Comments Thread For: Pascal Won't Pay For VADA, Team Kovalev Claim PR Stunt

[bojangles1987]

You done ****ed up now, Pascal. Kovalev is going to show you no mercy whatsoever.

[radioraheem]

But you said none of Memos fighters do USADA doe

What's the title of that article?

Heredia claimed that his fighters WILL use USADA, but up til now, it has never happened. We know this for a fact. Even Conte calls Heredia out about this all the time.

[bojangles1987]

If I wasn't a fan of Kovalev before, I'm clawing past the bodies to find a spot on the bandwagon now. Dude just straight embarrassed Pascal.

[Y0@NN]

Poor Pascal.

[Real Talk85]

Ok am I the only one that thinks these guys are being sponsored by these orginizations?

Why is there such a divide as to who uses what? It always seems that VADA and USADA are aligned with specific promoters?

Does anyone know?

[SintilatingDTS]

Pascal did this with Hopkins too, no?

[radioraheem]

Ok am I the only one that thinks these guys are being sponsored by these orginizations?

Why is there such a divide as to who uses what? It always seems that VADA and USADA are aligned with specific promoters?

Does anyone know?

They aren't being sponsored. Although, VADA does sometimes sponsor fighters tests.

It's just a matter of preference really. But it really doesn't matter as Duva pointed out, they all send samples to the same WADA-accredited labs. Top Rank uses NSAC to run their random drug testing these days, while some fighters independently choose VADA (Tim Bradley for instance).

[Cuban Linx]

Pascal's team can't complain now about Kovalev not paying $8,000 for the testing.

Pascal was the one who signed the contract without the testing. After that genius move, he claimed he would pay for the testing so Kovalev's team called his bluff and request VADA. Pascal doesn't want to pay $8,000 per fighter that a well known organization like VADA charges , but instead is willing to pay an obscene amount of $35,000 per fighter from this Independent company that barely anyone's heard of. Combine that with the fact that he's working with Heredia and it'll raise some eyebrows.

I don't think Pascal is juicing, but the way this whole thing played out is hilarious.

He should spend more time in the gym working and trying to prevent himself from getting exposed on March 14 and less time whining on twitter.

[radioraheem]

Pascal's team can't complain now about Kovalev not paying $8,000 for the testing.

Pascal was the one who signed the contract without the testing. After that genius move, he claimed he would pay for the testing so Kovalev's team called his bluff and request VADA. Pascal doesn't want to pay $8,000 per fighter that a well known organization like VADA charges , but instead is willing to pay an obscene amount of $35,000 per fighter from this Independent company that barely anyone's heard of. Combine that with the fact that he's working with Heredia and it'll raise some eyebrows.

I don't think Pascal is juicing, but the way this whole thing played out is hilarious.

He should spend more time in the gym working and trying to prevent himself from getting exposed on March 14 and less time whining on twitter.

As I think about it more though, being that Pascal is footing the bill, he should be able to handpick whatever agency to handle it. It does make sense only because he's the one paying for it all. What doesn't make sense to me is paying $35K versus $8K unless his purse is huge.

[Jsmooth9876]

So Memo can have Pascal beat the half ass Canadian testing procedures but not VADA apparently... He's getting his azz beat regardless..