Comments Thread For: Hauser Hits Back at USADA Over Mayweather/IV Scandal

[salitap4p#1]

I can't imagine what Floyd was doing years back, before testing became slightly more of a concern than it is now.

All of those long vacations, the roid rage he showed, the way he kept pointing fingers at others (must be a user to pick up on the signs so well).

Damn, dude must have been roiding like a mad man.

[Wizardsh]

Just so I've got this straight, he used PEDs, then got tested, then used a saline IV to flush out the PEDs just so he would pass a test? Does that logic seem right to you?



I know.

And what makes you think he wasn't use ivs during and before camp? He just got caught using one in secret

[Robbie Barrett]

And what makes you think he wasn't use ivs during and before camp? He just got caught using one in secret

In secret with USADA there?

[b00g13man]

And what makes you think he wasn't use ivs during and before camp? He just got caught using one in secret

Can you show me some evidence of him "getting caught" using an IV, or of him using an IV during and before camp?

And you still haven't answered the question I posed about the logic based on the sequence of events.

[Spoon23]

http://boxingtribune-news.com/posts/...candal-proves-

the-deck-was-stacked-against-manny-pacquiao-in-mega-fight--mayweather-iv-scandal-proves-it.html


By Dennis Cruz

Recent revelations are giving us a clear picture of the type of uneven playing field Manny Pacquiao faced when he met Floyd Mayweather last May 2 in the biggest money fight of all-time.

A report by veteran boxing writer Thomas Hauser alleges that Mayweather was discovered receiving a prohibited intravenous procedure in his home after the May 1 weigh-in and that he was given a medical exemption for the procedure by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) almost three weeks after the bout. Pacquiao and his team were also only notified about three weeks after the fight that Mayweather had undergone the IV treatment.

Now, while there’s the possibility that the IV treatment could’ve been used to mask or dilute a banned substance in Mayweather’s body, there’s also the possibility that the two intravenous mixes of saline and vitamins were just there to help the fighter rehydrate. But the real troubling aspect of this whole mess is that it shows how hostile the atmosphere was for Manny Pacquiao. It’s clear that the Filipino icon was put at every possible disadvantage while Mayweather did as he pleased, when he pleased, with complete and total impunity.

While USADA tripped all over themselves to accommodate Mayweather’s borderline illicit intravenous practices—after the fact—the same agency nixed Pacquiao’s request for a pain-killing injection of Toradol for his ailing shoulder prior to the bout, citing paper work issues and a lack of time to properly investigate the requested drug. One wonders what would’ve happened had Pacquiao taken the shot without asking permission and whether the agency would’ve been as accommodating of after-the-fact medical exemptions when the request was coming from Pacquiao.

Information in Hauser’s article shows us just how stacked the deck was against Pacquiao when it came to the overall testing protocol—allowing Mayweather loopholes and possibilities to game the system at will.

From drug testing to all the minor details of the fight, Pacquiao was working at an extreme disadvantage throughout the entire ordeal. Add an injured shoulder to the mix and one has to marvel at how close Pacquiao was actually able to keep this fight.

In the wake of these latest revelations of IV wrongdoing, Manny Pacquiao has publicly said that he now feels “vindicated” after years of being accused as the one playing dirty. Meanwhile, promoter Bob Arum is checking as to whether the pursuit of an overturning of the decision would be worth the effort.

All in all, though, it’s becoming clear that the entire game was rigged against Manny Pacquiao before he even stepped foot in the ring last May 2. It’s a shame, but maybe we all should’ve seen this coming.

[Robbie Barrett]

http://boxingtribune-news.com/posts/...candal-proves-

the-deck-was-stacked-against-manny-pacquiao-in-mega-fight--mayweather-iv-scandal-proves-it.html


By Dennis Cruz

Recent revelations are giving us a clear picture of the type of uneven playing field Manny Pacquiao faced when he met Floyd Mayweather last May 2 in the biggest money fight of all-time.

A report by veteran boxing writer Thomas Hauser alleges that Mayweather was discovered receiving a prohibited intravenous procedure in his home after the May 1 weigh-in and that he was given a medical exemption for the procedure by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) almost three weeks after the bout. Pacquiao and his team were also only notified about three weeks after the fight that Mayweather had undergone the IV treatment.

