know 99% of the people who are responding to this post never gave a crap about OSDT tell a certin fighter flapped his gums.

[fordhamboxing]

I agree and I have talked to countless people in the sport about it. But in boxing, it's all about money. Once the commissions begin losing money over what they are (or are not) doing, you'll see change.

That's not going far enough. In LIFE it's all about money. I love to fight though, whether it's in a ring, a courtroom, or anywhere else. In this case the goal (OST) is different than the expectation (status quo) but once you overcome the collective action problem your odds increase greatly

Lol and pistol_whip I don't associate "Floyd Mayweather Jr." and "petition" in my brain. In fact, not sure I can even process that!

[Dudley]

Yes

100% all the way! How do we do this?

[Discipline]

I'm all for it.