People heard of it through Conte because no one knows who the **** Margaret Goodman is.
That's false. Goodman has a reputation in boxing. Not necessarily with the fans, but amongst insiders. She is known, along with some other folks.
People heard of it through Victor Conte first because he was the first to open his mouth regarding it before it was even official. He constantly runs his mouth about VADA, even revealing certain testing protocols they do that is unknown to the public.
What smoke? Gossip? There is no smoke. USADA published his results and his opponents results way before the rumor came out. With detailed dates of when him and his opponents were tested. In true journalism, rumor has no place in a story. But in amateur journalism, rumor has a home laced in diamonds.
Mainstream writer with the best access in the sport Dan Rafael smells the smoke, and wonders if there's a fire behind it:
Derek (Tampa)
What do you make of that article that goes out of its way to implicate Floyd Mayweather as a PED user without actually saying it?
Dan Rafael (12:13 PM)
That has been the rumor for a long time but I need to see proof before I accuse somebody of something so serious. What is fact, however, is that the settlement in the Pacquiao/Mayweather lawsuit happened after the Pacquiao camp tried to get Mayweather's USADA testing records. So maybe where there is smoke there is fire.
And it's not just that, there's guys from his gym failing tests, then the unmistakable "caught" look when he's asked about TRT. A lot of smoke there
What smoke? Gossip? There is no smoke. USADA published his results and his opponents results way before the rumor came out. With detailed dates of when him and his opponents were tested. In true journalism, rumor has no place in a story. But in amateur journalism, rumor has a home laced in diamonds.
Thomas Hauser is not an amateur tho.
"On May 20, 2012, a rumor filtered through the drug-testing community that Mayweather had tested positive on three occasions for an illegal performance-enhancing drug.
More specifically, it was rumored that Mayweather’s “A” sample had tested positive on three occasions and, after each positive test, USADA had found exceptional circumstances in the form of inadvertent use and gave Floyd a waiver. This waiver, according to the rumor, negated the need for a test of Floyd’s “B” sample.And because the “B” sample was never tested, a loophole in USADA’s contract with Mayweather and Golden Boy allowed the testing to proceed without the positive “A” sample results being reported to Mayweather’s opponent or the Nevada State Athletic Commission (which had jurisdiction over the fights).
In late-May, Pacquiao’s attorneys heard the rumor. On June 4, 2012, they served document demands and subpoenas on Mayweather, Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy and USADA calling for the production of all documents that related to PED testing of Mayweather for the Shane Mosley, Victor Ortiz and Miguel Cotto fights.
The documents were not produced. There was a delay in the proceedings while Floyd spent nine weeks in the Clark County Detention Center after pleading guilty to charges of domestic violence and harassment. Upon his release from jail on August 2nd, settlement talks heated up.
On September 25, 2012, a stipulation of settlement ending the defamation case was filed with the court. The parties agreed that the terms of settlement would be kept confidential. Prior to the agreement being signed, two sources with detailed knowledge of the proceedings told this writer that Mayweather’s initial monetary settlement offer was “substantially more” than Pacquiao’s attorneys had expected it would be and an agreement in principle was reached soon afterward.
I don’t know if Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao has used performance-enhancing drugs or not.
I do know that, if Mayweather’s “A” sample tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug on one or more occasions and he was given a waiver by USADA that concealed this fact from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, his opponent and the public, we have an ingredient that could contribute to the making of a scandal."
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