How is Gamboa not suspended?

[teddycanyon]

He's pretty clearly tied to the Bosch clinic, and Major League Baseball is planning to suspend certain players also tied to this same clinic for 100 games. Bosch even gave him a note, when he was scheduled to fight Brandon Rios, when he should "Start cleanup".

This article that ran in yahoo sports yesterdaystates "[Gamboa] could admit to using all sorts of performance enhancers, but as long as he provides a clean sample following Saturday's bout, he has nothing to fear in terms of suspension, now or ever."

If boxing was serious about stopping drug cheats, they would blackball him. With a win over Perez, there's even talk of him receiving an interim title. Give me a break!

[eli porter]

He's pretty clearly tied to the Bosch clinic, and Major League Baseball is planning to suspend certain players also tied to this same clinic for 100 games. Bosch even gave him a note, when he was scheduled to fight Brandon Rios, when he should "Start cleanup".

This article that ran in yahoo sports yesterdaystates "[Gamboa] could admit to using all sorts of performance enhancers, but as long as he provides a clean sample following Saturday's bout, he has nothing to fear in terms of suspension, now or ever."

If boxing was serious about stopping drug cheats, they would blackball him. With a win over Perez, there's even talk of him receiving an interim title. Give me a break!

It isn't. If someone gets suspended by one governing authority they can apply for a license from any number of others, they won't test year round and there's no extra money gained by cleaning up the sport. No incentive to test and incapable of enforcing punishments.

It's never going to happen in our lifetimes.

[SplitSecond]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing...9617--box.html

Gamboa, though, has no worries about action being taken against him no matter what the results of the investigation turn up. Under state athletic commission rules, a fighter can not be fined or suspended retroactively once he or she passes a drug test.

Shane Mosley used PEDs before a 2003 fight with Oscar De La Hoya (AP)That actually happened once. Shane Mosley defeated Oscar De La Hoya in 2003 in Las Vegas and passed his drug test administered by the Nevada Athletic Commission. But then the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) scandal broke in 2004 and it turned out that Mosley used the cream and the clear, designer steroids created by BALCO founder Victor Conte that were undetectable at the time.

Because Mosley passed his test given following the fight by the Nevada commission, even his admission to the grand jury was not enough to allow Nevada to penalize him for his usage. He went on with his career as if the steroid usage never occurred. The same will be true of Gamboa and every other fighter who may be implicated.

[Russian Crushin]

2 fighters testing positive for steroids didn't even get suspended. Testing has basically proved to be a failure in boxing. Nobody honestly gives a crap, it's all for show

[ИATAS]

There isn't a central governing body in boxing that's why he won't get suspended.

[p4p-champ]

Boxing has always been a corrupt sport and I don't think that will ever change. Its a sport over-run by individuals who only care about the financial side of things, they could care care less about the well being of the sport.

[gmc_rfc_06]

Because he has never failed a drug test.

Peterson has failed, Berto has failed...yet Gamboa is seemingly looked at worse for speculation. We'll see what comes of the investigation and go from there.

[CubanGuyNYC]

He's pretty clearly tied to the Bosch clinic, and Major League Baseball is planning to suspend certain players also tied to this same clinic for 100 games. Bosch even gave him a note, when he was scheduled to fight Brandon Rios, when he should "Start cleanup".

This article that ran in yahoo sports yesterdaystates "[Gamboa] could admit to using all sorts of performance enhancers, but as long as he provides a clean sample following Saturday's bout, he has nothing to fear in terms of suspension, now or ever."

If boxing was serious about stopping drug cheats, they would blackball him. With a win over Perez, there's even talk of him receiving an interim title. Give me a break!

At least one big-name baseball player involved in the Bosch scandal was cleared by MLB: Gio Gonzalez. That in itself should tell you that just because someone was named doesn't mean they're guilty. Gamboa's situation doesn't look good, no doubt, but you can't convict a person on the strength of circumstantial evidence. MLB's investigation will have no bearing on Yuri's particular case. They're only interested in their own affairs. As far as boxing is concerned, if a fighter doesn't fail a drug test before or after a fight, he's good to go.

[CubanGuyNYC]

2 fighters testing positive for steroids didn't even get suspended. Testing has basically proved to be a failure in boxing. Nobody honestly gives a crap, it's all for show

This is what it comes down to. Everyone knows it's going on, but nobody cares. The only reason Major League Baseball is doing anything about PEDs is because of the public and governmental attention it received starting with McGwire-Sosa. The powers-that-be at MLB knew about the issue for years and looked the other way. It made for a more exciting product and, therefore, bigger bucks. If an organization as powerful as MLB took that approach, boxing, with its uncoordinated and corrupt sanctioning bodies, can't be expected to do anything worthwhile.

[Joey_Torreo]

There isn't a central governing body in boxing that's why he won't get suspended.

Sad thing is I don't see there being a governing body anytime soon