Comments Thread For: Haymon/NBC Fighters Will Have USADA/Medical Tests

[MC Hammer]

USADA is used by the Olympics so i would give them a little bit more weight than VADA which is used by TR fighters and thats about it.

USADA can't stop fights because they aren't the ones who sanction the fights, they just do the testing. Whatever the contracts says happens to the fighters who test positive is negotiated between the camps can't blame USADA for that

[Larry the boss]

Damn thats a good card

[sicko]

Great Stuff! Finally a Governing Body for boxing is slowing being put in place!

[Deevel916]

I always thought usada was legit. Some fighters prefer usada others vada. Does vada do anything different than usada as far as testing, protocol etc?

VADA automatically notifies the commission when a fighter tests positive for PEDs, that's the reason why Golden Boy stopped using them and went with USADA who have done some shady things. They didn't notify the commission when Morales tested positive, instead they kept taking samples from him until he tested negative. They tested Quillin and Winky but then two days later abandoned the testing at Golden Boy's request and destroyed the samples when they're supposed to keep them for 6 years.

It is rumored that they also didn't disclose 3 positive tests of Floyd and when Manny Pacquiaos lawyers requested Floyd's medical records during the slander lawsuit, Floyd immediately decided to settle the case and pay Pacquiao.

[Larry the boss]

Broner should fight someone better than Molina.


But the medical tests/USADA sounds nice. Same thing with Thurman vs Guerrero. I hope Thurman knocks him out.

Looks like Broner is fighting another stiff. Looks like they're matching Broner as if he's a prospect that just got out of the amateurs

I swear i did not hear either of your complaining when Mattysee fought him

[bigjavi973]

Good news for boxing !!!yeah test everyone !!we want a fair fight

I agree. EVERY fighter should go through random testing year round

[bigjavi973]

This is really, really excellent. Kudos to Haymon, who was the first person to introduce USADA to boxing back in 2009-2010.

So the guy that swindeled money from beyonce is "leading". Im not comfortable with that.

[Evol]

Oh so that means the fighters can juice up then.

[radioraheem]

I always thought usada was legit. Some fighters prefer usada others vada. Does vada do anything different than usada as far as testing, protocol etc?

Nope. They both send samples to the same laboratory -- UCLA.

[Deevel916]

VADA was catching too many of Haymons fighters coming up dirty and that's why they switched over to USADA.

If I'm not mistaken, when Shaefer was running the show at GBP, he wanted VADA to disclose the test results to them first prior to reporting it to the commission. VADA wouldn't do that and as a result they dropped them for USADA whom they have more control over.