Comments Thread For: Mayweather Under Hot Fire Over USADA/IV Scandal

[Larry the boss]

WOW says here they will overturn the decision and make it a NO contest

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[Ahmed_Ismail]

it is amazing that the "superior" negro athletes are all taking ped's. look at vagena Williams a juiced up rain gorilla playing womens tennis against feminine girls with thin arms shoulders and legs. it is a disgrace

Red K'd and reported!

[-Hyperion-]

a-side meth doe.....ariza shakes doe....

Su****ious banned intravenous IV granted with an illegal TUE in quan****** consistent with a flush to mask PED use...and all there are is defense lawyers.

NSAC already had to throw USADA under the bus, the only reason Mayweather will get away with it is the NSAC is protecting their cash cow and that team Manny won't rise up a storm because they fear they will get scrutinized right back.

Both cheaters in my book unless Pacquiao fights this.

[bigdunny1]

Saline and vitaminc are banned by WADA?

Because they described what they did to beat drug tests. I guess you are saying because they described similar actions, and are users, Floyd is also using. That seems rather self serving.

What about the millions of other people that used the exact same mixture for dehydration? Or is it only Lance Armstrong we are comparing Floyd with?

Floyd "looked like he did something" to you long before this, so you are going to run with this because its the latest and in your mind, best way to knock him down a few pegs.

Its cool man, I get it.

He and his team knew it was illegal ahead of time yet did it and did it without telling anybody and then put in a waiver request 3 weeks after the fact. If this were any other fighter you would scream cheater but with Floyd the hypocrite who for years been screaming about cleaning up the sport, following drug protocols and calling others cheaters. He didn't take 55ml when the rule is 50. This is not a minor deal he did 750ml which is damn near 25% of the fluid amount in the entire human body. A insane amount similar to the use PED users take to flush out their system and beat drug tests. Which is why it's frigging banned. You scream for years about cleaning up the sport but get caught doing the same illegal crap Lance Armstrong was doing to hide his drugs and blood doping. Bury your head in the sand Floyd dyck riders but this one ain't going away.

[The Big Dunn]

He and his team knew it was illegal ahead of time yet did it and did it without telling anybody and then put in a waiver request 3 weeks after the fact. If this were any other fighter you would scream cheater but with Floyd the hypocrite who for years been screaming about cleaning up the sport, following drug protocols and calling others cheaters. He didn't take 55ml when the rule is 50. This is not a minor deal he did 750ml which is damn near 25% of the fluid amount in the entire human body. A insane amount similar to the use PED users take to flush out their system and beat drug tests. Which is why it's frigging banned. You scream for years about cleaning up the sport but get caught doing the same illegal crap Lance Armstrong was doing to hide his drugs and blood doping. Bury your head in the sand Floyd dyck riders but this one ain't going away.

ok, the late waiver is why he is guilty.

If this were any other fighter, this wouldn't be a story, so I wouldn't have anything to react to.

Yes, you've made the point that he used a significant amount IYO. its "insane" and its the amounts that PED users use. Ok, that's why its banned. but didn't Floyd have a waiver for this?

Ahh, guilt by association. Funny, but I thought that was something you said was unfair in other situations where a person has been accused of using. Now, guilt by association is ok.

Cool, I get it.

[MDPopescu]

The same organization that supposedly destroyed Mayweathers's dirty tests ?
OF COURSE THEY CAN BE TRUSTED

They can't simply destroy tests... Remember Lance Armstrong: his team mates eventually have spoken up and USADA was forced to publicly produce the tests...
And who knows? After Floyd retires and people around him won't get the money they require, who knows what would happen?...

[Bird1]

This is interesting and no doubt a bit su****ious. But I have a few questions

This isn't my field of expertis so I will not pretend to know much about it, although I do work with health care

1. What kind of PED would be so easily "flushed" out of the system?

2. Why would he be flushing out PED:s the night before the fight? If he used PEDs it would probably be out of season when it would be most beneficial.

[-Hyperion-]

He and his team knew it was illegal ahead of time yet did it and did it without telling anybody and then put in a waiver request 3 weeks after the fact. If this were any other fighter you would scream cheater but with Floyd the hypocrite who for years been screaming about cleaning up the sport, following drug protocols and calling others cheaters. He didn't take 55ml when the rule is 50 and did 750ml which is damn near 25% of the fluid amount in the entire human body. A insane amount similar to the use PED users take flush out their system and beat drug tests. Which is why it's frigging banned. You scream for years about cleaning up the sport but get caught doing the same illegal crap Lance Armstrong was doing to hide his drugs and blood doping. Bury your head in the sand Floyd dyck riders but this one ain't going away.

