Comments Thread For: Arum Explains Handling of Marquez-Bradley Drug Testing

[theocdog]

He's saying everything I want to hear so I have a feeling he's gonna wanna **** me later.

[HeroBando]

Good ol bob ****ing Arum. Lol such irony. At least everyone sees how much of a ducking scam it was for bob and pacs disgraced run from them blood tests.

Lol damn, have the tables turned on that chump. The media jumped right off that hype train and those cowardly excuses that had been disgracefully given in such a cowardly manner.

Time to forgive and FORGET. These two are going to throw down.

What are you talking about? "Olympic style" drug testing is the biggest farce in boxing. Arum's saving grace is that he doesn't give a ***** and doesn't pretend to. What he cares about these days is China.

[radioraheem]

My point is why would you go with an agency a KNOWN ped chemist is comfortable with. The whole point is to make him uncomfortable about passing these tests... I mean seriously memo doesnt want it? Well make sure to give him the test he wants... Also yes turning down 2.3 mill for pederson was beyond ******.

Memo is against VADA because of Victor Conte, in my opinion. Memo hates Victor Conte, and Victor Conte hates him. They literally go at each other for hours everyday! If Bradley and Marquez did USADA, it would be the same thing as them doing VADA. The main difference is just cost, USADA is much more expensive. The other difference is the fact that VADA doesn't try to enact penalties over positive results. Whereas, USADA does. They will try to really push to get you suspended, banned, etc. And they can haunt you for a long time (ask Lance Armstrong).

Now if Memo rejected the idea of using both USADA and VADA, that would be interesting. And this is what Victor Conte tries to argue too. He believes that Memo is really uninterested in using neither USADA or VADA. Saying that Memo only wants to use 'NADA' as in spanish for nothing. Hah. Because so far, none of Memo's fighters has ever tested with either USADA or VADA. Unless someone wants to count Rigo, who's not officially his fighter.

[al-Xander]

Good ol bob ****ing Arum. Lol such irony. At least everyone sees how much of a ducking scam it was for bob and pacs disgraced run from them blood tests.

Lol damn, have the tables turned on that chump. The media jumped right off that hype train and those cowardly excuses that had been disgracefully given in such a cowardly manner.

Time to forgive and FORGET. These two are going to throw down.

Haha... these idiots are confused.
They don't know which side to choose. haha..
Any side they choose is anything but further confusion.
That's what you get for ****riding too much.

[Dr Rumack]

Seems like a strange set-up. Why would the commission not contract VADA or USADA to do the testing instead of using seemingly independent labs.

And who's to say if it's as "stringent as any drug testing of USADA or VADA." It's real easy to say that, but who's going to be able to tell if it's true or not. Surely the whole point of VADA and USADA is that the labs they use are of highest standard and they had the authority and credibility to conduct the proper tests.


The state authority thing is appealing as Arum no doubt understands, but how this actually works in practice is another matter.

[jimboinbigd]

And some people can't see how Floyd vs. Manny couldn't get done. Bob Arum is the biggest problem in boxing, bar none.

[brick wall]

Seems like a strange set-up. Why would the commission not contract VADA or USADA to do the testing instead of using seemingly independent labs.

And who's to say if it's as "stringent as any drug testing of USADA or VADA." It's real easy to say that, but who's going to be able to tell if it's true or not. Surely the whole point of VADA and USADA is that the labs they use are of highest standard and they had the authority and credibility to conduct the proper tests.


The state authority thing is appealing as Arum no doubt understands, but how this actually works in practice is another matter.

of course they can...i don't see anything in the article that say they can't.

[brettWall]

The commission should step up to the plate and do the right thing. If that meant contracting VADA and USADA, then do it. If one or the other fighter was proven to be using illegal drugs, then so be it. Cancel the fight and move on. Cases like these and in these times it's probably high time to do something drastic.

[deejd]

This is making Marquez look terrible...

[BuckToothed]

This kinda makes sense, but I'm su****ious of this "So maybe they'll use another lab..." - Bob Arum.

I would like to hear NSAC come out and say that they will use the same WADA labs that USADA and VADA uses.