Comments Thread For: Ward Reacts to Rodriguez Public Request for VADA Tests

[nacho daddy]

I am starting to think ward is juicing by the way he pushed around Froch who is a very strong SM

[-PBP-]

He said he had no problem with it before the Froch fight, too. He didn't take the tests though, not that I remember.

What's the problem? Ward could just say: "Sure. Let's work something out."

Instead he positions himself to be a suspect.

He said in in this interview. We'll just have to wait and see.

[Clegg]

He said he had no problem with it before the Froch fight, too. He didn't take the tests though, not that I remember.

Yeah, whenever asked about Conte he used to reply that he was going to do random testing to silence any doubts, then doing nothing of the sort. I remember this happening before the Green fight which was about 3 years ago but he never followed up on it, and I recall there being a testing dispute prior to the Abraham fight as well. Before the Froch fight he even claimed that he was going to do extra testing even if Froch refused, but it never happened.

[rey guey]

it's a PR stunt by Rodriguez but Ward basically has to cave on this or he'll look bad.

I think Ward is still working with Victor Conte and he did KO Chad Dawson but he's never been a puncher ever.

I think Ward is clean but if he doesn't take VADA then questions will begin to come up about Ward. Rodriguez is just playing mind games knowing people would begin to question Ward

[Russian Crushin]

Why is it these guys wait until their biggest fight to ask for test/get tested?

Rodriguez didnt wanna "prove he's clean" before this fight?

[MDPopescu]

They don't have drug testing stipulated into the contract...
Bradley has, but look what happened to him -- Arum just ignored the VADA, ASADA random testing...

[GRUSTLER]

Why didn't Rodriquez just do this when the fight was first being negotiated? I think they just wanted to put Ward on the spot to see if he would refuse and then call him a cheat. Ward replied that he has no problem taking the tests so what are some of you talking about that he didn't answer the request?

[dynomyte1444]

Thank you floyd mayweather for bringing this into the mainstream of boxing

[MDPopescu]

Thank you floyd mayweather for bringing this into the mainstream of boxing

Yes, FMJr brought the "issue", but did he took the VADA-USADA tests? I didn't notice so far.

[bojangles1987]

Why didn't Rodriquez just do this when the fight was first being negotiated? I think they just wanted to put Ward on the spot to see if he would refuse and then call him a cheat. Ward replied that he has no problem taking the tests so what are some of you talking about that he didn't answer the request?

Because he's said it before yet dodged it. Ward-Abraham had problems getting made because Abraham wanted testing.