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3 words: Performance Enhancing Drugs.
Sadly these days, unsubstantiated PED accusations have become prevalent in the world of boxing. It has become this era of boxing's version of a witch-hunt. 'Wow! He's so strong, he must be on PEDs'.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not naive to think that the sport is absolutely clean either, or that fighters wouldn't dare to try cheating, but that's what the commission and drug testing is for. And for once, can we at least an actual name for a drug and/or its dealer? Actually we did once. Remember Roger Mayweather's infamous "A-Side Meth"?
The latest victim of such accusations is Victor Ortiz. Incidentally, the man who is accusing him of taking something is none other than the same guy he defeated and dropped twice in his last fight, Andre Berto.
Berto went on his Twitter account @AndreBerto and wrote Wednesday:
"Yo this is the main question I get from fans and boxing people. Did they drug test Ortiz?"
"Let me clear the air now!! Your right there is a reason why Ortiz had so much energy, a reason he could take my heavy shots and keep ticking"
"N there is a reason why he came into the ring 165 pounds. I know people close to him and his camp and I know exactly we he was taking"
"it wasn't Flintstone vitamins!! But it is what it is I should of beat him anyways but it wasn't me that night. Ortiz wasn't him either lol"
"Lesson learned time to forget about the past and look forward to the future."
"Never bitter never sour Ortiz fought a good fight and got the W. I take my L like a man n come back better Iam lookin forward 2 the rematch"
After his victory over Jean Pascal, newly crowned World Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins confirmed that he was pushing through with his plans to file a defamation suit against Pascal in Canada for his comments insinuating that Hopkins is on some PEDs. Pascal went as far as wearing a shirt that says, "TAKE THE TEST" prior to fighting Hopkins.
After his embarrassing loss to Manny Pacquiao on May 7, Shane Mosley together with his girlfriend also 'tweeted' an unsubstantiated blog story that accuses Pacquiao of getting injected with PEDs from an anonymous source.
In the middle of Top Rank Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions' negotiations for a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather back in December of 2009, the Mayweather Camp and GBP bosses Oscar Dela Hoya and Richard Schaefer threw a wrench in the proceedings by releasing defaming statements that implicated Pacquiao with the use of PEDs through the media. The stunt killed the negotiations and led to a lawsuit filed by Pacquiao against Mayweather and company. Recently, Dela Hoya and Schaeffer released an apology for their part in the incident, which led to Pacquiao dropping his charges against them. Mayweather, however, still continues to throw barbs at Pacquiao regarding PEDs here and there, and is still being sued by Pacquiao for defamation.
Where it all started:
After Pacquiao knocked out Ricky Hatton in two rounds back in May of 2009, Floyd Mayweather Sr. (Hatton's trainer for that fight) told the media that he believes Pacquiao is on some form of substance or supplements that allowed him to perform as well as he did. Mayweather Sr. continued saying that he believes that Pacquiao won't beat his son, Floyd Mayweather Jr. even if he had steroids in him, and asked for everybody to be tested for drugs.
dSource says:
Whatever happened to 'Congratulations!'? Since when did it become cool to discredit another person's lifelong work and achievements by throwing out unsubstantiated accusations? Until they are proven 'dirty', Victor Ortiz, Bernard Hopkins and Manny Pacquiao deserve all the glory for their accomplishments. And in case people wonder: 'Yes! The commissions do catch dopers'. Even UFC fighters know that. Do we have the best tests in place? Probably not. But who's to say Andre Berto, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Jean Pascal weren't on PEDs either? Just because their counterparts didn't stoop to their level, doesn't make them any different. If anything, did you notice how the accusers actually have bigger bodies and more defined cuts than the people they are accusing? I'm not trying to stir anything up, but I'm just saying, cut with the BS already.
End of the day, Berto lost, and he has nobody else to blame other than the overrated fighter that showed up against Ortiz that night at the Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut. And no, saying 'with all due respect,' doesn't mean you can follow up that statement by absolutely disrespecting another person. If Berto indeed says he is going to take his loss like a man and get better from it, then just do so and quit with the excuses. Ortiz spanked him fair and square, and actually showed a lot of courage in taking Berto's best shots that dropped him and came back more determined to dominate the rest of the fight. Unless he has any real proof of any wrongdoing, he better go back to eating his humble pie- just like Pascal, Mosley and Mayweather
Sadly these days, unsubstantiated PED accusations have become prevalent in the world of boxing. It has become this era of boxing's version of a witch-hunt. 'Wow! He's so strong, he must be on PEDs'.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not naive to think that the sport is absolutely clean either, or that fighters wouldn't dare to try cheating, but that's what the commission and drug testing is for. And for once, can we at least an actual name for a drug and/or its dealer? Actually we did once. Remember Roger Mayweather's infamous "A-Side Meth"?
