Comments Thread For: Andre Ward Addresses Drug Testing Controversy

[cupocity303]

The guy is more than likely juicing but so what. I'm one of those who doesn't care.

He is obviously one of those boxers with fragile bodies, who always gets injured. He doesn't really need PED's to make him into a super-fighter since he depends on his technical skills to win, but recovery?

[Lords]

this should be mandatory for all championship bouts.

[Light_Speed]

Rodriguez was unprofessional from start to finish. First he brought up the testing after the contracts were signed, then he didn't make weight and he didn't even try to step on the scales a 2nd time. Andre will agree to do random testing if his opponent asks for it in negotiations.

[Pacquiao'd]

I wonder how many clowns in here defended PAC when that juicer refused test but are now saying ward is a cheater if he doesn't test. Bwahaha

[Yaconcha]

ok, i dont believe hes doping.
i dont believe he has knockout power.
he appears to be very good at his game but, anybody saying hes better than joe calzaghe is pretty thick, certainly at this early stage.
furthermore, just behind floyd? forget that.
i sincerely believe he does not want a froch fight here in england or anywhere.
carl froch built this fellah in my view so far and he knows he CANNOT knock out the hardest chin in the sport at the moment.(proven)
him, his trainer, his promoter the whole lot know its a massive risk.
he did beat carl pretty easily but our boy wont let that happen again.
i think carl genuinely underestimated him last time i mean, up until then he was never really impressive.
but, not on drugs.
good fighter but not great just yet.

[MDPopescu]

Rodriguez was unprofessional from start to finish. First he brought up the testing after the contracts were signed, then he didn't make weight and he didn't even try to step on the scales a 2nd time. Andre will agree to do random testing if his opponent asks for it in negotiations.

This is not about Rodriguez.
It's about the #2 (or even #1) P4P fighter -- who should set standards in the sport and play a role model as well.

[Mr. Philadel]

I don't think SOG is on the juice....I never thought Pac was on the juice either (sick matchmaking)....but their refusal to participate in the random testing game makes them open for imo justified criticism....Pac got hip after he got iced though ....maybe SOG need to be hit with a sleeping pill for him to wake up as well .....every champion and fighter ranked in the top ten should be ordered to participate in random testing by law....that's how you really know if the greats are TRULY great imo

[MDPopescu]

I don't think SOG is on the juice....I never thought Pac was on the juice either (sick matchmaking)....but their refusal to participate in the random testing game makes them open for imo justified criticism....(...)

... I don't think this actually is about "being on the juice" or not... This is a quite tricky issue in all professional high-performance sports...
... It's more about setting some decent drug testing agreed upon standards in pro boxing... At the end of the day, this would be good for protecting the fighters themselves... I trust it's not so difficult to have such standards settled...

[Jubei]

Yup, Andre Ward has history on this topic, whenever he has full control, you know what he will do. He wont do any drug testing.

[Thuglife Nelo]

In those days? Ward fought Dawson a few years ago you moron, where not talking about the 1970's here.

Want some salt for them fries?