Now, while there***8217;s the possibility that the IV treatment could***8217;ve been used to mask or dilute a banned substance in Mayweather***8217;s body, there***8217;s also the possibility that the two intravenous mixes of saline and vitamins were just there to help the fighter rehydrate. But the real troubling aspect of this whole mess is that it shows how hostile the atmosphere was for Manny Pacquiao. It***8217;s clear that the Filipino icon was put at every possible disadvantage while Mayweather did as he pleased, when he pleased, with complete and total impunity.

While USADA tripped all over themselves to accommodate Mayweather***8217;s borderline illicit intravenous practices***8212;after the fact***8212;the same agency nixed Pacquiao***8217;s request for a pain-killing injection of Toradol for his ailing shoulder prior to the bout, citing paper work issues and a lack of time to properly investigate the requested drug. One wonders what would***8217;ve happened had Pacquiao taken the shot without asking permission and whether the agency would***8217;ve been as accommodating of after-the-fact medical exemptions when the request was coming from Pacquiao.

Information in Hauser***8217;s article shows us just how stacked the deck was against Pacquiao when it came to the overall testing protocol***8212;allowing Mayweather loopholes and possibilities to game the system at will.

From drug testing to all the minor details of the fight, Pacquiao was working at an extreme disadvantage throughout the entire ordeal. Add an injured shoulder to the mix and one has to marvel at how close Pacquiao was actually able to keep this fight.

In the wake of these latest revelations of IV wrongdoing, Manny Pacquiao has publicly said that he now feels ***8220;vindicated***8221; after years of being accused as the one playing dirty. Meanwhile, promoter Bob Arum is checking as to whether the pursuit of an overturning of the decision would be worth the effort.

All in all, though, it***8217;s becoming clear that the entire game was rigged against Manny Pacquiao before he even stepped foot in the ring last May 2. It***8217;s a shame, but maybe we all should***8217;ve seen this coming.

Poor article, USADA didn't stop Pacquiao having a Toradol shot it was NSAC because Pacquiao lied. If writers don't know the difference between USADA and NSAC what hope have morons like spoon23 got.

[Jake_Lamotta]

*****s are in full damage effect lmao. I've never seen a group of people defend an athlete from something so condemning since Oj Simpson LMAO.

[Jake_Lamotta]

USADA version of events differ from Hauser's you are referring to. So it's who are you going to believe, the agency that was there or a writer who wasn't.

Of course it will differ. USADA doesn't want to be indicted.LMAO.

[baCCaT]

"he took the additional step of applying for a TUE after the IV infusion was administered in order remain in compliance with the USADA program." -USADA statement

well there should have not been any additional step in the first place, because that rehydration method as they claim isnt allowed under the WADA code if we refer to the hauser report that says..
"More specifically, the 2015 WADA ***8220;Prohibited Substances and Methods List***8221; states, ***8220;Intravenous infusions and/or injections of more than 50 ml per 6 hour period are prohibited except for those legitimately received in the course of hospital admissions, surgical procedures, or clinical investigations.***8221;

if the criteria for the exception was there, then the scenario would be that floyd needing medical attention, in a medical facility hooked up with an IV line not at home getting IV infusion being monitored by a USADA staff.

OR

the IV line should be hooked up for about 3-4 days (because the amount of solution present during the home infusion was 750ml) if they follow the WADA protocol.

[lfc19titles]

In secret with USADA there?

are you floyd stans for real? you will defend him over everything, stop being a thick idiot, stop that right now. I demand you show basic human intelligence, you deserve to be put down.

Usada caught him in the act, he was doing it in secret, even a fckn monkey can tell that, do you really think since he was trying to hide it from everyone, only fessed up after being caught and then kept it hidden with usada until after the fight means he is not hiding something?

of course he is a cheat, like you all said before to a certain fighter, it is common sense

are you also going to sit on your fat jobless ass and say he only did it once? fk off out of here you mentally challenged simpleton .

Of course he did it before, it hides peds, so of course previous tests would have been all ok for him, as posted before, ts levels are lower than the average man, by almost a half, a clear indication of manipulation and now this, the same method armstrong did before tests to hide his Peds.

his legacy is tarnished, imagine if pac was caught doing this, you lot would have been all over him, hell you are adamant he is guilty just because a few crackheads claim him to be

at least floyds failed tests are proven too now, as soon as he failed with mistakes, usada gave him a waiver

Raging
being paranoid
lashing out with violence

all clear signs of peds, you need to go get yourself some education with the rubbish you are posting, how did you even turn your computer on

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