See, I agree with you, but the worst part is that Floyd will get away with it. NSAC already took their stand that it was all USADA's fault to protect their cash cow. The only one who can actually rise up a storm about this is Manny and his team, and they've had months to do it, since they learned from the retroactive illegal TUE in late May. But haven't done sh.it. Now, maybe they didn't really connect the dots back then, but if they don't do it now, I will suspect it's because they don't want to get scrutinized right back. Bob Arum already seemed to not be willing to make a stand on this.

[The Big Dunn]

See, I agree with you, but the worst part is that Floyd will get away with it. NSAC already took their stand that it was all USADA's fault to protect their cash cow. The only one who can actually rise up a storm about this is Manny and his team, and they've had months to do it, since they learned from the retroactive illegal TUE in late May. But haven't done sh.it. Now, maybe they didn't really connect the dots back then, but if they don't do it now, I will suspect it's because they don't want to get scrutinized right back. Bob Arum already seemed to not be willing to make a stand on this.

He had Hauser rewrite the article and got SBNation to publish it. That's how he is going about it. Smart move on Bob's part.

WHat exactly is Floyd getting away with?

[Chrismart]

Dan Rafael's piece on it all. Hadn't seen it added to the thread yet :

Report: Floyd Mayweather used WADA-banned IV before Manny Pacquiao fight

On the eve of his record-breaking megafight with Manny Pacquiao on May 2, pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather took an intravenous injection of saline and vitamins that was banned under World Anti-Doping Agency guidelines, according to a report by SB Nation on Wednesday.

Three weeks after the fight, Mayweather received an exemption from the United States Anti-Doping Agency, the report said. However, Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Bob Bennett said USADA does not have authorization to grant an exemption. Bennett said only the commission, which was not notified of the exemption until after it was given, can give an athlete an exemption.

Although the substances contained in the IV were not banned by WADA, whose standards USADA says it follows, the fact that they were given intravenously was not allowed.

According to the report, USADA, which had been contracted by Mayweather and Pacquiao to conduct random drug testing for their bout, sent collection agents to Mayweather's house in Las Vegas the night before the fight to conduct an unannounced drug test.

The report was published on the day that Mayweather and Andre Berto held the final news conference for their welterweight championship fight Saturday night at the MGM Grand, which Mayweather has said will be the final bout of his 19-year career.

SB Nation's account said Mayweather's medical team told the collection agents that the IV -- which reportedly included a 250-milliliter mixture of saline and multivitamins and a 500-milliliter mixture of saline and Vitamin C -- was being given to Mayweather for rehydration purposes following the weigh-in.

WADA rules do not allow intravenous infusions or injections of more than 50 milliliters per six hours "except for those legitimately received in the course of hospital admissions, surgical procedures, or clinical investigations."

According to the report, WADA bans such injections and infusions because they can be used to "dilute or mask the presence of another substance."

SB Nation also reported that USADA did not inform the Nevada commission about the IV until May 21, when it sent correspondence to commission officials and Top Rank, Pacquiao's promoter, notifying them that Mayweather had been given a retroactive the****utic-use exemption, which was allowed in the contract the fighters signed to cover the drug-testing protocol for the bout. However, when the commission and Top Rank requested more information about it, they learned Mayweather had not applied for the exemption until May 19. It was granted May 20, the report said.

While Mayweather was given an exemption three weeks after the fight, Pacquiao was denied a request to be injected with the legal painkiller Toradol on fight night to ease pain in his injured rotator cuff, which he had surgery on after the bout. The commission declined Pacquiao's request because it was not made in a timely manner, and he had not previously disclosed the injury.

"The TUE for Mayweather's IV -- and the IV was administered at Floyd's house, not in a medical facility, and wasn't brought to our attention at the time -- was totally unacceptable," Bennett is quoted as saying in the report. "I've made it clear to [USADA CEO] Travis Tygart that this should not happen again. We have the sole authority to grant any and all TUEs in the state of Nevada. USADA is a drug-testing agency. USADA should not be granting waivers and exemptions. Not in this state. We are less than pleased that USADA acted the way it did."

When Mayweather and Pacquiao initially began negotiating a fight in late 2009, it fell apart over a disagreement on drug-testing protocol, which became a major hurdle in making the fight. After Mayweather accused Pacquiao of using performance-enhancing drugs, Pacquiao sued him and Mayweather eventually agreed to an undisclosed seven-figure settlement.

Mayweather was not available for comment Wednesday night.