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This week, ES Magazine meets world champion boxer Anthony Joshua. In a candid interview, Britain's most promising boxer opens up about how Muhammad Ali inspired him in more ways than one, what it's really like to fight a man for a living, and why a stint in prison made him realise he needed to change his rebellious ways.
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[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

So this is the incident that makes y'all call him a drug dealer lmao 8oz of Marijuana... Come to America mate and get a weed card and you'll be good. We are waiting on you in America we know it'll be soon..Come here and learn about the history of your fellow brothers in America.
He had to wear a tag after jail lol sounds like the old slave days.

[The plunger man]

So this is the incident that makes y'all call him a drug dealer lmao 8oz of Marijuana... Come to America mate and get a weed card and you'll be good. We are waiting on you in America we know it'll be soon..Come here and learn about the history of your fellow brothers in America.
He had to wear a tag after jail lol sounds like the old slave days.

The fury clan are so envious of Joshua and his rise to the top that they will say anything just to make an argument or just say rubbish about him....seeing Joshua fight in Vegas will be great for boxing and the heavyweight division ...

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

The fury clan are so envious of Joshua and his rise to the top that they will say anything just to make an argument or just say rubbish about him....seeing Joshua fight in Vegas will be great for boxing and the heavyweight division ...

I agree with you even though you gave me a red k for talking about Mcgregor lol.. The heavyweight division is really heating up.

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Hahah Willie Nelson can carry a pound on his bus for personal use ...God love him !!

[Combat Talk Radio]

So this is the incident that makes y'all call him a drug dealer lmao 8oz of Marijuana... Come to America mate and get a weed card and you'll be good. We are waiting on you in America we know it'll be soon..Come here and learn about the history of your fellow brothers in America.
He had to wear a tag after jail lol sounds like the old slave days.

A joke.

People are okay with 8oz of weed but not .07mm of meldonium.

[ShoulderRoll]

A joke.

People are okay with 8oz of weed but not .07mm of meldonium.

Weed isn't a performance enhancing drug.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Weed isn't a performance enhancing drug.

Really?

http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/2012/2/14/2796275/joe-rogan-discusses-nick-diaz-peds-sopa-and-more

On marijuana
"I think it is a performance-enhancing drug. If it wasn’t, a huge majority of jiu-jitsu guys wouldn't be using it before they train. A lot of Brazilian guys use marijuana before they train. A lot of American jiu-jitsu guys use it before they train. And they don’t do it because it hurts them; they do it because it helps them."
...
On exemptions for testosterone replacement therapy vs. marijuana
"I think if testosterone is legal, you can easily make the argument that marijuana should be legal under a doctor’s prescription. I do believe that they’re both performance-enhancing substances. I think that testosterone is in fact, more of a performance-enhancer."

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/02/marijuana-athlete-running-performance-enhancing-drug

So far there have been no definitive studies on how marijuana and long-distance running work in concert. In her Wall Street Journal interview, Jenn Shelton said she never consumed marijuana during competition, because she believed it did enhance performance. It’s not inconceivable that if the human brain’s endocannabinoid system regulates fatigue, that an artificial stimulation of this system with marijuana could further reduce both physical and mental exhaustion, thereby bringing it ever closer to the designation of a performance enhancing drug.

The World Anti-Doping Agency declined to be interviewed for this story, but said in a statement that in 2013 they raised the levels of acceptable marijuana in an athlete’s system so that out-of-competition use would not disqualify them. Yet any use just before a sporting event remains prohibited.

So let's analyze that.

Weed reduces physical and mental exhaustion.

Meldonium reduces physical and mental exhaustion.

One is a PED and one is not, huh?

[ShoulderRoll]

Really?

http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/2012/2/14/2796275/joe-rogan-discusses-nick-diaz-peds-sopa-and-more

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/02/marijuana-athlete-running-performance-enhancing-drug

So let's analyze that.

Weed reduces physical and mental exhaustion.

Meldonium reduces physical and mental exhaustion.

One is a PED and one is not, huh?

Weed also mellows you out and slows you down. Not really the same thing at all.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Weed also mellows you out and slows you down.

So does eating food, dude. Your argument is null and void.

The bottom line is, the current testing scene is a joke. Either make weed a PED or retroactively remove meldonium and delete positive tests for it. They have the same advantage.

Frankly I'd rather see weed be tagged as a PED.