The latest victim of such accusations is Victor Ortiz. Incidentally, the man who is accusing him of taking something is none other than the same guy he defeated and dropped twice in his last fight, Andre Berto.
Berto went on his Twitter account @AndreBerto and wrote Wednesday:
"Yo this is the main question I get from fans and boxing people. Did they drug test Ortiz?"
"Let me clear the air now!! Your right there is a reason why Ortiz had so much energy, a reason he could take my heavy shots and keep ticking"
"N there is a reason why he came into the ring 165 pounds. I know people close to him and his camp and I know exactly we he was taking"
"it wasn't Flintstone vitamins!! But it is what it is I should of beat him anyways but it wasn't me that night. Ortiz wasn't him either lol"
"Lesson learned time to forget about the past and look forward to the future."
"Never bitter never sour Ortiz fought a good fight and got the W. I take my L like a man n come back better Iam lookin forward 2 the rematch"
After his victory over Jean Pascal, newly crowned World Light Heavyweight Champion Bernard Hopkins confirmed that he was pushing through with his plans to file a defamation suit against Pascal in Canada for his comments insinuating that Hopkins is on some PEDs. Pascal went as far as wearing a shirt that says, "TAKE THE TEST" prior to fighting Hopkins.
After his embarrassing loss to Manny Pacquiao on May 7, Shane Mosley together with his girlfriend also 'tweeted' an unsubstantiated blog story that accuses Pacquiao of getting injected with PEDs from an anonymous source.
In the middle of Top Rank Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions' negotiations for a fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather back in December of 2009, the Mayweather Camp and GBP bosses Oscar Dela Hoya and Richard Schaefer threw a wrench in the proceedings by releasing defaming statements that implicated Pacquiao with the use of PEDs through the media. The stunt killed the negotiations and led to a lawsuit filed by Pacquiao against Mayweather and company. Recently, Dela Hoya and Schaeffer released an apology for their part in the incident, which led to Pacquiao dropping his charges against them. Mayweather, however, still continues to throw barbs at Pacquiao regarding PEDs here and there, and is still being sued by Pacquiao for defamation.
Where it all started:
After Pacquiao knocked out Ricky Hatton in two rounds back in May of 2009, Floyd Mayweather Sr. (Hatton's trainer for that fight) told the media that he believes Pacquiao is on some form of substance or supplements that allowed him to perform as well as he did. Mayweather Sr. continued saying that he believes that Pacquiao won't beat his son, Floyd Mayweather Jr. even if he had steroids in him, and asked for everybody to be tested for drugs.
dSource says:
Whatever happened to 'Congratulations!'? Since when did it become cool to discredit another person's lifelong work and achievements by throwing out unsubstantiated accusations? Until they are proven 'dirty', Victor Ortiz, Bernard Hopkins and Manny Pacquiao deserve all the glory for their accomplishments. And in case people wonder: 'Yes! The commissions do catch dopers'. Even UFC fighters know that. Do we have the best tests in place? Probably not. But who's to say Andre Berto, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Jean Pascal weren't on PEDs either? Just because their counterparts didn't stoop to their level, doesn't make them any different. If anything, did you notice how the accusers actually have bigger bodies and more defined cuts than the people they are accusing? I'm not trying to stir anything up, but I'm just saying, cut with the BS already.
End of the day, Berto lost, and he has nobody else to blame other than the overrated fighter that showed up against Ortiz that night at the Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut. And no, saying 'with all due respect,' doesn't mean you can follow up that statement by absolutely disrespecting another person. If Berto indeed says he is going to take his loss like a man and get better from it, then just do so and quit with the excuses. Ortiz spanked him fair and square, and actually showed a lot of courage in taking Berto's best shots that dropped him and came back more determined to dominate the rest of the fight. Unless he has any real proof of any wrongdoing, he better go back to eating his humble pie- just like Pascal, Mosley and Mayweather
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