Boxing fans...lets petition the commission..

[Rick Grimes]

Grimes you are walking contradiction.

The commission should do an all across OST (Olympic Style Test) for performance enhancing drug and human growth hormone just like how they do an all across drug testing for all the fighters big fights and small fights. Why should championship levels and mega-fights get OST treatment but not the regular fights? It is like saying the NFL, NBA, and MLB are just going to do drug testing during the playoffs and championship games but not during the regular season. **** sounds ******ed and that is what you are saying. Mark McGuire and the other baseball players got caught doing steroids during regular season play. So, yea it should be across the board OST treatment for all boxers.

They can't afford to do it in small fights because they don't make enough money. Like with most changes in sports you start off at the top (championship fights) and work down when it becomes more affordable. If you think any sport would waste money on testing a fighter that isn't even making any money for fighting you're a moron.

[Rockin']

you can petition all that you want. The commisions have all power essentially, I would conider it like a dictatorship. The government rarely steps into boxings business or any other sports business for that matter. There have been exceptions through the years such as The Muhammad Ali Act and the I.B.C investigations. I just don't see on site testing being any concern of the government at all.............Rockin'

[AllEyesOpen]

Come up with a petition and i'll put my sig on it, or e-sig as it were.

[AllEyesOpen]

They can't afford to do it in small fights because they don't make enough money. Like with most changes in sports you start off at the top (championship fights) and work down when it becomes more affordable. If you think any sport would waste money on testing a fighter that isn't even making any money for fighting you're a moron.

yeah, for it to make financial sense, it would probably have to start with title & title elimination bouts.

It needs to improve regardless, not as if there isn't enough money being made by all involved in boxing, if a portion of that money went to testing it would probably cover it.

[Jimbo16031992]

It's definitely worth a go, I'd sign it. Use twitter to get writers like Iole and Rafael to promote it, even see if you could get Mayweather, Ward and Pascal to tweet about it for a bit of promotion and link it on forums on other boxing sites.

[Rick Grimes]

It's definitely worth a go, I'd sign it. Use twitter to get writers like Iole and Rafael to promote it, even see if you could get Mayweather, Ward and Pascal to tweet about it for a bit of promotion and link it on forums on other boxing sites.

Doubt the reporters will want to touch it, it's basically calling the sport dirty if they bring attention to it.

[eklok]

agreed, make this thing standard , there will be no excuses!!!!

[AllEyesOpen]

Doubt the reporters will want to touch it, it's basically calling the sport dirty if they bring attention to it.

Probably not, but we live in the age of twitter, if it can bring down governments it might be up to the challenge of getting some better testing in a combat sport.

I'm down.

[Chuckguy]

If we can come up with a petition and get some serious signatures on it
at the very least it will make noise and get the attention of the media and then once we do that we will have a voice and a platform and maybe get something done about it
its going to be a slow process but lets try and get it done!
We need to put some pressure on these athletic commissions. They charge sanctioning fees but arent for better testing?
Im in!

[fordhamboxing]

Doubt the reporters will want to touch it, it's basically calling the sport dirty if they bring attention to it.

Yeah, it's a tightrope walk because on the one hand you want to say it's not an issue yet to protect the game, but on the other if it's not an issue than why bother? That said, I'm serious about doing this but I need to sit down and do my homework to figure out the best route and strategy for this.

I'd also ask anybody who would like to play an active role in this, such as researching (especially if good at it) to PM me.