Article on Conte, Heredia and Boxing

[Dr Rumack]

I agree that a scandal would not destroy boxing, if anything boxing more than most sports could benefit from getting from publicity even if it is bad publicity.

I really dont understand why the sanctioning bodies arent pushing for better testing tbh. Isn't it kind of their job to ensure that everyone is following the rules? Or maybe they prefer it having the boxers pay out of their own pockets

Very few governing bodies ever push for serious testing, and that goes all the way up to the Olympics. Testing is risky, it can cause a lot of hassle and failed tests can prompt advertisers to drop out of events. It can derail stars who bring in a big audience and all the revenue that goes with that.

No one at the top in athletics wants to catch a guy like Usain Bolt with a positive test. No one at the top in cycling wanted to catch Lance Armstrong, and in fact many at the top were complicit in him getting away with it for so long.

It's public pressure and media scrutiny that brings about change. The only thing that would create that pressure and that scrutiny in boxing is a major scandal involving guys like Pacquiao or Mayweather, or a high profile death in the ring that could be linked to performance enhancing substances.

Until they're hit by that storm of public outrage, the powerful players in boxing can pretty much ignore it.

[Dasim22]

There was a lot of lack of knowledge in punching. Marquez had never raised loads before. He just ran and hit the bag. But the technology has progressed, punching should too."
Heredia says he has progressed as well, discovering God and becoming a dad. He demands his doping times are behind him, and now he could perhaps "be a bridge" between the anti-doping regulators and punching, an activity he understands needs to do more examining.

Cary Personal Trainer