Is the PED called Xylocaine still legal in Nevada?

[QballLobo]

No wonder Floyd ran to Showtime where he has (reportedly) control over what gets put on camera on his all access shows. I am sure he was very upset this was talked about on 24/7 but there was nothing he could do about it.

[Ahmed_Ismail]

How can Xylocaine be a performance enhancing drug? it's like a medicine for brittle hands, Floyd fractures little bones and overstrains ligaments in his hands every time he fights, what could he do? Fight throught the whole 8 weeks of training camp and the last 8 rounds of every fight with ****ed up hands? Do you know how painful that is? How could numbing your hands give you more power anyway, if you're hands are numb you can't ball them up to make a fist with protruding knuckles, how can you punch with power if you don't punch with the knucles,if the punches are always with an open glove that balls up once you touch your opponent? How is that a decent power punch?
If you hurt your hands a lot your nervous system will automatically tell your arms not to punch with power because your hands might get hurt if you do, that's y Floyd's punches are launched fast but then midway through he unconsciously slows them down because his body doesn't want the hands to get hurt.
Even if he's actually using Xylocaine, he still injures his hands, he injured his right hand during the Guerrero fight and everybody saw how swollen they've got after the fight, the guy fought with broken hands and fought through a lot of pain almost for 1/4 the rounds he fought in his career and he still won and made them all look easy, you gotta respect that, he lacks the most important weapons for boxers which is durable hands and good punching power due to the accumulation of hand injuries and he's still P4P #1 fighter in the world at 38! this just goes to show you how skillful and mentally tough this guy actually is.

[VERDUGO]

rumor my ass

[ADP02]

How can Xylocaine be a performance enhancing drug? it's like a medicine for brittle hands, Floyd fractures little bones and overstrains ligaments in his hands every time he fights, what could he do? Fight throught the whole 8 weeks of training camp and the last 8 rounds of every fight with ****ed up hands? Do you know how painful that is? How could numbing your hands give you more power anyway, if you're hands are numb you can't ball them up to make a fist with protruding knuckles, how can you punch with power if you don't punch with the knucles,if the punches are always with an open glove that balls up once you touch your opponent? How is that a decent power punch?
If you hurt your hands a lot your nervous system will automatically tell your arms not to punch with power because your hands might get hurt if you do, that's y Floyd's punches are launched fast but then midway through he unconsciously slows them down because his body doesn't want the hands to get hurt.
Even if he's actually using Xylocaine, he still injures his hands, he injured his right hand during the Guerrero fight and everybody saw how swollen they've got after the fight, the guy fought with broken hands and fought through a lot of pain almost for 1/4 the rounds he fought in his career and he still won and made them all look easy, you gotta respect that, he lacks the most important weapons for boxers which is durable hands and good punching power due to the accumulation of hand injuries and he's still P4P #1 fighter in the world at 38! this just goes to show you how skillful and mentally tough this guy actually is.

Sorry but that is like an athlete who says that he has low testosterone compared to Mr X, so all that I'm doing is leveling out the playing field. That is what Memo Heredia said but that is wrong!

Secondly, if your weapon is not up to par, it doesn't mean that you should be allowed to take a drug. The fists are the weapon that is used to smash the opponents face in. If you use drugs to improve, that is just wrong.

The other video clip (see above post) explains what a doctor thinks about using hand numbing drugs. In summary, since the hand is numb, you will hit harder than otherwise possible.

Lastly, as Mosley's trainer pointing out, Floyd says that he is and others should be 100% natural but that is not the case with Floyd as he admitted on live TV. When its others that are suspect, Floyd and his fans want to clean up the sport but now you want a loophole because its your hero Floyd that is in the spotlight.

[Cinci Champ]

yes u can get a waiver for use in las vegas but according to the commission floyd has never used it as hes the one who is always talked about heres a link

http://www.examiner.com/article/nevada-boxing-boss-floyd-mayweather-s-hands-are-clean

[Butt stuff]

There was a post about this before, two effects of the drug are reduction of pain and fear inhibition.

Both these make it a PED. Not fearing a punch/opponent will allow you to loosen up and roll with the punches better, use less energy and allow better focus. Not to mention it would help with taking a more offensive approach if an offensive gameplan is needed.

Reducing pain will allow a fighter to react better to punches, also a confidence builder and the numbing of the fists means the fighter will not subconsciously pull their punches, as it can happen when experiencing pain.

[jas]

I remember watching a YouTube clip about it and a doctor said it's dangerous because the fighter doesn't know if he has damaged his hand and continues to use it as if nothing has happened

[bartolomewj]

Performance Enhancing Drug

Anything that enhances performance. So if it numbs the pain, its a PED. The loophole is if it's allowed and considered legal in Nevada, then Floyd has the excuse to use it.

[Robbie Barrett]

It's legal in every state.

Xylocaine, also known as Lidocaine, was not listed by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as one of the prohibited narcotics that cannot be used in-competition. The banned pain killer substances listed by USADA inclue Buprenorphine, Dextromoramide, Diamorphine, Fentanyl and derivatives, Hydromorphone, Methadone, Morphine, Oxycodone, Oxymorphone, Pentazocine, and Pethidine.

Additionally, Xylocaine was not listed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) as a prohibited drug. Prohibited substances identified by NSAC include Alcohol, Stimulant, Afrinol or related product, Co-Tylenol or related product, a product containing an antihistamine and a decongestant, certain Decongestants, drugs including Ephedrine, Phenylpropanolamine, and Mahuang and derivatives of Mahuang, and drugs prohibited by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Neither Xylocaine nor Lidocaine were found on the 2009 and 2010 Prohibited List supplied by WADA.

http://www.examiner.com/article/pain-killers-and-hand-injuries-floyd-mayweather-jr

[Cut Man]

It's not a PED. It's a pain killer. Xylocaine is just a local anisthetic. It's perfectly legal. If you have ever went to the dentist and has a tooth removed. You have had Xylocaine injected in your mouth.