WBC / VADA announce year round testing for top 15 ranked fighters

[Luilun]

Under the CBP, the top fifteen (15) WBC-rated fighters in each weight class will be subject to random, year-round unannounced testing for performance enhancing drugs ( "PEDs") and other prohibited methods in a program to be administered by VADA .

The WBC, founded in 1963 and presided by the late Dr. Jose Sulaiman for 38 years, is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the sport of boxing and Implementing Safety measures for the protection of all boxers. The WBC's and VADA's common goal is to Have a clean sport

No one regulatory body Oversees all of professional boxing. At the present time, testing for PEDs is limited and without uniformity from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. President Mauricio Sulaiman and WBC President Dr. Margaret Goodman VADA Representing Their respective Organizations are Committed to educate fighters and the boxing community on the dangers and Consequences of consuming PEDs. That goal has lead to the Implementation of the different facets of the CBP around the world. The CBP Also aspires to educate fighters About the benefits of utilizing effective nutrition and training practices.

The CBP offers a multi-tiered approach, beginning with a mandatory Webinar Entitled "Winning Fair With The Clean Boxing Program." The webinar will advise fighters acerca Their Obligations under the CBP and the required paperwork must be completed That. It will discuss the Past CBP / VADA prohibited drug list, PED side effects, and the Risks of prohibited supplement use.

Fighters will be Given 90-day window from May 9, 2016 to view the webinar and registration file and Their whereabouts forms. Those items, in Addition to all policies, Procedures and protocols, are available on the WBC website at http://wbcboxing.com/WBCVADA/ Anti-doping experts and confidential counseling will be available to enroll in the WHO fighters CBP.

This groundbreaking program is mandatory for all WBC champions and the top fifteen WBC-rated fighters in each weight class. The CBP Also has funds available to Incorporate any other fighter WHO Enrolls on a voluntary basis.

Each athlete is tested and other WHO authorized parties under the CBP will receive notification of his or her test results.

http://wbcboxing.com/wbceng/news/6649-the-wbc-clean-boxing-program

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So if this happens Mayweather if he returns will never hold a WBC belt the steroid cheat will never allow VADA to test him

[al-Xander]

Wow. If this was implemented years ago, Floyd Mayweather would not have come out of retirement.

[285Kid]

I don't get this just do year round testing for every current WBC world champion, WBC intrim champion, WBC Silver Champion since those are the only important belts to have

[SplitSecond]

Very cool. The smaller scale will help to keep everyone relevant and no one will get lost in the system and avoid testing for years or be tested something like once per year.

I wonder if we'll see fighters ducking WBC belts now.

[daggum]

floyd used to love the wbc belt...guess not anymore. he does his random testing when he wants to. so random!

[Eff Pandas]

I don't get this just do year round testing for every current WBC world champion, WBC intrim champion, WBC Silver Champion since those are the only important belts to have

You don't get why its important to have everyone fighting for & in contention for their belt tested 24/7/365?

I mean if you are only testing champions all you are doing is stripping belts ultimately. Thats not doing much to clean the sport up.

And obviously it'd be better to test everyone everywhere, but idk that that would ever be feasible. Testing all of the elite is clearly doable doe. The UFC has been doing this for 550+ fighters for almost a year & got fighters all over the globe just like boxing does.

[285Kid]

You don't get why its important to have everyone fighting for & in contention for their belt tested 24/7/365?

I mean if you are only testing champions all you are doing is stripping belts ultimately. Thats not doing much to clean the sport up.

And obviously it'd be better to test everyone everywhere, but idk that that would ever be feasible. Testing all of the elite is clearly doable doe. The UFC has been doing this for 550+ fighters for almost a year & got fighters all over the globe just like boxing does.

I don't get how the WBC will do this , the UFC is one belt , somebody like George Groves can just be like no thank you am fighting the WBO champion thanks but no thanks...

[bballchump11]

Great news. Floyd Mayweather's legacy will live on as the pioneer of Olympic Style drug testing in boxing.

[about.thousands]

I don't get how the WBC will do this , the UFC is one belt , somebody like George Groves can just be like no thank you am fighting the WBO champion thanks but no thanks...

Then he'll be dropped from the rankings. When fighters start dropping from the rankings without fighting we'll know why.

[Eff Pandas]

I don't get how the WBC will do this , the UFC is one belt , somebody like George Groves can just be like no thank you am fighting the WBO champion thanks but no thanks...

I'd assume anyone who doesn't wanna be tested will just lose their ranking. No harm no foul. I'd assume even Groves, or anyone in his position, would be open to being tested until he won another alphabet group titles doe.

And randomly I couldn't be more anti-4 belts, but in this case it'd probably be helpful if everyone did jump on board as there is usually a solid base of 8+ guys in divisions that are ranked by all the groups thus if everyone was on board they could split the costs of this testing up among themselves.