How can pot be illegal in boxing?

[boliodogs]

I agree with you 100%. We live in a very uptight world. A boxer could get drunk every day of his training and that would be OK but pot in his system is a big no no.

[boxingfeind]

How can it be, I mean weed slows you down, make your muscles relax. I know you will say it's illegal in law but boxing federations shouldn't disqualifie fighters for it. And don't think of me as a Chavez Jr. fan beacuse i'm not but it's just doesn't make sense. What's your opinion?

Pot can help a boxer recover when a boxer is squeezing himself down to a weight he should`nt be fighting at so he could blow up real big in weight on fight night to have a size advantage.Sounds familiar?

[White_Knight]

Pot can relieve pain. It may have something to do with that.

Personally, I can't imagine anything scarier than being stoned in the ring.

[SoulByThePound]

it can be used to mask PEDS




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[pacmanis1]

Sounds to me like the TS is basically just mad pots illegal. Hey man me too, but here's the thing, nothing irritates me more than a man making millions and throwing it away just for some momentary pleasure. I hate that pot's illegal, but when you're at a Chavez stage more is expected of you than the average person. For the record I'd rather see a boxer get stoned every night than drunk, but overall I just want to see them follow the rules.

[Biolink]

Pot is actually pretty good at neutralizing pain. I could see it being helpful during camp, to keep a fighter mentally and physically relaxed.

[Russian Crushin]

It shouldnt be illegal, its just complete BS. The fact that a winner in a fight who gets busted for weed get the decision overturned to a NC is a joke

[SOL27]

Anything that affects a fighters judgement is correctly illegal, it could be used to cover other things up too.

^ This.

It's a mind altering drug. Why would you not want to ban that?

[Russian Crushin]

^ This.

It's a mind altering drug. Why would you not want to ban that?

Mind altering?......So is alcohol

[Ryn0]

I don't where where it says it's a performance enhancing drug, but it is a banned substance.

Hypothetically weed could help you lose weight, but realistically it offers no advantage but I think the main issue here is this is the second time Chavez has been caught using a banned substance it shows contempt for the testing and the commissions if it was the first time he'd probably have gotten much less. And he's missed tests before if I recall correctly?