Your statement is the one that is weak. They do not hand out TUEs like hot cakes. Especially retroactive ones with a lame excuse like Floyd's. Go check out USADA/WADA. They say the same. Oral hydration is just as good or even better in most cases than an IV.
1) Floyd is more than likely the only one to state that excuse on a day where he did no heavy duty intense workout.
2) Floyd did not claim that he was dehydrated according to his pre-fight form nor did he state that to the NSAC doctor. This all happened around the time of this claim(excuse).
3) NSAC doctors examined Floyd and did not come to the same conclusion. They found no evidence that Floyd was dehydrated. Yet Floyd and his fans want us to believe that Floyd was so severely dehydrated that HE HAD TO HAVE AN IV?
USADA:
"ARE IVs BETTER THAN ORAL REHYDRATION FOR PERFORMANCE?
- Convincing research to support IV fluid administration prior to competition for performance enhancement, rehydration, dehydration prevention, or muscle cramp prevention does not exist.
- Current studies do not support the use of IV fluids for rehydration when an athlete can tolerate oral fluids.
- American College of Sports Medicine consensus guidelines state, “IV fluids do not provide an advantage over drinking oral fluids and electrolytes.”
- IV infusions before sample collection could actually prolong the doping control sample process because it has a greater potential to produce multiple dilute samples.
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1) Floyd is more than likely the only one to state that excuse on a day where he did no heavy duty intense workout.
2) Floyd did not claim that he was dehydrated according to his pre-fight form nor did he state that to the NSAC doctor. This all happened around the time of this claim(excuse).
3) NSAC doctors examined Floyd and did not come to the same conclusion. They found no evidence that Floyd was dehydrated. Yet Floyd and his fans want us to believe that Floyd was so severely dehydrated that HE HAD TO HAVE AN IV?
USADA:
"ARE IVs BETTER THAN ORAL REHYDRATION FOR PERFORMANCE?
- Convincing research to support IV fluid administration prior to competition for performance enhancement, rehydration, dehydration prevention, or muscle cramp prevention does not exist.
- Current studies do not support the use of IV fluids for rehydration when an athlete can tolerate oral fluids.
- American College of Sports Medicine consensus guidelines state, “IV fluids do not provide an advantage over drinking oral fluids and electrolytes.”
- IV infusions before sample collection could actually prolong the doping control sample process because it has a greater potential to produce multiple dilute samples.
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