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

[WESS]

Somebody is lying here,either Arum or Bradley,only time will tell..I hope they do testing tho it's good for the sport imo..

It is good for the sport. I find it funny how a certain fan base cried with every bit of their cowardly hearts about how the testing was such a disgrace or some form of ducking..

Now they're crying about who should do the extra testing.. lol What happened to the commission? lol

[Bee Keepz]

Was what offered? The testing that Mayweather OFFERED to Pac? The same Pac who has never submitted to the testing?

Try not to confuse yourself. When you feel like you're confused, just ask yourself-who has tested and who hasn't. Everything will become clear. In the meantime try and get over the fact that people cried like cowards about just letting the commission do their job. lol Then again you might not even know about that. I forgive you.

LOL...Mayweather is USADA's boss, he hired them to do the testing. Conflict?

If you can't understand that this is the MOST IDEAL situation than I will not argue with you.

This was offered to Mayweather in the INITIAL NEGOTIATIONS and he REFUSED.

Commission does the tests and the results will be at their discretion (not promoters or fighters); and we've already seen how a promotional company handles "results". The commission will decide on which lab does the testing on samples so you won't have any of this USADA vs VADA bs.

[WESS]

LOL...Mayweather is USADA's boss, he hired them to do the testing. Conflict?

If you can't understand that this is the MOST IDEAL situation than I will not argue with you.

This was offered to Mayweather in the INITIAL NEGOTIATIONS and he REFUSED.

Commission does the tests and the results will be at their discretion (not promoters or fighters); and we've already seen how a promotional company handles "results". The commission will decide on which lab does the testing on samples so you won't have any of this USADA vs VADA bs.

next.......................

[HeroBando]

Don't you have there, in the U.S., some sort of federal authority to perform official drug test on athletes?
How do you proceed in case of athletes, swimmers, etc who go to the Olympic Games?

That's a good question. In the US there's no national boxing commission, so even the rules may differ state to state (3KDs ending the fight for example). And obviously makes any kind of sane drug policy impossible,

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Boxing is corrupt... Always has been, always will be...

But its still my favorite sport of all time

[Weebler I]

Flotards always populate these kinds of threads. They still can't accept their idol got embarrassed by his refusal to fight Pac, tests, no tests. They're still very much butt hurt. I thought they'd stop feeling butt hurt when Pacman got KOed. The pain is deep.

Pretty much, and with a leading boxing writer prepared to put pen to paper that Floyd failed 3 three tests, the irony of it all is strong.

[HeroBando]

Pretty much, and with a leading boxing writer prepared to put pen to paper that Floyd failed 3 three tests, the irony of it all is strong.

How's trolling this thread with an RJJ avatar for irony?

[Weebler I]

The point is Bradley is saying no I want vada and now marquez is saying well if you want vada I want a rehydration clause...

Is Marquez actually prepared to do VADA? it doesn't sound like it.

[Rome-By-Ko]

It is good for the sport. I find it funny how a certain fan base cried with every bit of their cowardly hearts about how the testing was such a disgrace or some form of ducking..

Now they're crying about who should do the extra testing.. lol What happened to the commission? lol

I like both Pac and Floyd(I'll admit Pac a lil more),my stance was always that I got Pac not wanting to bend to Floyd's will..Floyd really had no right to suggest that Pac was on anything(which let's be honest he did before nego ever started),he could have sat down at nego and just said I want strict testing if we do the fight..Floyd was wrong for the way he went about things,not for asking for testing..

Bradley said publicly he wanted this and all his other future fights to have testing..As did Marquez,I really don't see why now Marquez is making this a you give me this I'll give you that kinda deal..They both stated they wanted testing for their future fights..This is really not the same situation as Pac and Floyd tbh..Where Floyd outright(or his team however you look at it)accused Pac of being on something..Pac also never said he wanted random testing,like Marquez said..

[deejd]

I like both Pac and Floyd(I'll admit Pac a lil more),my stance was always that I got Pac not wanting to bend to Floyd's will..Floyd really had no right to suggest that Pac was on anything(which let's be honest he did before nego ever started),he could have sat down at nego and just said I want strict testing if we do the fight..Floyd was wrong for the way he went about things,not for asking for testing..

Bradley said publicly he wanted this and all his other future fights to have testing..As did Marquez,I really don't see why now Marquez is making this a you give me this I'll give you that kinda deal..They both stated they wanted testing for their future fights..This is really not the same situation as Pac and Floyd tbh..Where Floyd outright(or his team however you look at it)accused Pac of being on something..Pac also never said he wanted random testing,like Marquez said..

I think you're right in that Mayweather had no leverage, especially in the way he requested random drug testing for he and pac to start. But as soon as pac's side starts saying things like, "we'll agree to whatever testing they [Mayweather's camp] want" and then backtracking when they find out it's random blood and urine testing -- that gives Mayweather all the leverage in the world -- regardless of whether pac wanted it or not.

Here's Marquez and Bradley saying the want testing for all future bouts, but now Marquez is trying to weasel his way in negotiations or (and this is what it's looking like more and more), is trying to get out of or around random drug testing.

Arum has to find an independent lab now, but can't use USADA or VADA? I wonder why that is; maybe because they actually do their job....?