Sergio Martinez onboard with the 'Take The Tests' Campaign
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Correct, we just gotta roll with the show.Comment
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I would think the term "ranks" is a bit premature. I suggest that presently, although this "campaign" has been going on now for 3 years, there is still far less than a single "rank" which has joined and who is regularly using this testing for his fights. As well, this test costs rather more than $20,000, which would put it beyond the reach of all but the weathiest boxers. This cost was declared at the very beginning of the "campaign".......SERGIO MARTINEZ ON BOARD WITH THE "TAKE THE TESTS" CAMPAIGN
By Gary Reynolds | August 09, 2011
Middleweight king Sergio Martinez is joining the ranks of the "Take The Tests" campaign. In late 2009, undefeated pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather began the "Take The Tests" campaign when he declared that both he and any opponent that he faces must subject themselves to random Olympic-style blood and urine tests prior to stepping into the ring. Since then, a number of boxing insiders have shared their opinion about the use of performance-enhancing drugs, shedding light on the subject and sparking debate on whether or not there's a need for more stringent testing in the sport. As time goes on, more and more fighters are voicing their concerns about an even playing field and joining the ranks of those who support the "Take The Tests" campaign. Like several other fighters, Martinez thinks the idea will keep the sport clean and eliminate any doubt that the best man has truly won.
"I don't see what the big deal is. First of all, I would be willing to take the tests or do whatever is necessary to fight Floyd Mayweather, if that's the case. Secondly, I don't see what the big deal is," Martinez stated in a recent interview with FightHype's own Percy Crawford. "I think it keeps the sport clean and keeps the sport without any doubt for any fighter if someone is saying, 'Hey, this guy looks a little stronger then he should be.' That will eliminate that and prove that the best man will win."
Although currently, Floyd Mayweather is the only fighter who is actively enforcing the policy, Martinez now joins a growing list of fighters who have either already participated in or embraced the use of random Olympic-style blood and urine tests, including super middleweight champion Andre Ward, former light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal, former welterweight champion Shane Mosley, WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz, and jr. welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi to name a few.
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Myself, I'm waiting to hear that a single Commission has been approached by ANY boxer to use this testing process, and to hear that a single Commission has accepted and instituted it as it's regulation. Perhaps Mayweather should FUND the "Mayweather Institute for Fair Testing for Fair Boxing".....Comment
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well suprising i support this
HGH can only be caught through blood tests
INFACT
yesterday i decided to do some undercover work and see how hard it would be to hide steroids from a urine test
Last edited by tennis-legend; 08-09-2011, 03:06 PM.Comment
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in every fight where the fighters both make over a million
RANDOM BLOOD TESTS SHOULD BE DONE
pac not taking the tests destroys his legacy
the only reason we are all not calling him a roid-freak is that Arum owns the media
lets be real- floyd is a cherrypicker but he's cleanComment
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