So Povetkins B sample tested positive as well

[MDPopescu]

That's the whole problem. There is no 'they'. If a few commissions took that stand, a few more (cough Texas cough) would just undercut them.

Respect to the WBC for following through on the VADA thing though. Never thought I'd see them lead the way.

Let's hope that at least IBF and WBA will follow WBC in enforcing VADA testing...

But I doubt that even WBC will be able to keep up with their new "standards"...

[bboy80]

Nothing will happen bar a slap on the wrist. I honestly think if they banned everyone they caught, there wouldnt be many fighters left to fight lol. Every man and his dog is on it imo. Plus I cant see the Russian boxing board banning him anytime soon.

The problem with boxing is that it has no international board that governs and sets rules a regs to boxing boards in each country. Each country makes up their own rules and protects their own countries fighters, which in turn makes it completely corrupt.

[TripleGFightFan]

Yes, increase blood flow is going to make him just magically KO people, yes using Meldonium is going to turn him into the biggest puncher about... Smh when it comes to drugs you don't know much.

Meldonium isn't a PED in the first place, just an easy ploy If it was a PED it'd have been banned many, many years ago.

VADA says it's PED!!! More blood flow more oxygen the heart is the greatest organ to release testosterone so anything to get your heart rate up and blood flowing is going to exponentially increase testosterone something most people don't know and something that has been left out of the reports on meldonium...anything that increases blood blow is no different than some nitric oxide supplements...PEDvetkin got caught the 4th time after passing 3 previous tests...his B sample is dirty too...no excuses he had time to oblige with the new ruling on meldonium but he was always a cheat from Russia...ain't that right Sasha?

[TripleGFightFan]

Yeah that's how I feel about it. There were grounds for su****ion already.

There's hardly a failed drug test in history where there wasn't some sort of excuse to muddy the waters.

Yeah it's pretty obvious to see especially with the Russians how does Triple G hit harder than a heavyweight?

[The King25]

Seems that Boxing has a serious drug problem.

Like the wasn't obvious already.

They should ban these guys for life.

At the moment theres not much putting fighters off taking drugs, there are ways around the tests and even when fighters are caught there back fghting soon enough. Some steroids give you the benifits for years afterwards so it can be well worth taking it and getting caught as you can be back fighting at a higher level than you should after a year out.

Need year round testing I think but there will be ways around it for the better set up fighters.