Comments Thread For: Bey Suspended Three Months For Elevated Testosterone

[jus24]

What a dumb a$$!!

[ILLuminato]

This is a disgrace to the sport. 3 months isn't even a hassle at all, it's basically a non-suspension for the second-highest level of testosterone ever found in a fighter.

[New England]

three months....?

[New England]

3 months and 1K. Meanwhile Chavez Jr gets whatever amount of months and 900k for mari fkin juana.

the fine will invariably be in proportion with a fighter's pay grade.

the three months is a joke, though.

[ILLuminato]

the fine will invariably be in proportion with a fighter's pay grade.

the three months is a joke, though.

The guy's ratio was 30-1!!! He looked like a superhuman in the ring that night!!

The boxing world should be outraged at this decision! I can't fathom 3 months for this.

[-PBP-]

"If the Nevada Commission has one standard of punishment for Americans, and one standard of punishment for Mexicans, then they should say that," said Arum.

"Because that is the only explanation. Because this sends a message, loud and clear, to the Mexicans in Mexico, to Mexican fighters, and to Mexican managers. Loud and clear."

Chavez had tested positive for a banned diuretic following his unanimous decision victory over Troy Rowland in November, of 2009, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. In the wake of the fight with Rowland, Chavez was fined $10,000 and suspended for seven months by the NSAC.

Chavez was arrested in January of last year for driving drunk, just a week before his fight with Marco Antonio Rubio in Texas. Chavez later struck a plea deal in mid-June of last year, which granted him three years of probation and ordered him to to attend 30 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, the latter of which he already had completed.

In spite of Chavez's previous transgressions, Arum still believes the NSAC was to harsh on the 27-year-old Mexican son of the legendary champion.

"The disparity is absolutely unbelievable. One guy is juiced to the ceiling with testosterone, and he could seriously hurt his competitor, and he gets three months and a $1,000 fine," said Arum, "and the Mexican smoked a joint 10 days before the fight, and he gets a fine of $900,000 plus a nine-month suspension. Just tell me where is the sanity in that? Or, as one might expect, there is one standard that the Nevada Commission uses for Americans and another standard for Mexicans."

http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/177857-arum

[-PBP-]

Yeah but this is a disgrace. $1,000 is cool because his purse was probably peanuts.

But 3 months is disgusting. I hope more people like Arum speak out on this.

[josenoway]

lol 3 months, why don't they just take him out for some steak dinner as well, what a joke of a 'suspension'.

[Jedi Vader]

The organisation is simply corrupt. There cannot be any other reason to dish out just a 3 month ban for that.

It's insulting the intelligence of every honest and clean fighter out there.

[LA_2_Vegas]

3 months? He's got at least 6 months worth of PED's still left in him