Comments Thread For: Garcia: Drug Testing Isn’t Because of Matthysse Himself

[Bushidō]

don't know why anyone would hate on Garcia for asking for a clean fight

[GRboxing]

If it was Matthysse asking for testing and Danny said no everyone would be crying their arses off!

[mathed]

Very very weird

Alvarado doesn't have the "right" style to catapult Pac back into the limelight with. Rios, on the otherhand, has just the right style to make Pac look like the guy from 2009. Not that Rios is trash but the way he fights, will play perfectly into Pac's hands and he will destroy Rios.

Alvarado would stick and move and Pac would have to chase him around. They will be talking about how Pac sold 200 million PPV's because of the Chinese market. All those people watching Pac destroy Rios in impressive fashion will have Pac right back at the top.

[BoxingGenius27]

There's nothing wrong with Garcia asking for testing; especially since Lucas gladly accepted.

[KickAzz]

Iguana isn't a banned substance... and neither are pineapples

[Frank Ducketts]

Oh, it's too bad that Matthysse has been knocking guys out and now has come under su****ion, I guess...because Garcia asked for testing. Oh well, join the club. Matthysse has never failed a test before so he has nothing to worry about. What's the problem?

[Frank Ducketts]

If it was Matthysse asking for testing and Danny said no everyone would be crying their arses off!

Yeah, and IF my dog had two heads, I'd have to buy more dog food.

[joesaiditstrue]

What good is testing when the fighter who is tested positive is still allowed to fight? It's useless.

no

what people should be saying, and they aren't saying this because they're uneducated, is:

"Why do people think VADA/WADA actually works when fighters are only being tested for 30-45 days before a fight?"

You can bring up the Berto/Peterson situations, but those IMO weren't PED abuse. The Peterson situation was a guy using doctor prescribed testosterone (and his low testosterone was verified by his personal doctor, as well as two endocrinologists), so he wasn't hiding anything. And the Berto situation was a trace amount of an old PED that was detectable with URINE and BLOOD, so VADA wasn't needed to find that particular PED.

[Ray*]

It's a good thing, as long as both fighters accept and their promoter goes forward with it then more power to them.

[Ray*]

no

what people should be saying, and they aren't saying this because they're uneducated, is:

"Why do people think VADA/WADA actually works when fighters are only being tested for 30-45 days before a fight?"

You can bring up the Berto/Peterson situations, but those IMO weren't PED abuse. The Peterson situation was a guy using doctor prescribed testosterone (and his low testosterone was verified by his personal doctor, as well as two endocrinologists), so he wasn't hiding anything. And the Berto situation was a trace amount of a steroid that isn't even used anymore by professional athletes because of how long it takes to leave your system (meaning most likely a tainted supplement).

Step by step my friend, I don't agree with your points but we need to start somewhere and testing players randomly for 30-60 days during their training camps is better than what they were use to, the next step now is for every pro boxer to be tested randomly as long as you hold a licence to box, whether you are training for a fight or not.